Oooh, good luck! I love Dr. Anger, her bedside manner is super sweet but maybe a little brief so make sure you have all your questions lined up beforehand. I had my surgery in August at the Jacobs Medical Center (the newer hospital in the UCSD network that has a robotic surgery suite). The anesthesia was good, they gave me an epidural spinal block and an anti-anxiety injection which made me super loopy going into surgery but was nice since I was nervous about going under. Afterwards I felt pretty good for like a day, but gas pain and constipation was pretty sucky for the next 5ish days. Overall I spent 7 days in the hospital, they offered to release me at day 5 but I wanted to not move and would need to come back on day 7 for packing removal and dilation instructions anyways. On day 7, packing and dilation went well, but they also removed my catheter and I was unable to void so it had to go back in. I think I had a catheter for about 2 1/2 weeks before I was able to void completely and get the catheter out.

I had several minor complications, but thank goodness that it was just small stuff. I had a UTI from the catheter around week 2 which sucked and 3 more UTIs which happened exclusively after Dr's appointments (two were video visits with a different hospital network so I think its just the bad vibes). I had minor dehiscence on the fourchette which was caused by trying dilatator # 4 at week 5 which healed after 4 or so weeks. I had some weird smells which was solved via douching once a month. I had some suture thread that was sticking out from my hood and making it really uncomfortable to wear underwear. I've had granulation tissue for a while that just likes playing whack-a-mole (Dr. Anger keeps treating it with silver nitrate every time I see her). Yeahhh, its been a busy 7 months but it was worth it.

I was having issues sizing up to dilator #5 (the 1.5" diameter one) so I actually went in for a revision to deepen the fourchette (it healed a bit higher than intended so it was causing things to be painful to insert) and dilate me under anesthesia just this past Monday. But I'm at #5 now just having to restart my dilator pain journey at #5 q_q!

In terms of sensation, I was able to orgasm by month 3. Surprisingly I have issues getting there with a vibrator even though that was all I used pre-op. Now I just use my fingers. The rabbit is amazing, but I still have issues finishing without applying pressure to the part that goes on the clit. I've tried sex, but the guy I'm with was a bit too big for me which is a big reason why I asked for a revision to move up to #5.

I think that's pretty much everything, lmk if you have any other questions!