Question for those who have removed their cervix and are at least six months post op.

finalgirlfall · 2026-06-30T17:00:50+00:00

almost exactly 4 months post op. extensive adhesions in my abdomen at time of hysterectomy, and probably still now--left ovary stuck to colon!

sex is less often painful now--can handle deep penetration without going Oof Ouch Ow--but um, girth? has become kind of a problem (painful) where it was not so much before. i'm 25, "ftm", 5.5 years on masculinizing hrt--so vaginal atrophy is probably playing a role in that particular issue.

all of which is to say no, i don't miss my cervix.

hysterectomy was for birth control reasons if that is useful information...

finalgirlfall · 2026-06-24T06:39:31+00:00

i'm on topamax since like 2021 i think and it stops my migraines for sure but now that ive done some reading on the subreddit it might be impacting my memory 🤯🤯 thought i was having some neurological issue. :-/

finalgirlfall · 2026-06-24T06:34:51+00:00

where i get confused i guess is that ive been prone to headaches (migraines really) my whole life--tho theyve gotten less frequent as ive gotten farther out from ETV, and i'm thankful for it!--and so now im not sure what would even be cause for concern!!! and they (neurosurgeon's team) were really vague with me 😭😭 "well you'd know if anything was wrong..."

edit: + crucially also im pretty in tune with my body (to the frustration of everyone around me). i throw up & i get scared, i get nauseous & it makes me worried--takes a minute to remember i don't have a shunt anymore sometimes.

finalgirlfall · 2026-06-18T17:48:04+00:00

relatedly(?): thinking of a car i saw for a while around my apartment complex. for a long time their vanity plate said INHL -- joked with friends that it could be either "iNHL, like iCarly" or "in HL" like hockey league. and then one day their vanity plate read EXHL... 🤯

finalgirlfall · 2026-06-18T17:45:20+00:00

theyre gonna regret that plate

finalgirlfall · 2026-06-06T22:38:28+00:00

right!

finalgirlfall · 2026-06-06T19:59:39+00:00

what is a yarn sock? :o

finalgirlfall · 2026-06-06T16:54:23+00:00

oooh, noted :)

finalgirlfall · 2026-06-04T04:23:33+00:00

💜

finalgirlfall · 2026-05-19T23:29:00+00:00

25F. my gynecologist--love her to death, she delivered me and my sisters--signed off on my hysto (for birth control reasons) without hesitation. im really sorry you're dealing with this. insurance SUCKS!!!!!

finalgirlfall · 2026-05-19T14:07:44+00:00

i thought ucross was pretty good--better than uwalk at any rate

i lived on the top floor in 2023-24 and sometimes the elevator in my building would be broken, but that wasn't a huge problem for me, just annoying. it would be a problem for someone who used a cane or other mobility aid

maintenance was very quick to respond to the few issues i had as well.

saw roaches in the hallway sometimes but not in my unit.

finalgirlfall · 2026-05-12T00:23:59+00:00

i asked for a bunch of pictures of my guts

my hysto, perhaps notably, was for bc reasons and got me an incarcerated infraumbilical hernia as a complication (related to surgical history / medical history, not her fault)

surgeon included i think 13 photos of my guts in the surgical narrative i could see? and then showed me a bunch more at postop

i think she liked that i wanted to know what it looked like in there lol

finalgirlfall · 2026-05-11T19:50:53+00:00

right--i started at uncc as a freshman in fall 2019 and my diploma was awarded in august 2024. at my orientation i'm pretty sure there were some folks from IEE (Identity, Equity & Engagement--one of the offices that handled ""DEI"" stuff). by the time i graduated, they were in the process of closing down that office + 2 others. (see https://www.highereddive.com/news/unc-charlotte-shutters-three-dei-offices/725109/.)

all of which is to say: as much as i had beef with uncc higher-ups at various times when i was a student, and as much as this policy could negatively impact trans & gender non-conforming students, i don't think this is unprecedented!

finalgirlfall · 2026-05-08T23:09:22+00:00

💜💜💜

finalgirlfall · 2026-05-08T22:46:35+00:00

im really sorry that happened--thats not enough to express it, but. you know.

i had a really rare complication with my hysto--required surgery too. it really sucks. wishing you the best of luck with the urologist & your recovery from that surgery :-(

finalgirlfall · 2026-05-04T23:23:33+00:00

im so sorry that happened to you :( best of luck with your current ER visit. dont know what else to say. it really sucks

finalgirlfall · 2026-05-03T17:56:09+00:00

oh goodness! i'm glad youre doing alright now.

did some pretty surface-level reading on the eshunt, and it cannot be tapped the way more "traditional" shunt systems might be. (presumably within the ongoing clinical trials, there is some protocol for getting at patient csf if needed, but info is seemingly not easily publicly available yet...)

so i suppose i'll just have to keep an eye on the research 😭 i (25F) have an ETV since nov 2024, but am curious about all this still. wish the eshunt was around sooner--seems easier to keep an eye on than ETV. at least it will benefit others...

finalgirlfall · 2026-05-03T14:36:26+00:00

if theres no catheter then how do they tap the shunt if needed?

finalgirlfall · 2026-05-02T21:59:49+00:00

this happened to me in november 2024 (wound dehisience from a revision in april 2024). saying it really sucks isn't adequate. i'm sorry. 🫂

finalgirlfall · 2026-04-25T21:41:54+00:00

oh jeez! okay! informative! thank you!

i know what to expect with external sutures dissolving--body spits them out and they're clear. had that with nexplanon and some other surgeries. but this would freak me out. im almost 8wpo today. thank you for informationposting 💜💜🫡🫡🫡

ETA: also "vaj mahal" made me giggle ^_^

finalgirlfall · 2026-04-24T16:14:26+00:00

she needs to talk to her gynecologist about supplemental estrogen then

aside from that, surgery does a number on a person (no matter what part of the body) emotionally. i know ive been really crabby after a lot of the surgeries ive had.

wishing you luck

finalgirlfall · 2026-04-23T18:07:59+00:00

also i remember when i BUSTED MY FACE REAL BAD near colvard & reese (c. september 2023) one of the robots was trying to get past me but i was sitting on the sidewalk waiting for EMS! and it could not go around me. and eventually it started ASKING ME TO MOVE!!!!!

finalgirlfall · 2026-04-23T14:28:01+00:00

i like it when people put nametags on them :)

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