You're welcome -- I'm glad it was useful. And yeah, after it's over I'd definitely be happy to talk in person about it at any point. (or via email or whatever works.)
Heh, yeah, I didn't actually know that saline inflation was a thing until about a year ago when I saw a notice about a workshop on it at the FTM group in San Francisco. As far as I can tell, saline injecting in preparation for having implants put in will be different in that I'll have expanders in my scrotum that will... contain the fluid, I guess? I'm not exactly sure of the logistics. As with most things, there are probably a million videos on YouTube were I just to look.
Edit: and I forgot to say (because I didn't even notice it the first time), fantastic icon :-D
And yeah, I haven't given up on strap-ons either -- I expect I'll want to try again even post-meta, since I don't expect to be able to penetrate anyone with my own junk -- but somehow the dysphoria combined with self-consciousness about the straps not being quite tight enough and not having much control of the cock and created some sort of synergy of bad feelings. One thing that *isn't* dysphoria-inducing (for me) is pumping -- I was skeptical, but it actually works, at least in the short-term. I'm not sure if I've gotten any long-term gains from it, but I also haven't been doing it all that regularly. I'm looking forward to pumping post-meta, though.
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Date: 2012-01-23 07:39 am (UTC)Heh, yeah, I didn't actually know that saline inflation was a thing until about a year ago when I saw a notice about a workshop on it at the FTM group in San Francisco. As far as I can tell, saline injecting in preparation for having implants put in will be different in that I'll have expanders in my scrotum that will... contain the fluid, I guess? I'm not exactly sure of the logistics. As with most things, there are probably a million videos on YouTube were I just to look.
Edit: and I forgot to say (because I didn't even notice it the first time), fantastic icon :-D
And yeah, I haven't given up on strap-ons either -- I expect I'll want to try again even post-meta, since I don't expect to be able to penetrate anyone with my own junk -- but somehow the dysphoria combined with self-consciousness about the straps not being quite tight enough and not having much control of the cock and created some sort of synergy of bad feelings. One thing that *isn't* dysphoria-inducing (for me) is pumping -- I was skeptical, but it actually works, at least in the short-term. I'm not sure if I've gotten any long-term gains from it, but I also haven't been doing it all that regularly. I'm looking forward to pumping post-meta, though.