I am currently recovering from transgender surgeries. Ask me anything.

[TaraJo]

If I may be bold, what are the expectations for sexual sensation and orgasm?

I've talked to a lot of other women who have had the same surgery and most of them can reach orgasm and have a healthy sex life.  Once in a while you hear or see a horror story that gets pretty bad.  

But it will still take some time to find out.  Healing and recovery take time and there's still quite a bit of numbness down there.  

Personally, this is something I'm REALLY looking forward to.  It was so frustrating before, when I was with a guy and we were both ready to go and..... I just couldn't have sex the way I wanted to.  Well, now I will be able to.  

@Gwaithmir yeah, it seems like surgery advancements have come quite a way since the 80's.  Still, that's something that varies from person to person.  Really, the final result depends on post-op patient upkeep, their physical condition when going into surgery, the skill of the surgeon and stuff like that.  I had gotten into pretty good shape in preparation for surgery and my surgeon is one of the big, up-and-coming names in this specific surgery so I'm feeling confident I'll be alright.

@Gawdzilla Sama So, when I was starting my transition, I went through a decent "in between" stage, where my boobs were too pronounced to really pass as a male, but I still had a little too much facial hair to pass as female.  I got strange looks whatever restroom I used then so I started going in the women's room.  The first time a stranger told me not to use the men's room was the last time I intentionally used the men's room.

@Abaddon_ire The main thing I was nervous about immediately before surgery were mostly covid concerns.  What if I tested positive?  What if my surgeon tested positive?  What if elective surgeries had to be canceled again?  Fortunately, things worked out (although, had my surgery been scheduled just a few days later, it would have had to have been delayed).  I can understand some of the uncertainty and nervousness about surgery.  After all, it IS major surgery and that should make anyone nervous.  But, still, I think the discomfort of my body being wrong outweighed the discomfort of surgery.