Cassie’s Dilation History

Year Month Day Days Schedule Change Stent(s)
2002 January 31 0   Day of vaginaplasty 1
  February 6 6 5 per day Start of dilations, five times 1
    7 7 4 per day Four times per day 1
    12 12 4 per day Introduced #2T stent 1, 2T
    14 14 4 per day Introduced #2 stent 1, 2
    19 19 4 per day Introduced #3 stent 1, 2, 3
    28 28 4 per day Stopped using #2 Stent 1, 3
  March 6 34 2 per day Twice per day 1, 3
  April 5 64 2 per day Changed usage of stents 2, 3
    6 65 2 per day Changed usage of stents 2, 3, 4
    8 67 2 per day Changed usage of stents 2, 4
    12 71 2 per day Changed usage of stents 2T, 4
  May 4 93 2 per day Changed usage of stents 1, 4
    15 104   Temporary stop of dilations (Clitoroplasty, Labiaplasty)  
    23 112 2 per day Resumption of dilation 1, 2
    24 113 2 per day Changed usage of stents 1, 3
  June 3 123 2 per day Changed usage of stents 1, 4
    5 125 1 per day Once per day 1, 4
    9 129 1 per day Changed usage of stents 2T, 4
  November 2 275   Start of reduction of dilation frequency 2T, 4
    9 282 2 days One dilation on alternate days 2T, 4
    19 292 3 days One dilation per three days. Occasionally, one dilation per two days 2T, 4
2003 January 4 338 4 days One dilation per four days 2T, 4
  February 7 1y 7d 2 per week Two dilation periods per week 2T, 4
  April 19 1y 19d weekly One dilation period per week 2T, 4
2004       weekly No changes within 2004 2T, 4
2005 July 1 3y 151d 14 days One dilation period per fortnight. Occasionally, one dilation per week 2T, 4
2006       14 days No changes within 2006 expected 2T, 4
2007 January 1 4y 335d 11 days Two dilation periods per three weeks.
(Usually two Sundays out of each three consecutive Sundays.)
2T, 4

Explanation of My Stents:

Size Description
1 1 inch (25 mm) diameter, 8-11/16 inch (221 mm) length, curved 2-3/4 inch (70 mm) from inserted end, five dots at 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) spacing starting 3-3/4 inches (95 mm) from inserted end
2T 1-1/8 inch (28 mm) diameter, tapered to inserted end; otherwise, same as above
2 1-1/8 inch (28 mm) diameter, otherwise same as Stent 1
3 1-1/4 inch (32 mm) diameter, otherwise same as Stent 1
4 1-3/8 inch (35 mm) diameter, otherwise same as Stent 1

Excel workbook containing forms for recording one’s dilations. (Workbook created with Microsoft Excel 2000. Workbook does not contain any macros.)

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