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throwaway55555555544255 karma

Thank you for that. It was absolutely the worst time of my life. To be honest I've still got some anger issues because of the medical team's "Oh goody, isn't it GREAT that we can do this?!" attitude. No one cared that I was scared to death and didn't even know if I wanted to go through with it or not, it was damn the torpedoes and full steam ahead! I don't blame my parents, they were country bumpkins who I'm sure were just as scared and confused as I was. The doctors should have known better.

When I got my first (small!) tattoo the artist sat me down and said, "Now, you need to think long and hard about this and be sure that this is something that you really want to do. If you still want it come back next week and we'll talk then" and sent me home. That man showed more concern for me than the entire medical team combined.

throwaway55555555544250 karma

DON'T do it. I'm a female who was born with no vagina, uterus or any plumbing at all basically and I was given an operation in my teens to "create" a vagina. I was actually suicidal from the pain for months. It's pretty fucking easy for a doctor who's never done it to tell you that a procedure is simple and that the mold isn't uncomfortable. It was hell. That mold basically stretches and re-aggravates a wound that's trying to heal and can't because of the constant re-injury. Tell your doctor to go fuck themselves.

throwaway5555555554480 karma

Thanks. Hopefully things are better now. Back "in my day" the shame of being abnormal was simply crushing. My parents couldn't even speak to me about it, there was no internet, I couldn't ask the doctor questions because my Mom was always with me and whisked me in and out as quickly as possible. It was terrifying. Today though we have the internet and things like the Intersex Society of North America so, fingers crossed for today's kids...