FTM Phalloplasty 5 Months Post-op 

I appreciate these videos as a nurse practitioner because we didn’t learn any of this in school. UF BSN ‘92. FAU MSN ‘96. I appreciate your honesty about your confusion with your Christian walk. I’m glad to see you didn’t reject God, because he hasn’t rejected you! Thanks for your honesty & bravery.

I'm so glad you're doing good! I have to admit though, I giggled pretty hard when you were trying to explain stuff and you giggled and said your mom watches these videos. LOL. You're such a brave soul, Cody. Thank you for the update and the giggle! :)

Congrats on Five months! From what I understand it takes about a year to get full sensation and the tingling is a very good thing because that's the nerves connecting. :D Dude you're just under the half way mark! It's all uphill from here!

You're such a Rockstar! Every video of yours always makes me smile and watching your videos just makes me feel like I'm on this journey with you. Keep being awesome, kid! ❤

Oh my god I love your mum, she really is one in a million ❤️❤️ Your exceptionally honest and that touches me. Well done on the being able to do the thing you can’t talk about because your mum is watching 😉 Big big loves. Xxx

I wish I had your confidence man! Congratulations! Stay strong and keep your head up high. Love you man

I like the way in which you tell your story, you seem like a very cool person, thank you for being so open and honest.

OMG that looks sooooo painful man!! I think that anyone that wants to be a transphobe needs to watch these videos and see what EXACTLY a man goes through to be a man. I have mad respect for you going the distance and will pray for you to have a less painful experience. My heart really goes out to you in this journey... I swear I am having phantom pain with the appendage I dont even have just thinking about what you are going through...It is so worth it to live your truth...mad love Cody!

Time flies! I find it really cute how awkward you are talking about this but still do it. I'm almost for months on T and currently working on my letter for the judge for my name and sex change. Hope your sensation will increase soon. Love every video of yours. Best wishes from Germany :)

Hey, Cody, I have so much respect for you. You are so very thoughtful and sincere. I do enjoy your videos so much and find them very educational. You manage to relate such personal and delicate subjects in a way that is clear and, at the same time, very respectful toward yourself and to those of us that follow you. I hope only the best that life has to offer you comes your way. You deserve happiness and much peace. -Pam-

I was flicking through RU-vid and stumbled across your post and I thought what’s wrong with your arm. I did not know what phalloplasty meant I’ve been following your progress and have found it very interesting so thank you for that good luck in your future as the real you xxx

Your updates are so thorough! Thanks for letting all of us join and support you in your journey :)

Congrats on 5 months! Thanks for making this informative update!

You are very thorough with your information!

You are such a strong person to share your very personal journey with the world! Very handsome very strong man is what I see! Thankyou for sharing your journey ♡

Kudos to both you and you Mom!

Hi Cody and congrats on 5 months post op - its all up hill from here mate - you're doing great and well done for getting through your first week of work that in itself its huge.

Just remember about the erecting device that if it causes you dysphoria that there are lots of cisgender males that can't get erect. You're an amazing person and I hope you are able to get done what you hope for in the future xx

Excellent progress Cody, so happy for you👍❤️

I've thought about phallo for a while, and I've always wanted the end result, but was wary of the methods to achieve it. Mostly what'd I'd found was pictures of arms that were still relatively fresh and heard about limited mobility, but having watched your progression and hearing your take it doesn't seem so daunting. Sure it's a big recovery and yes the scar is still big, but I'll still have a functional arm and finally what I'm supposed to have between my legs, so thank you for sharing so much with us. It's helped a lot.

Congratulations on your first week!⭐💖🎉🎁

"Nope. It's fall". Lol. Hilarious.

Five months and looking good overall!

These are really interesting! Can't wait for month 6

Wow 5 months already. That's crazy im very happy and excited for u! Much love respect from a fellow trans guy from Hollywood CA 😎

Yay congrats on your 5 months Cody!!

I have anxiety using the restroom too. I get looks in line. People distance themselves so I try to make them feel more uncomfortable. Lol I told my best friend about my shame and resisting the urge of being trans and she asked, why? She told me to embrace it. So, I tell you, embrace it when you use the restroom. She told me I was using the wrong restroom. Lol thank you. I wish we could hang out. Lucky p.s. today's my birthday, Nov 13th.

I so admire how open you are!

Glad you're doing good, Cody! I found what you were saying about stretching at the incision site really interesting. I'm 6 weeks post op top surgery today, and am trying to figure out if I'm supposed to deliberately stretch to get my reach back, or just wait for it to return on its own. I don't know what the hell I'm doing lol. Anyway, I'm really glad you aren't getting as much pain in that area now!

Wow you're so amazing and so brave I'm a 56 year old sex change, had my bottom surgery done 1999 everything's working out fine except for having to dilate all the time which I hate but my God you're going through such such craziness you hang in there baby you look fabulous and everything's going to work out the way it's supposed to you are so brave and courageous and a handsome boy and I'll keep watching my name is Rani by the way

5 hugs for 5 big months! Thank you for sharing them with us. Adore ya! XXXXX ~ hugs

glad you're doing well

your arm looks really cool. I have bad scars too and I like them now.

Whew what a journey...

