Missing Parts: Oops, bottom surgery made me horny.

To be perfectly honest, I had no idea what to expect. How could I? This was my first sex change!

I’ve gone through periods before where I didn’t really feel like having sex, you know, when I was not genuinely feeling right in my body, or my mind was having trouble focusing. Whatever the reasons, I’ve definitely gotten through some dry spells. So, when I received the date of my would-be sex reassignment surgery (SRS, or GAS, Gender Affirming Surgery), I wasn’t too phased by the convalescence period and the inevitable sex-less weeks that would follow while in recovery. Nothing I couldn’t handle.

Now, I know it’s a cliché for trans folks to write about their very personal hospital and emotional SRS experiences and on one hand, I think it’s pretty boring to read. However, that said, how often do we get our genitals turned inside out deliberately? Fuck it, I might as well write about it too.

Between getting my surgery date and actually getting onto the plane to Montréal, I’ve read dozens of articles, blogs, and journals of people’s experiences with SRS. Call it due diligence. I had the facts down: I knew what to pack for the trip; I knew what to expect at the hospital; I knew all about the recovery schedule, its milestones, its dos and don’ts; and I had reasonable expectations of the outcomes of surgery. I had not prepared myself for everything.

I was not prepared for how horny I would be. Like, not at all.