Post-op Checkup

On Thursday I had my first post-op appointment with my primary care physician. I brought her the little bit of info for follow-up care provided by Dr M’s office. We went over my current meds and my general wellbeing. I’m supposed to have my first speculum exam at 3 months so we talked about what I was told she’s supposed to be alert for during the exam. Since Dr M’s office also has an info sheet on this I called today to get it faxed. She also sent me home with a speculum to “practice”. It turns out to be smaller in diameter than Junior but it opens up larger than Big Max; she also needs to be able to move it around to see everything. She also mentioned that lubricant interferes with a pap smear. I haven’t “practiced” yet so I don’t yet know how this will work out without lubricant. Thankfully, I don’t need a pap smear until about next August so it’s not much of an issue at this time. We then moved on to a physical exam. As I was getting into the stirrups I remarked that this was my first time, at least while conscious. Her first comment was “Wow, he does nice work!” Of course, this felt really good. She noted the remnants of my sutures that are still hanging in there. She also noted that I have some discharge. Unfortunately, I forgot to ask from where the discharge is coming. I go back in 7 weeks for the speculum exam. Oh boy! Thursday evening, or the next day, I took a good look at the area to see if I could notice a discharge. I was alarmed to see that the area right around my clitoris is quite red. It looks to me like the sutures that were holding the skin to the clit have finally dissolved and the skin has pulled back a bit. I don't know if this is normal so I put in a call to Dr M’s nurse but haven’t heard back yet. In the mean time I'm using the Bacitracin twice a day.


"The Dreaded Speculum"