#incision tw

[sgnarl]

we dont see much blood n gore on this blog, commission for @teratomarty !

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[shiroi---kumo]

Today was my stitches came out day and wow that HURT. I haven't gotten stitches out since I was 4, so that's over 30 years ago so I had no memory of it. My hand STILL HURTS so I've been kinda slow today. They changed my restrictions from no use at all to no more than 2lbs for a month.

I e-mailed work about it but I'm still waiting on them to get back to me to see if they are gunna drag me back but I don't know how they would have me do custodial work with that kind of weight restriction. A broom weighs more than that.

Regardless, If you'd like to see the current state of my hand / wrist - its below the cut unbandaged - so you can see the mark and the holes and my wrist bruised to fuck.

If you're squeamish about that kinda thing - DO NOT CLICK THE CUT

Either way - FUCKING OW. My hand HURTS.

[lonelysheepling]

Lady who I haven’t named yet, Crimson Embers Above Burning Pines, and Shattered Stones Over Scarlet Leaves

Original ver (middle girl is unclothed) below the cut

[systems-overloaded]

(I had double incision top surgery)

HOLY CRAP MY CHEST LOOKS SO GOOD!! IM SO HAPPY!!

I've seen ALOT of post op photos. I had watched multiple videos of the actual surgery I was getting, and also looked at a FUCK TON of pre-op, post-op, and other healing stages photos.

I have literally never seen a chest look this good at any of the first healing stages. That's insane, I'm so happy.

My actual surgeon didn't have any photos of their masculinizing top surgeries, even though they'd done it multiple times before, so i kinda felt a bit nervous about that. I wasnt sure exactly how it'd look, even though i know the initial stages can look gnarly but heal phenomenally.

IT. LOOKS. SO. GOOD.

I'm so happy and also a bit in shock about how good!! Ahhhhhhhh!!!

(I really want to share photos tbh, but i have tattoos that could be identifying so i won't here. I may post somewhere else with my tattoos blurred. Maybe transbucket?)

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Anyways the surgery went perfectly!! My mast cell was totally under control!! My chest has healed so well!! I didnt need the ICU and have been recovering at home!!

He was able to hook up my nerves on each nipple, so i should expect sensation still! AND he was able to preserve my tattoos, which all have extreme emotional/sentimental significance to me!

All the issues I have been having, are sooooo much less than we were expecting, and all the doctors, nurses, and just medical teams for this entire thing have been so good!! Especially the anesthesiologist and pain team that worked with me for the actual surgery.

So, besides some hiccups and more mild expected issues related to my other health conditions, I'm doing so well!!!

This is such good news, and means a couple of my conditions are much more controlled than I thought!!

(the "more" section just has more detailed health info, and my experiences so far)

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I did have some significant & expected prolonged issues from the anesthesia.

I didn't wake up for multiple hours, then woke up but was still totally paralayzed for multiple hours and couldnt communicate that so they thought I wasn't waking up for even longer, RIP.

Then once my right side started to return, my left was still almost totally paralayzed for over an hour too.

(We're hoping that was just a hemiplegic migraine, because I do get complex migraines and have had hemi-paresis during some. That doesn't follow the pattern of my paralysis episodes from my channelopathy (which is why i was paralyzed still for so long.) So the assumption is I was having paralysis episode and a hemiplegic migraine at the same time.)

I'd also had significant increased weakness for about 2 days, I still have increased weakness now, over a week post op but its probably not related to the anesthesia directly. Most likely my mitochondria taking a hit, contributing to overall fatigue, worsening of my channelopathy, and my adrenal issues.

There were also some issues getting a new pain medicine since i had a lot of adverse reactions to what was initially prescribed. But the doctors have been very good about helping me find alternatives.

They'd gave me a nerve block on both sides initially (which apparently is almost never available, but i was able to get!!), and a localized pain pump for the first 3 days, then a muscle relaxer and pain medicines. I've couldnt take the muscle relaxer or the pain meds due to like severe adverse reactions, so now that the localized things ran out, I've been suffering a bit while waiting for a dr to prescribe something else for me.

