Thought I’d show ya’ll how it’s looking so far without the dressings. This week will be 9 weeks post op and honestly, everything is so much better. Around the 6th week I was able to sit normally without any pain, bend my knee without any issues, sleep on my side (not the donor leg side yet), and all that. The only things that bother me are still having to use dressings on the donor site and how much of an indent the donor site causes cuz of the thick thighs

but as long as I can cover it with pants or shorts, I’m good. But I love my dick, I’m currently at 6in thick and when it’s hanging, its 7in. Before surgery, I was so worried about having something in between my legs and I thought maybe it would bother me or feel really weird. But I actually love it. It never feels weird, it never bothers me, and I don’t mind having to be mindful about what bottoms I wear. I love seeing the bulge in my underwear or if I’m wearing sweats or shorts. It honestly feels like it just belongs there. There are times I do have to adjust my dick in my pants I will say lol but other than that I love everything about it. The tip is still a small open wound, but it’s closing up slowly but surely. I still don’t have any sensation, which I don’t expect yet since it’s still so early. It’s definitely something I look forward too tho. Right now I’m sticking to wearing Separatec trunks size large if I’m going out and knit boxers when I wrap my dick with coban for days I stay in or am outside for a short period of time.
My donor site is starting to itch randomly throughout the day which is sooo frustrating because it’s all still numb and so I can’t get rid of the itch. Things I still use on the donor site since day 1 are aquaphor, adaptic dressings, abdominal pads, medihoney, and surgical tape to hold it all together. On the tip of my dick I use medihoney, gauze, and coban wrap.
I was cleared to workout by week 7 but was told to go light and for cardio to start on the bike. I actually haven’t done any cardio yet and just started with light weightlifting. I really wanna get my donor leg stronger. It was a real struggle to go up and down steps, and to sit down and get up when I initially was able to bend my knee around week 6. Now all that is easier, but it’s not as strong as I’d like it to be.
Last thing is that I was actually scheduled for Stage 2 in December! So that’s exciting.