#dilation

[transroadwarrior]

i slowly unwrap my dilator carrier like the deranged transfemme Sweeney Todd I am and waggle my fingers over the candy-colored dildos like a mad scientist selecting the right tool, before picking up Mr. Blueberry the blue one, tripping over my underwear, and bonking myself on the head with the stupid blue rod, instantly concussing myself

[queerbeverage]

Realtalk for a second:

Dilation is my personal ADHD nightmare. A new routine, 20min each day TWICE, you have to prepare it (some kinda cover, lube, mirror) and then it's also really uncomfy sensations (lube spilling on my fingers holy FUCK is that a shitty feel). And I gotta do that every day for atleast 6 months. Can't be lazy with it, can't just skip a day, otherwise you might lose depth. It's fuckin terrifying and it plays a part in my currently WRECKED sleep schedule, bc i can't go to bed without dilating for a second time. Also, if i'm not really in the mood, it's even harder. It costs a lot more mental energy to convince myself it's necessary for my recovery.

It's so fucking hard.

Still, just the psychological peace i have from being flat now and being able to have penetrative sex if i want... it's wonderful. I'd still get the surgery every time. Just wanted to give a little perspective that i have never seen elsewhere. Dilation is hard on you if you have executive dysfunction and trouble with new routines. Be prepared.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

It has been a decade since my sex-reassignment surgery.

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I had my SRS 10 years ago.

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It's been almost 4 years since I had the first stage of my vaginoplasty.

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I had my second SRS revision surgery.

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I am getting a second surgery.

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After my surgery, I was just in such a dark place and I didn't really want to talk about it. I didn't really want to have to go back into it and feel all those feelings over again.

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I had a few complications. Bleedings, infections.

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I've had complications and I've had a hard time.

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I did have some complications and I did have some, you know, concerns that not everybody deals with.

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I thought it would make me happier, and initially it did. Was that worth the constant issues I've had, the dilation I have to do for the rest of my life?

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I'm having the worst time with dilation.

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I was experiencing a little bit of dehiscence, which is basically when you are so swollen that the sutures that they put start to rip open. It was as bad as it sounds.

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I have trouble urinating. I kind of walked around with it for a year before I seeked help.

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The reason I'm dilating twice a day is because if I miss once, it is so painful, I like dread it so much because it's so painful.

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I went to dilate again that night and I think I moved a stitch. I don't know what happened, but something happened, and I was in excruciating pain. It felt like literally somebody had, like, shot me or stabbed me or burned me or something down there.

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I had to dilate and I had to try to open my urethra up, and it was just like.... yeah, I'm going to start crying.

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I was bleeding every time. I literally was going to pass out. I threw up because I had so much pain.

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I remember like, bawling my eyes out saying what did I do? Like, what did I do to myself? I fucked myself up. I was never going to heal from this.

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My body is constantly trying to heal after surgery, since it considers it to be an open wound.

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I mean, what can I do except go and have another revision?

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I remember starting to cry in the surgeon's office because I was like, I'm depressed and I'm in school, it's painful, like, it's just, it's a lot.

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The issues I had very early on should have been indications to me that I should not have done this. But I hated my male self so much that I needed to. And now there is no way to go back.

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You can never go back.

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When you get a surgery, it's not always gonna go well.

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If I had known about the irreversible physical damage I caused my body, then I would have never done any of this.

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It's very much a commitment for life. You're going to have to rely on doctors for the rest of your life.

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Don't be like me and deny problems until it's too late. Rather, address them so you can be happier and live a healthier life.

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I don't know who, but somebody needs to hear this. Somebody needs to hear that, as much as you hate your body right this moment, you will hate it even more once you're trapped in a malfunctioning body that is still trying to behave the way its genetics instruct it to, and despite your cosmetic intentions. You can never undo it.

Ritchie Herron is a detransitioned man who went through this procedure and now has to live with the consequences, now that he has a constantly closing "neo-vagina" where his genitals are supposed to be.

He explained that the reality of it - even notwithstanding complications - is not explained or well understood by those seeking it. Only the rosy sales brochure version.

So, you don’t get any information at the gender clinic about surgery. They don’t give you any videos, they don’t give you any sort of interactions with others who have got it. For instance, I heard about another clinic that, in their pre-surgery group, they introduced people who had had surgery, and the referral list for surgery dropped dramatically, when people realised what it’s like living like this, and it is very, very difficult. You only hear the positives.

You can't be "born in the wrong body," because you are your body. You and your body are the same organism.

[intersex-support]

i have a very short vagina that doesn’t expand (it’s abou two inches long, or even less) and the cervix also doesn’t change and hitting it and longer penetration is painful. can this be fixed somehow or will i just have to live with this?

Hi anon <3

Tw for continued genitalia talk.

To my knowledge, the main option would be vaginal dilation. I don't want to get too detailed about this on tumblr, but I know many intersex people, whether they've had surgery or not, who use dilators to try to increase the depth and comfort. This doesn't work for everyone and the process of dilation can be painful or emotionally charged for people, but it definitely is an option and I know some people who it's been really impactful for. This is a resource talking about dilation, and although it's written for transfem people after gender confirming surgery, most of the advice is applicable to intersex people interested in dilation as well.

