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barbara_92
barbara_92

How many weeks post surgery did you go back to doing the hoovering

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  • Jan999
    Jan999 barbara_92

    Posted

    Hovers are usually very heavy so you shouldn't actually lift one until about 12 weeks. However if someone gets the hoover out for you and you just do the actual hoovering then about 8-10 weeks.
    • barbara_92
      barbara_92 Jan999

      Posted

      Thanks 12 weeks now. Don't think I can milk not doing it with husband for much longer
    • debra25218
      debra25218 barbara_92

      Posted

      Lol mine never does it to my standard anyway..when you goin back to work x
  • debra25218
    debra25218 barbara_92

    Posted

    Hi my Hoover isn't very heavy I did it about 6 weeks 😊
    • debra25218
      debra25218

      Posted

      Hi I've got wooden floors downstairs.but carpets upstairs my hubby did upstairs x
  • doris29
    doris29 barbara_92

    Posted

    Sometimes I think I should just be quiet but I hoovered a week after!

    Very light hoover though.

    I only had rectocele surgery, don't know if that makes a difference?

    I'm 6 weeks post now

    • Jan999
      Jan999 doris29

      Posted

      Just having a rectocele repaired doesn't make any difference in fact it's that repair you should be the most careful.
    • doris29
      doris29 Jan999

      Posted

      I'm starting to think there is something wrong with me

      I wallpapered and painted after 4 weeks.

      I genuinely have had an easy ride. Dread to imagine how or when it's gonna catch up with me!

    • doris29
      doris29 debra25218

      Posted

      I have listened to my body.

      If ever it felt wrong I stopped.

      Maybe when I go for my check I'll get a telling off, will keep you all posted though.

      Might be in for a few 'i told you so'

    • Jan999
      Jan999 doris29

      Posted

      Not resting even when you feel well can cause problems. That's why patients should be told to rest and do basically very little for the first 2 weeks. Moving around, lifting and stretching pulls on the internal sutures so the don't heal correctly. I always stressed that very strongly because I saw women returning following failed surgery taking up NHS beds when it could have been avoided. Some ladies think that because there isn't a visible wound then it's ok.
    • doris29
      doris29 Jan999

      Posted

      I will tell you what the surgeon says when I go for my check up 22nd March.

      Totally understand what you are saying and I have been careful

  • doris29
    doris29 barbara_92

    Posted

    Also the lady that was next to me in hospital has been the same as me (she lives on the next road)

    Could it be a good surgeon? That might explain a lot?

    • Jan999
      Jan999 doris29

      Posted

      Makes no difference who the surgeon is. If he had a new way of repairing a rectocele that enabled ladies to get back to normal after a week every Urogynaecologist would be doing the same. Bladder (cystocele) repair can be performed now differently so recovery is much shorter but that's still a recovery time of about 3-6 weeks.
    • doris29
      doris29 Jan999

      Posted

      That's true. I did a three day fast to give my body a break to recover too. Maybe that helps?

      God knows.

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