I'm so happy for you I see your smile and I'm so happy for you I'm MTF and I feel like things are way harder my voice doesn't change naturally like yours does I'm a bigger frame things seem tougher from the side transitioning then for you that's tough for me to think about and deal with. but I don't get as dysphoric watching your videos as I do other MTF especially ones younger than me I feel like I wasted a good 10 years in my life trying to ignore who I was. and now that I'm coming out I feel like I'll never be where I want to be I'll never be normal and I'll never have that natural smile like you do I'm very happy for you I just subscribed I wish you world of luck

Thanks man! Congrats

One suggestion to your doctor (without wanting to cause any offence, I am not a doctor, it's only a suggestion) Try to stretch the skin with saline balloons, it's been used in other surgeries and it works, I just think the type of scar I leaves can act like a target or a brand for future prejudice...and the all process is already hard, maybe it would be nice to consider a better solution for the skin grafts, but nevertheless it is an impressive job, all the best for the future and maybe work a bit on your voice (again...just a bloke to a bloke opinion)

i’m the same in terms of my right side having sensation and not my left - i heard it’s because the main nerve they take is located on the right side of your pre op junk (it has a name but i can’t remember it) and so the first part to get feeling is usually the right and then it spreads... the left side is just further away from the beginning of the nerve, and the left nerve in your pre op junk isn’t touched during surgery

Thank you for sharing your journey :)) its so interesting!

Wow thats pretty dope from one post~op to another

I have so many questions about this procedure.

the scariest thing abt getting these surgeries for me is the recovery afterwards, it sounds so painful and as if you're starting all the way back to the beginning with flexibility oof

Yay!! Good for u😍😍

Would it be possible for you to show us your results? (Not through RU-vid of course)

Goodjob to you Cody! ^^

Congratulations on 5 months! You have no idea how helpful (although it seems awkward for you it seems to speak on certain things, but you still do it and thanks for that) so happy that things are getting better in terms of getting back in to the work routine and being more comfortable using the urinal. You have a winning spirit, never give up! I have so many questions, but feel a little leery about asking here. I have a consultation with Dr. Chen in December. I noticed you mentioned in one of the videos I saw of yours, that you have Blue Shield. I have Blue Cross Blue Shield, so I guess I'm wondering how much you paid out of pocket and how much your insurance covered, but that may too personal (lol). Also, I'm wondering how it works with hair removal in the donor area and it that's covered by insurance? Thanks so much for the informative videos you take your precious time making to help others like myself:) Take care of you.

I really love your eyebrows 😍

Good on ya, Love you!

Thanks man for sharing big help

This is kinda personal so you don’t have to answer, but how were they able to create balls, I find it fascinating. If possible you should make a video on it!

i have a scar on my finger where all of the nerves got cut and are still reconnecting, it's almost a year old. i'm guessing it's somewhat comparable? good to know since i'm planning to get phallo probably

Congrats

Feels just like yesterday I was trying to sleep but couldnt because I was nervous and wondering how you were feeling from surgery haha.

What does it feel like to have it between your legs? Is it an uncomfortable feeling? Are you able to sleep on your side with one leg on top of the other?

".... take my pants off and youtube doesn't like when I do that" BAHAHAHA this was a funny sentence

I'm glad you survived your first week back to work. I'm wondering on the ED if it needs to be replaced 5ish years later if the replacement can be done by regular doctor or if you need to go back to dr chen for replacement? It's good to hear you're going slow with getting back to normal in the gym. The tips you gave on dealing with hand swelling are very helpful!

I wonder how u feel today

Can you cover it with tattoos or something

Time is flying

Hey.... getting an implant can be a scary thought... I haven't had bottom surgery yet... are you aware of what an "elator" is? I think that's how you spell it. I've been looking into the couple different things that you can do and I came across the 'elator' you should look it up if you're interested.

Do you moisturize your arm and if so what do you use? I was watching Finn and he said in a video that he uses all sorts of great oils and stuff. I’m interested to know your regime if you have one!

Nerves can take even a year to grow

Have you had intercourse and was there any problems?

Did you have integra for your arm? I guess you are going for the inflatable erectile device? Even the three piece you should be able to keep for up to seven+ years if you don't have complications. The semi-rigid device can last twenty+ years.

Have you heard of 2UNDR underwear? I hear it is very good for post phallo

Is the lymph not draining?

Congrats on 1 wk @ work. I transitioned on the job so I know how you feel. Also, did you get the typical fistula underneath the penis at the base? If so, how long did it take to heal.

you are adorable. that's all

I've always asked and wondered this, because I'm going to get the same surgery when I can. My question is when are you able to be sexual?.

Your hand swells because of your surgery Not exercise

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I will like to see your arm how it looks know

Also as far as erectile device have you looked into The Elator? Google it lol its also on youtube.

you should search finn the invincible on youtube and make contact with him, he his about 2 months behind you with regards to surgery but seems a lot more advanced with healing, beard growth, scar tissue and different types of pain, Maybe he has some tips or u can share the experience together x

It’s gonna take at least eight months to get your sensation back

Ur a gorgeous man! Kudos to u my friend

They skin the hell out of your arm. Will that heal more? It’s a shame they can’t take the skin from the back of the thigh or something.

you are adorable. that's all