And I'm actually still needing increased steroids for my adrenal issues, which is considered "abnormal" to still be needing at this point. I'm hoping once I have a bit more pain control from these new meds we're trying, then I won't need as much steroids. *fingers crossed*

Then, I have an adhesive allergy, and we've been able to avoid tapes and adhesives almost entirely. I haven't had any blistering from the paper tape they've used in some areas. I did have some itching which I've been taking benadryl for and it is more controlled now.

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I feel very very blessed. ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

Im so grateful I was able to get this surgery, to have it covered entirely by insurance, to have such a good team of doctors helping me, for my body to have done so well with this whole process, that my chronic illnesses have been controlled as well as they have with my current treatments, that my doctors are helping me find alternatives for pain control, that my chest has already healed so well, that i have the supports in place where i can recover at home, even with prolonged issues or temporarily worsened symptoms, that the surgeon could hook up both nerves and preserve my tattoos. I am so blessed and I am so grateful, and I am so happy, I'm so excited for when its all healed up.

[sapphicslut777]

i’m ready to get these drains out 😭😩😡☹️

i called the office this morning and i have to keep them in bc the fluid went down and then back up. they told me to do nothing ang take it easy and to really wear my compression garment all day and night (which i have been doing!!!)

i’m so frustrated… they prescribed me an antibiotic bc my drains have been in for a week now :( i can feel them coming out of my body and it’s gross. they’ve also been chaffing me under the binder.

i also have some sort of weird rash on my arms and neck that i’ve been waiting for them to call me back about….

and now i’m a week out from my period :(((

this is getting really hard :(

[blackbutler-readerinsertsandjunk]

y'all I'm so tired and sore, I slept like shit last night because the left side of my butt kept hurting and it woke me up and prompted me to get up and walk like every hour... which I know I have to walk around a bit to prevent blood clots and shit but that doesn't usually apply to sleeping 😭

I got some naps in tho so I'm doing ok

remember the askbox is open right now~ I'll probably keep it open for a while, maybe till I go back to work?

I ordered new sparkle gel pens and I also ordered The Book of Bill to keep me occupied while I'm off work and on light duty and stuff

I have my laptop up right now but probably won't get to any writing simply because I'm exhausted, I just wanted to get it on for a lil while cuz it's my baby lol

but feel free to send me more things! I'm currently mostly sleeping, coloring, and watching YouTube, but once I start to feel a little more with it I want to try and write since I'll be off work and unable to do much else for a while

gentle reminder that I love you all and that I'm grateful for all the support you've been giving me ❤️❤️❤️

[pinkie-pinkeroni]

i guess i should get back to posting art here which meannsss i'm starting with posting this lizard bc he is crawling around my brain!!!!

meet chameleon! a new(ish?) oc for my silly superhero story. he's a villain-turned-hero! his power is invisibility! (yes i know that's not what chameleons actually do, but this is my idiot and i do what i want) he's incredibly smart, tech savvy, and pretty good at sneaking around. he's also pretty agile and knows his way around a knife. he's got some self-confidence issues, especially because of the scars on his body (which are all thanks to a certain eyepatch-wearing himbo's older brother....), so he prefers to cover up a lot. he's also got a thing for the gusty cowboy superhero, but now that he's working with the good guys, he can't just flirt and run anymore! oh no!!! tragic. :-)

anyway i love him and i hope u do too. i'll post the rest of the hero teammmmm ummmmmm later <3

[happyrecoveringslime]

1 week (13/03/23) first reveal post op !!! Looking really good!

For reference, i had a drainless double incision technique and have mild pectus excavatum (my sternum is a bit sunken in which is why my chest isnt completely flat but almost concave-ish).

[pete-spankoffski]

<A force from outside his world grabs him by the front of his shirt and lifts him up off the ground.>

Happy Birthday, Mr. Spankoffski. I'm going to be fulfilling someone's birthday wish for you.

