7 weeks post op update

Happy Monday everyone!

ok, it's now 7 weeks after my op and I'm just up dating. I had stitches for my anterior and posterior repair, contracted an infection in week 2 and had small relapses because I did too much too soon. I had a lot of antibiotics which caused a complete wash out of my bowel flora so I had to work hard on that to reestablish a place for my immune system to build on. I stopped eating sugars, pretty much all sugars to be precise. This stopped the chance of candida appearing and it worked very well. This change in diet allowed me to re educate my eating habits and listen to my body.

I was spending hours on end on the couch making everything out of crochet that I could think of and it worked, I rested, fully. But resting means that a diet with carbs in would be energy unspent and that would just sit in the body. I was swollen and bored, so I looked at milk. I stopped taking milk over a week ago and I feel much better.

Instead I drink peppermint tea and that in turn has helped my bladder somehow. The bloating has gone. The sugars have gone right down in my system so now I don't get restless legs or achey joints. This has helped the sitting for long periods of time situation no end. Also a high protein, low carbon diet helped.

Having no sugars has also helped the emotional roller coaster rides that I was getting.

This weekend I went out and walked quite a bit and I can't believe how much better I feel to last week, where I was still getting sore at bending and stretching. There's a faint tinge here and there but on the whole I feel really good. I'm also aware that I'm still in the mending phase so I'm going to keep my feet up every day (literally!) carry on with the kegel exercises and be patient til it's all mended. I've also got a grabber which stopped the need to bend unnecessarily, a bonus for just over £5!

So, for anyone considering this op, make sure you can have 90% of your day resting with your feet up. Get your friends to help out as much as possible and be happy to receive as much support as they have.

This was the best advice I read on here and I can absolutely pass that on to others.

I don't have my check up til April end so I'll know more then, but I'm supposed to have the bladder repair later in the year.

Get over having the house as clean and tidy as before, your clothes ironed (I still live in pj's and stretchy pants) and i only dress up to leave the house.

My friends check in on me often and I don't lie when I'm feeling rough, so they're very happy to help out.

I've learned to receive and chill the heck out so enable the depth of healing in this valuable op to be the very best I can give it. No half measures. No cheating. I've dealt with boredom by finding things to watch, do, read or listen to. And it's been very healthy indeed.

I'm looking into driving again next week, if my insurers give consent too. But I'm not carrying anything heavier than my bag.

How's everyone else?

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