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%title Untitled Surgery Novel :writing:fiction:novel:gender:

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.

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.

To my mom, who changed my birthday to my surgery date.

Outline

Justice - trans woman getting GRS Matthew - husband

  • Start with letters fiasco
  • flashback to:
    • Decisions
      • Deciding on surgery
      • Deciding on a surgeon
    • First round prep
      • Getting letters (part 1)
      • Getting the consult
      • The consult
    • The problem of hair
      • Laser
      • Electrolysis
  • Leading up to surgery
    • Getting letters (part 2)
    • The pre-op appointments
      • General medical
      • Surgeon
      • PT
    • Trans woman murdered in town a week before
    • Bowel prep
    • Driving and the night before
  • Surgery
    • The morning of
    • Waking up and the first night
  • The hospital stay
    • The bed
    • Bed rest
    • Bowel movements
    • Breathing and fever - incentive spirometer
    • The dressing
      • The first sight
      • Nerves mapping
    • Anxiety and pain
    • Medications
      • timing
      • Oxy/tylenol
      • Cephelaxin and the smell
    • The packing
      • The drains
      • The catheter
      • The packing itself
    • Peeing and showering
  • The post-op stay
    • The drive to the Airbnb
    • Getting partner
    • Drainage
    • Showering and company
    • Bacitracin
    • Getting off oxy
    • Getting comfortable
    • Walking with cane
  • Post-op visit
    • Leaving Airbnb
    • Powell's
    • Getting there early
    • Kat Campos and getting dilators
  • Home
    • The drive home
    • Seeing dogs
    • Dilating
    • Shopping
  • Healing
    • Dilating and increasing size
    • PT
      • Lifting
      • Walking
      • Breathing
      • Tensing/muscle control/kegels
      • Healing well
  • End with the concert?