-Mod E

[hayleylovesjessica]

I had my annual eye exam this morning, and they dilated my pupils. I was hoping they’d be returning to normal by now, but they’re still wide AF. Blerg.

[aistobascistod]

Mutt : Mutation :: Dill : Dilation

[marianamendezartg251]

APP 5: Dilation 

This week's topic was dilation. Personally, I didn’t know anything about this topic, but I found it really fun and interesting to do 

Keywords: 

Dilatational system 

Overlap 

Greyscale 

Corners 

Different thickness 

Circle with fill 

Organized 

Revered type 

With the given text I wanted to use a dilatational system instead of an axial, radial, or any other system because I think it’s the most interesting one. At first, I was going to use white for the background, but then I realized that the revered type would have more contrast with the shape. Some words have more weight than others to highlight the most important parts, like the time and date of the event. For the circle, I tried placing it in different places, at first I made it a dark grey and placed it in the center of the circles but even tho it looked good, I wanted to balance the design as well.

[shotmrmiller]

getting shot down by ghost without even asking him out or anything because he'd heard from one scottish bird that your type of guy was exactly like him and thinking back on it now, all the qualities you'd listed for your dream man do sound like as if you were describing him. yikes.

you don't take his rejection to heart, even though it does lightly sting but before you get a chance to explain that said scottish bird is an idiot and very mistaken in his assumption, ghost is telling you that it'd never work, you'd only get hurt and that you do take to heart because what does that mean, exactly? does he think you some dewy eyed farm girl looking for love? that you can't have casual sex with someone without eventually wanting for more?

"tha' ain't wha' i said. you'd get hurt, i mean look at ya." what about you? it's not like you'd let any of what happens behind closed doors affect your performance or anything, you and kyle always keep things professional while in the field.

also, is he aware that he doesn't have to have a reason to not want to sleep with you, or anyone else for that matter?

"you're small," he states, as if fact.

small? small where? your irritation dissipates, shoulders bleeding tension as genuine worry begins to set in. his vision might actually be going bad. could it be the black paint he wears under his mask? is it even safe to use on the face let alone near the eyes? did he read the instructions?

but then you realize he's looking at your legs, or specifically, what's between them and things click, and now you're wondering how someone so bloody brilliant could be this fucking stupid.

"while i appreciate your concern, lieutenant," you pointedly snap, "that's not even- i'd be just fine." he's a big guy, for sure. massive, if being honest. his neck alone is easily bigger than both your hands and you've caught him once or twice having to duck his head to enter the debriefing room but him being so endowed that it poses a threat to you is idiotic at best.

he hums, long and low in his throat, as he peers down at you through heavy lidded eyes, and raises his right shoulder in a shrug. "as you like," and that's the one and only warning you got.

simon had given you as much foreplay as needed, had lapped at your pussy until you forgot what day of the week it was, curled and scissored his fingers until his bedsheets were sodden and it still hadn't been enough. he'd only fit about a fourth of it in before he took pity on you and fucked your thighs instead until he got close, pushing his ruddy tip back into your aching cunt because "spillin' outside is a waste," and sent you on your merry way.

you're no quitter though and after some shopping online, your saving grace (dilators) will be here in a week.

(now to find soap and rip the rest of his hair right out his scalp for wagging his tongue.)

[tenth-sentence]

Nitroglycerin, C3H5N3O9, has been prescribed for more than a century as a treatment of angina (chest pain) because it dilates blood vessels, thereby decreasing blood pressure and increasing blood flow.

"Chemistry" 2e - Blackman, A., Bottle, S., Schmid, S., Mocerino, M., Wille, U.

[yeeclaw]

"Whoever you think I am... you got the wrong guy."

"Look, I don't know what Charles put in your head, but I'm not... whatever it is you think I am."

Deadpool and Wolverine (2024) / Logan (2017)

[turtleblogatlast]

“…humming a tune.”

I am very unwell about alternate Leo.

(Song: 'Dream Sweet in Sea Major' by Miracle Musical)

[olessan]

ma'am

(Dragon's Dogma 2: Get to Know the Sphinx - IGN First)

[kathylbrownwrites]

Dilation. A 10,000 Year Sci-Fi Epic by Travis Stecher:  A Book Review

New book review at The Storytelling Blog. Dilation, and epic science fiction tale covering 10,000 years! #Space #SciFi #Timetravel

Dilation: A 10,000 Year Sci-Fi Epic. From Multicosm Publishing (2022). My review of Dilation first appeared on August 3, 2022, on the Independent Book Review site. It was named one of the best books of 2022 by that website. I’m happy to share the word about this great story here on The Storytelling Blog. In a big story painted on a big canvas, humankind suffers from its own folly as well as an…

[mochiobonio]

two seconds before disaster-

[aivy-saur]

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