Great questions, u/M8891ac !

1. I was most prepared for pain.
2. I was least prepared for pain when I didn't stay ahead of it.
3. Getting in and out of bed in the first few weeks was most difficult. I didn't have a good set up nor did have any privacy. I had my husband and my sister help me a lot. After that, for me, it was dilation after the third week. It wasn't so much the pain it was the schedule. I felt it was over kill and annoyed me because I couldn't stay consistent. I often pushed through mental gymnastics and wrestled my fears related to developing infections and fistulas.
4. I'm still getting use to holding down the thickest dilator deep inside. Sometimes I have to place the dilator or large dildo on a solid surface and use gravity to allow my vagina to really stretch at the apex of my canal.
5. Post surgery gender dysphoria episodes. Having to navigate new feelings of being centered in my new shell and finally entering cisgender female spaces where I felt I didn't belong before and now having confidence to be myself in such environments.

These are awesome questions !

Thanks

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