The images above are of the results of the Vaginoplasty done by Dr. Kathy Rumer on March, 27th
The first 3 images are of days 5-7 after surgery. I had asked the nurse at Dr. Rumer's office if the black tissue was necrosis. She assured me it was not and that it was normal. As of today I do not know if what she told us was true.
Image 4 was taken at the end of day 12 and was my second day home. This was not the first sign of dehiscence as I noticed a much smaller wound during the morning dilation session. We informed Dr. Rumer of the dehiscence and she instructed us to use Neosporin on the wound. At the time, we were unaware of what had happened, and she offered no explanation. When the wound increased in size we immediately called Dr. Rumer. Again she said to put neosporin on and around the area and reassured us that this was normal.
Image 5 (day 14) is of the opposite side opening up. This time we were told by Dr. Rumer to place promogran along side the walls of the wound.
Image 6 (day 15) is the day we realized some of the internal stitches along the vaginal wall had let go. This was the same day as my original post and the day we stopped contacting Dr. Rumer's office.
Image 7 (day 16) was the day we were seen by Dr. Grimstad, an OBGYN at Boston Children's Hospital. (NOT AFFILIATED WITH DR. RUMER AND NOT THE SURGEON WHO OPERATED ON ME)
Image 8 (day 19) the wounds are healing very well thanks to Dr. Grimstad and her team (Again not the surgeon who operated on me)
In case you're wondering why I deleted my previous post:
I realized my last post was titled incorrectly, and was unclear about some things. I decided that it would be easier to just make one big post and delete the previous post to make it abundantly clear what happened to me.
First I want to clarify that Dr. Kathy Rumer was the surgeon for this vaginoplasty. I am no longer in contact with Dr. Rumer due to her (Dr. Rumer) unprofessionalism and inappropriate handling of my care
Currently I am in the very kind, considerate, and professional hands of Dr. Frances Grimstad and her team. They (Dr. Grimstad's team) took the time to examine my wounds (From the vaginoplasty done by Dr. Rumer) and explain exactly what had happened, and taught me how to clean and dress the wounds (from the vaginoplasty done by Dr. Rumer in Philadelphia).
I have a few more things I want to adress. 1. As to my current (limited) knowledge this is a known complication in Penile Inversion Vaginoplasties. There may have other factors at play in this specific case, but as of now there is no known evidence of intentional or unintentional errors during the procedure.
- You (adressing anyone who yelled at me to go to the emergency room) were obviously concerned about my well being and I am appreciative of that. HOWEVER, my situation required a medical professional with at least some knowledge of gender affirming care, which the emergency room would not be able to provide as I live in the middle of fucking nowhere.
Tl:dr- Dr. Rumer operated on me and it sucked. Dr. Grimstad (not affiliated with Dr. Rumer and not the surgeon who operated on me) examined me and explained what had happened. (Dr. Grimstad has not operated on me at all)
Also sorry for the bad image quality on some of the photos. I suck at taking pictures.