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General trans community.

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Follow all blahaj.zone rules
All posts must be trans-related. Other queer-related posts go to c/lgbtq.
Don't post negative, depressing news articles about trans issues unless there is a call to action or a way to help.

Resources:

Best resource: https://github.com/cvyl/awesome-transgender Site with links to resources for just about anything.

Trevor Project: crisis mental health services for LGBTQ people, lots of helpful information and resources: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

The Gender Dysphoria Bible: useful info on various aspects of gender dysphoria: https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en

StainedGlassWoman: Various useful essays on trans topics: https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/

Trans resources: https://trans-resources.info/

[USA] Resources for trans people in the South: https://southernequality.org/resources/transinthesouth/#provider-map

[USA] Report discrimination: https://action.aclu.org/legal-intake/report-lgbtqhiv-discrimination

[USA] Keep track on trans legislation and news: https://www.erininthemorning.com/

[GERMANY] Bundesverband Trans: Find medical trans resources: https://www.bundesverband-trans.de/publikationen/leitfaden-fuer-behandlungssuchende/

[GERMANY] Trans DB: Insurance information (may be outdated): https://transdb.de/

[GERMANY] Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transidentität und Intersexualität: They have contact information for their advice centers and some general information for trans and intersex people. They also do activism: dgti.org

*this is a work in progress, and these resources are courtesy of users like you! if you have a resource that helped you out in your trans journey, comment below in the pinned post and I'll add here to pass it on

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I think it's pretty great so far!

Recovery is not bad, I think the general estimate is like 6 - 8 weeks for returning to normal life for most things, and a lot of things are back to normal within 3 - 4 weeks.

I have been ordered not to lift more than 3 lbs for the first couple weeks which is a bit disabling (I can't lift the pots I use to cook with, for example, let alone that pot full of food).

The pain is certainly a part of it (you can't avoid that with a surgery), but it's definitely not too bad - the worst of it is a kind of radiating soreness through the inguinal canals up into the abdomen, and that was mostly in the first two weeks. Already now after two weeks I am not taking any pain medication, even at night to help me sleep. Most of the remaining pain is localized to the wound, which has healed significantly already.

For context, I have been told I have a higher pain tolerance. I also went with a GRS surgeon at a good hospital, and I got lucky by not having any complications - obviously other people will and do have different experiences.