hey, I’ve been AFK from Lemmy for a while (sorry about that, life IRL has been rather busy and insane) - but I wanted to pop-in and see if I can answer any questions people might have about my surgery, I’m 1 year post-op. Ask me anything!
(EDIT 2026-06-10: alright folks, I’m probably going to go back to my AFK hole for a while until life gets a bit more chill; I have a tendency to want to spend all my time on the computer otherwise, lol. Love you all!)
Hmm. Are there other places in the body that have a similar microbiome and ‘feel’ as the vaginal lining? I think there’s the gut, but I’m not sure.
Actually, a uterine transplant has been done before on a trans woman (Lili Elbe), though she died from organ rejection in the 1930s - when immunosuppressors weren’t really a thing yet. With modern technology, I think outcomes would be much better.
It def has advanced a lot in the past years! The first succesful modern uterine transplant pregnancy was iirc completed in 2014, but now it’s picked up steam and that gives a lot of hope for those who want to undergo pregnancy but cannot.
unfortunately I don’t know of any tissue that acts like vaginal epithelium in terms of how it alters pH, let alone something that acts like the cervix in producing mucus that feeds lactobacillus - maybe someday they could theoretically grow such tissues in a lab to be used for a graft?
I didn’t include Lili Elbe because it was a failure, I don’t know of any successful transplant - but it’s a good point that the surgery was completed. Her story is so moving and tragic …