Here are a couple new chest pictures... I am very happy with how things are healing.

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18 month updates are up. I've been on T for a year and a half now. Here's a quick photo comparison of my upper body over time.
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I was reminded by someone signing my guestbook that it's been quite a while since I updated this journal... and in the last update I was worried about fluid building up in my chest, specifically the left side. Well, a few days after that post I went back to my surgeon and had my nipple dressings removed and fluid drained from my chest. I wrote more ( Read more... )

I'm feeling a bit concerned because there seems to be fluid building up on the left side of my chest, and that can't be good. It's different than the normal swelling that was there before (swelling on the right side is almost gone now). I can actually feel fluid moving around in my chest. The left is the side that was draining much more than the ( Read more... )

8 Days After Surgery:

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Surgery is over and I am doing well. I just updated my Surgery Journal with details from the past week. In general I'm feeling great and thankful. My spirits are much higher than it appears from the entries. I'm able to do most everything I want to at this point, still some limited motion and I am not lifting anything too heavy, but I'm not in pain ( Read more... )

I wrote these in my paper journal last week. I didn't write it with the intention of sharing it here, so some of it may not make much sense. I was away working at a camp where I wasn't able to call home to talk to my family. My father recently gave me some money which made it possible for me to pay for my chest surgery. Although my parents know I ( Read more... )

Things are in order for surgery. I am actually leaving home today because I have to go away to work for a week, and I will be leaving directly from there to head to Canada for Surgery. On Monday I went to the doctor to have an EKG (electrocardiograph, where they attach electrical sensors to your body and measure your heart activity to check for ( Read more... )

I have mentioned this in a few other places, but I guess here is my official announcement that I am having chest surgery on June 28th ( Read more... )

14 Month updates are up ( Read more... )