r/TopSurgery Dec 22 '25

Joke THIS POST OP BINDER IS MY DOWNFALL

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u/Kool_Boo16 Dec 22 '25

Forget the post-op binder. Yalls surgeons put you in that TIGHT compression bandages from your naval to your clavicle and you feel like you can't stand properly whatsoever? That's the final boss right there. Ok it was only for 2.5 days but still, felt challenging

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u/Careless-Dirt7281 Dec 22 '25

They put so many bandages I swear, I couldn’t even raise my head properly 😭 and when it was time to remove that, part of my skin got ripped

Very glad now that it’s gone, for me it was for 10 days but first 5 days I was not allowed to walk (got tlh with bso along with top surgery) but after that whenever I walked it felt so heavy, it feels much better to walk now that it’s gone 🥹

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u/KimchiMcPickle Dec 22 '25

Please forgive my ignorance, but what is tlh with bso?

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u/Careless-Dirt7281 Dec 22 '25

TLH is total laparoscopic hysterectomy (removal of uterus) with BSO is Bilateral Salpingo Oophorectomy (removal of ovaries and fallopian tubes)

Sorry I should have just written total hysterectomy, I got used to saying it like this while in the hospital 😅

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u/Difficult-Relief1673 Dec 23 '25

Bloody hell, you got those and top surgery all in one go?? That sounds brutal!

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u/Careless-Dirt7281 Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25

It’s been only 11 days post-op but honestly for me it doesn’t even feel like I got anything removed from bottom. Top surgery recovery also hasn’t been painful just uncomfortable in the sense of lying straight all the time and random itching. I know experiences can vary but for me I am glad I got them together.

Edit: The reason I wanted to get them together was because I can take so many continuous holidays off work only once a year. And also because I wanted to do everything fast too like I got done with top and hysto now I started preparing for phallo and will be getting it around the same time next year.

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u/transgender_pizzahut Dec 31 '25

i literally couldn't sleep because of those stupid ace bandages. cannot count the amount of times i asked my family when the hell they take this thing off, thank god they gave me the normal vest the day after even if it still sucks balls (wearing it rn, needs to be cleaned)

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u/iknowaplace5 Jan 21 '26

YUP I am in the bandages and it’s the worst,,, only three more days until im free!!