All things considered, I'm doing pretty alright. I can move around, getting in and out of bed/chairs is getting easier and less painful, my body is digesting food as it should. But it still sucks.
Ironically, the degree of pain I'm feeling now, after a major surgery and having multiple organs removed, is less intense and more manageable than the cramping I felt from atrophy + endometriosis. It feels a little scarier, though, since any pain I'm getting now is typically due to moving around in a particular way.
I'm extremely lucky my husband is here - it's been hard to keep up on basic wellness tasks like eating or brushing teeth. The oxy I'm taking also has some peculiar effects - after taking one of them, when I close my eyes and drift off to sleep I see bright, vivid colors, far more intense than fireworks. It's weird and kinda cool, but I'm trying to stick to the less potent painkillers for now.
Anyway - just a brief update. I'm also very fortunate that my surgeon didn't require me to stop taking testosterone before surgery, as other surgeons sometimes do. The acute post-op menopause is apparently hellish to endure, and I likely won't have to deal with the worst aspects of that.
I'm also very bored and tired of the hydration/pissing cycle. It just sucks and I wanna feel better already!