<From the metaphorical other side, the man holding Pete takes the boy's glasses off and takes out a scalpel, slowly, painfully carving a line through Pete's face, right through his eyes.>

-🪚

[ As Pete walked home, he fixated his attention on the street. It’s dark, the stars are out already. Suddenly, he feels something grip his collar. He looks around to see no one as his feet dangle in the air, his glasses falling to the floor with a faint thud as the rim takes in fall damage. A scratch on the black, bold plastic. ]

[ He didn’t recognize this voice, sending shivers down his spine as it speaks. ]

“Wha—“

[ Before he could finish, they felt the scalpel, slowly cutting at his left eye. Blood dripped from his eye, he tries his best to cover his eye, to avoid any further damage. But whatever is doing this, slowly start to slit his other eye. He shrieks in pain as the “man” continues, the line paced slowly as it slid over his skin. ]

[ The incision continues, no one seems to hear his screams. The pain stabbing him, ten times worse even. The man’s force relaxes, and lets go of Pete. He slammed into the pavement, looking for his glasses. It hurts to see. ]

[ His left eye faced some damage, but his right had a full line through it. Pete trembled as blood spilled down his face, he gets to his feet and stumbles somewhere to sit. ]

[ Hissing in pain, he can’t even cry. He cant go home looking like this either, so what the fuck is he gonna do now? ]

[maximumsunshine]

Does anyone want to see my incision and staples? I'm going to see if I can pull off a read more.

[manicpanicpixienightmare]

Couture

[mtgret]

Day 10 post op: My nips are finally revealed and I'm wearing my vest like a tactical vest (the chafing is the WORST)

[voltrons]

top surgery being held together by one (1) dc comics brand The Flash bandaid for children

[ssolessurvivor]

a drabble for @tensleepshrike inspired by Alma from f.e.a.r

She's here, she has to be close. There's something about this place that makes him nervous. He's since dispatched all the other incompetent guards in favor of freeing her. It's just Millie, after all. She deserves to be free of this living hell.

"Mill." Logan murmurs, feeling the full power of his voice is just too much. "Show me where you are."

His walkie goes off, a sudden scream of static and beeps. Her voice says his name within the cacophony. Mismatched eyes glance down, to grab at his hip, when he sees them. Bloody footprints forming, one after the other, dragging crimson against sterile white, leaking into the grout. Suddenly, she stands twenty paces away, nude and soiled. The Y incision on full display, red and ugly like new, droplets of blood fall from the stitches. His heart aches as her head slowly cants to one side, eyes fixed, glazed, dark.

The exhale quivers as it passes his lips, words all but immobile on his tongue as he steps closer. About halfway there, the lights begin flickering, some even erupt in sparks and shards of glass. Stopping in his tracks, he listens as innumerable voices cascade around him, surrounding yet nowhere all at once. She's twitching, tremors taking every muscle and tendon.

"Come on, hon, show me where to go." Logan all but pleads, so distraught at seeing her like this. A dear friend near the brink of destruction. Her entire being vibrates, a blur of energy building and breaking down like an atomic meltdown. Whispers turn to shouts, to screams of agony and torturous begging. Logan can hear his own heavy breathing through it all, so loud, so all encompassing. "I've come to take you home!" He hollers over it all, not once looking from her even though he's scared.

All sound evaporates as if it's being sucked out through a crack in the door, taking the very air in his lungs with it. Millie stops, still as a statue, his heartbeat blaring in his ears, deafening and then she's screaming. Rushing in phantasmal fury, her mouth a dark, gaping maw of tar and broken teeth. Her body glides, breaking into clouds of ash and smoke. She hits him, flows through him, and Logan is winded by the physical, bodily pain Mills projects into each cell of his body, nerve endings on fire in his chest, clutching there as if she shot him. He hadn't felt his back hit the floor, gasping for air and wiping tears from the corners of exhausted eyes.

The lights go out, plunge him into darkness and an alarm, a fire alarm, distant in the facility, goes off. Turning on his flashlight attached to his pistol, Logan groans as he stands, trying to figure out which way to go. Orienting himself to follow that familiar, piercing rhythm of the alarm, a quick glance down shows the footprints are gone.

He's on his own.

His walkie triggers again, this time with an eerie, broken laugh, and a whispered: "Help."

[xxf0rg0tt3n-b3st14xx]

Finally, I got to see the incision they did.

It looks a little bigger than they said, and well, just more than I thought. It might scar, which would be cool.

If you are curious, here's the picture of it. I think it's neat. :]

Looks kinda small here, but a bit big IRL.

The dark marks are the place where they wanted to cut.

[transgender-png]

genuinely the burning pain i had when i first woke up post op was easier to tolerate than cluster headaches are

[image ID: a version of the assassination chain meme; the unassuming guy has a caption of "me thinking my post op pain isn't too bad". the woman behind him is holding a gun, with the caption "a random cluster headache". end ID.]