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%title Untitled Surgery Novel
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:writing:fiction:novel:gender:
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I had my own surgery in 2018, and my therapist suggested I write about my experience anonymously so that she could share it with one of her other clients who was looking at going through a similar process. That she did so a year before I started writing this is neither here nor there.
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Either way, While Justice's story closely follows my own in a lot of respects, it isn't 100% the same. It's the type of thing I'd like to be readable without losing any of the informative aspects. A lot of the process of going through surgery is incredibly recondite and awkward, and there's no escaping that. The goal of this project is, first and foremost, to tell a story, but a close second is to provide an example of what one can expect in going through this process. To that end, I hope it helps.
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> To my mom, who changed my birthday to my surgery date.
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## Outline
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Justice - trans woman getting GRS
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Matthew - husband
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* Start with letters fiasco
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* flashback to:
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* Decisions
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* Deciding on surgery
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* Deciding on a surgeon
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* First round prep
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* Getting letters (part 1)
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* Getting the consult
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* The consult
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* The problem of hair
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* Laser
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* Electrolysis
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* Leading up to surgery
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* Getting letters (part 2)
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* The pre-op appointments
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* General medical
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* Surgeon
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* PT
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* Trans woman murdered in town a week before
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* Bowel prep
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* Driving and the night before
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* Surgery
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* The morning of
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* Waking up and the first night
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* The hospital stay
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* The bed
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* Bed rest
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* Bowel movements
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* Breathing and fever - incentive spirometer
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* The dressing
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* The first sight
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* Nerves mapping
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* Anxiety and pain
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* Medications
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* timing
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* Oxy/tylenol
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* Cephelaxin and the smell
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* The packing
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* The drains
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* The catheter
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* The packing itself
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* Peeing and showering
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* The post-op stay
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* The drive to the Airbnb
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* Getting partner
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* Drainage
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* Showering and company
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* Bacitracin
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* Getting off oxy
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* Getting comfortable
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* Walking with cane
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* Post-op visit
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* Leaving Airbnb
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* Powell's
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* Getting there early
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* Kat Campos and getting dilators
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* Home
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* The drive home
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* Seeing dogs
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* Dilating
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* Shopping
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* Healing
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* Dilating and increasing size
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* PT
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* Lifting
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* Walking
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* Breathing
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* Tensing/muscle control/kegels
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* Healing well
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* End with the concert?
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