VFS Voice Feminiation Surgery

I was looking for the most recent recording and I couldn't find it so I just recorded another one :)
There is a minimum 200 letter post so I am rambling lol hopefully this works otherwise I will write out the Rainbow passage manualy

https://old.vocaroo.com/i/s1MU4cuzDM5e

I can finally check off the removal of my #1 dysphoria! I am posting this about 6 months after but I am including some other notes some posts from other questions from friends and other sites I posted in... a such from my journey...
I scheduled this surgery almost 4 months before having it, as Dr Haben has a pretty long waiting list. The surgery cost is documented on their website and includes two nights hotel stay at the Airport Marriott in Rochester, NY... pretty nice place and close to several worthy "last meal restaurants" I drove up from Ohio so we stayed 3 nights as the first day you have to have a pre-consultation that is a MUST. I met Dr Haben and pretty much cried as soon as I saw him. He was super nice and informative. He had me do a baseline reading and he took measurements to determine the approximate stitch location. Basically he used a scope to look at my cords and had me speak and hum sounds. You can tell he has done 100's of these and really knows his work! (Which is why I chose him over any other surgeon) So after the visit we visited the National Museum of Play and relaxed.... Surgery day was pretty fast.. I was checked in to the hospital and went back to the pre-op area almost immediately. Everyone was SUPER nice and helpful. The Surgery lasted about 3 hours (I had the triple so you may want to look that up) I was in the recovery room for about an hour. I went back to the hotel (Which they can provide transportation to) The next day I had the follow up and he checked everything and I was given a clean bill of health and instructions on aftercare.Just as others have done before me and to help my sister with their decision to have this done, I am presenting you with "before and after" sound clips of the standard Rainbow passage.
If anyone has any questions for me about anything, especially this surgery, I would be happy to answer. I could not dream of a better outcome and I am so happy!
I suggest for the best affect, listen to the POST op first!
This is 30 days post op (Glottoplasty, CTA (cricothyroid approximation) and Tracheal shave) AKA the "Triple" and what is most common are three separate procedures done at once. One shortens the length of the vocal folds, so they vibrate at a higher resonance (Glottoplasty) the 2nd is the CTA this tightens the folds and prevents so also vibrate at a higher frequency (Think of tightening the strings of a guitar) lastly is the chondrolaryngoplasty (Aka the tracheal shave) aside from aesthetically removing the Adam's apple it also reduces the mass which increases the resonance so when I speak now, my resonance stays in my neck and head. I can't make it go any lower into my chest.
So it effectively puts my Timber/Resonance and pitch in a naturally female range without trying......
https://vocaroo.com/i/s0WvWc0IdfIV
These are the Pre-Op recordings:
This is after 7-8 months of professional transgender training
https://vocaroo.com/i/s0qoPpIJ079j
This is PRE "Everything" - No Voice training whatsoever.. GUY Yuckiness in all its glory!
https://vocaroo.com/i/s1lE1587GXrn
I really never had much pain even at the incision site, Since I had the CTA (cricothyroid approximation) as well as the Glottoplasty it puts me in a permanent "swallow" that feeling is slowly going away so the only discomfort would be when I yawn at the moment and that discomfort is lessening too. (Post op 6 months and this almost gone) So vocal range.... Now I am only 30 days po-op and things only get better. I am told I am one of the exceptions that my voice is not very raspy. It is normal to sound for the first 3 months. I can talk for about 15 minutes every hour before my voice goes... and I mean it just feels like laryngitis no pain I just sounds like I lost my voice lol in 20 min I can talk again but I usually have been resting it for about 40 min. So the range right now feels like I can go as high as I could before (But I will be able to go higher) my lower range is completely gone YAAAAAY !!!!!!!!!!!! The lowest I can resonate is at the bottom of my neck and it sounds funny.. like a girl trying to sound "low" Now My old voice app I could cross 3 octaves now it is just the two upper ones at the moment. So yeah I can sing, but I don't want to push it much right now :)
I have been answering my telemarketers calls (The SPAM ones that sell the blue pill enhancement drug) just to hear them ask me to talk to my husband HAHAHAHAHA and that is just me saying "Hello?" I had a voice reveal party over the weekend and it was funny to hear my friends say they keep turning around wondering who that is. It is priceless :) OH so something else. I have kids and they were so worried about me sounding different. My family too.. I may not be able to go low as before but I can talk like "Dad" and brother and they were very comforted to know I was still there when they need it. This is a good example of how pitch is just a small part of the female voice. My intonation and tone are what really makes me Kristen although not having to think about keeping my pitch high is amazing!
Here are the most recent recording!
https://old.vocaroo.com/i/s0DrpU6xGuap
Please reach out to me if you have any questions!
Kristen