Okay, so I really don't love how bottom surgery turned out for me. It'd be very nice to go back and snag a phalloplasty. A doctor is even down to do this. Just like, some problems.

  • I'd probably have to drop literally 100 pounds, something mentally and physically grueling to do.
  • My bits already are... Tender and get sore real damn easy. Like, using a strap hurts. So I could do this and it'd just be a literal pain in the end.
  • My partners are pretty damn ace and being immunocompromised, my chances of finding folks to even use said penis with are pretty damn low.

So like... I'm in a heck of a mental bind over this all the time. Is it even worth all the mental effort and high risk for something I might not even get to enjoy and use? That might also leave me depressed after I manage it all? But by doing nothing, I remain pretty damn miserable with huge bouts of dysphoria and depression to deal with in regular waves.

This is one of those times I wish there was actual good support for folks who have transitions go haywire cuz I got no idea who to even ask about these things or how to mentally figure out this risk/reward equation. 

@literalgrill i obviously don't know the full details, but my common risk analysis technique is to look at the best and worst case of both doing something and not doing it. often we frame things purely in "if i don't do this, what will happen; if i do, what will" but i think it's useful to analyze the full gamut. best and worst case of both action and inaction