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I'm back home!

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ellie10895
ellie10895

Thanks for all your advice for my previous thread. I'm back home now after anterior and posterior repair, the ligament fixation for the uterus wasn't needed luckily.

my bladder isn't working at all so I'm home with a catheter which is a bit humiliating and I'm hoping it will give my bladder time to recover.

post op I've found it quite painful especially the back wall repair but they said some of the pain was down to urine retention.

im super sleepy and have no attention span what so over.

wishing everyone well who is waiting for this op, It's been so helpful to have people to speak to, it's such an lonely condition.

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  • Jan999
    Jan999 ellie10895

    Posted

    Hello ellie. I'm pleased it's all over and you are home. A lot of ladies go home with a catheter but you'll soon be passing urine ok. Don't forget how important it is to rest and absolutely no lifting, not even a kettle in the first couple of weeks. Keep in touch and take care.
    • ellie10895
      ellie10895 Jan999

      Posted

      Thanks Matron, I'm getting lots of rest so far. 
  • mosnippy
    mosnippy ellie10895

    Posted

    hey i have mine in 3 weeks same as you,

    glad your op went well sorry to hear your bladder is being lazy! hopefulky be healed soon!

    im dreading after, are you in lots of pain now when you move?

    • ellie10895
      ellie10895 mosnippy

      Posted

      Good luck mos! It has been really painful and at some points morphine, codeine, paracetamol and ibruprofen weren't quite taking the edge off. But today is better and part of the pain was down to the fact my bladder was full and putting pressure on everything. 

      In in the long run it will be worth the pain.

      im just home and it's really tricky not cuddling my toddler who is trying to jump all over me!

    • mosnippy
      mosnippy ellie10895

      Posted

      ouchhh! hopefully you just get better and better! sorry for questions when did you have your op?

      awww i have a 3 year old to and dreading that part to sad trying to not pick him up and stuff now so he gets ised to it

      aw hope you het plenty rest and heal quickly

    • ellie10895
      ellie10895 mosnippy

      Posted

      Don't worry ask away, I've still got a zillion questions I keep asking. It's not like you can ask friends and family I don't know anybody that's been though this.

      I had it done Wednesday late afternoon, i woke up with only pain in my tailbone and was pretty comfortable until about midnight and then it got real painful and nothing seemed to be helping. It's definitely improved now as I've only had paracetamol since last night although I've mostly been in bed. Walking around is way more painful.

      Not being able to hang out with my kids is horrid, the 3 year old is pretty understanding and trying to help so you might be fine. But my toddler is crazy and she's got a really chesty cough which is the last thing I need right now.

      You will be so glad when it's all over, I thought the waiting was awful. X

    • mosnippy
      mosnippy ellie10895

      Posted

      thank you 😘 and yes waiting is awful cause i keep reading and worrying that i can't do anything when i out! lol so im trying to get everything sorted now! which is just silly lol

      wow sounds painful! sad therhings us woman have to go through is madness lol

      how you feeling today?

    • ellie10895
      ellie10895 mosnippy

      Posted

      Get lots of good tv downloaded if you have an iPad and some books and magazines ready. You could do your Christmas shopping that will give you something nice to think about.

      i know I wish I was born a man quite often!

      was feeling better but now I've had a shower and walked about its pretty painful I think I probably need to rest completely at this stage. 

    • chris00938
      chris00938 ellie10895

      Posted

      That's what I did - ordered all my Christmas presents online last year and enjoyed googling for them:-)  I think you do need to be resting more Ellie.  When you said what you were doing I wondered, but didn't want to interfere, but I'd get more rest than you've had, since it's painful.  You've got painkillers too, I assume?
    • ellie10895
      ellie10895 chris00938

      Posted

      How much resting are you meant to do? I'm getting up every hour or so to go to the loo, having a shower and getting dressed? Pain is improving and mostly only after I've been moving about / sitting on the loo seems to be the worst with loads of pressure?

      i can't imagine sitting at home for the next 4-6 weeks?? 

      Have para, ibru, and codiene but trying not to take the codiene unless pain is really bad.

      the antibiotics are giving me terrible indigestion and I feel like getting thrush, I'm tempted to stop them since they are only a precaution because I've had so many catheters?

    • chris00938
      chris00938 ellie10895

      Posted

      When I had my op I made sure I did get up at least every hour just to move around, but not doing much activity apart from a walk about for a few minutes at a time.  But you'll find yourself gradually doing a bit more.  Oh, that's a pain about the thrush!  I'd ask your GP - can you get a phone appointment?
  • diann34970
    diann34970 ellie10895

    Posted

    Wonderful that you are home and on the road to recovery . I think a lot of us came home with the catheter, be reassured that this is only temporary, I've had the experience , cause I got the hospital catheter off after 4 days and then I had to self cath a few weeks later. That was distressful to me but I did it for a week and now the bladder has woke up and is doing fine. Make sure you rest, and keep your bowels moving with a stool softener etc.

    follow doctors orders!! I'm now 4 weeks post-op and doing much better but still pacing myself and resting and not doing those things like lifting, bending, etc. following orders so I can have a compete recovery down the road. One day at a time!! Give your body the healing time it needs!!

    Keep us updated!! We care!!

    • ellie10895
      ellie10895 diann34970

      Posted

      Hi Diann, that's reassuring to hear, it does scare me a bit in case I get stuck with it permanently but I know that's me being silly.

      I haven't done a poo yet I'm absolutely petrified of the pain. Ice been taking Movicol but i think I need to eat some prunes now?

      How active are you at 4 weeks post op?

    • diann34970
      diann34970 ellie10895

      Posted

      Hello!! I've been getting out a little bit these past few days, plus I've been doing a few things at house like putting decorations up,dusting, just little things. Hubby does the hard chores like vacuuming , laundry etc.. Still monitoring myself and resting during the day. Hope the movicol works soon, I know how that feels.

      Take care!

    • chris00938
      chris00938 ellie10895

      Posted

      Ellie, don't panic about not doing a poo - my surgeon told me I wouldn't for a couple of days because if the bowel gets touched internally it paralyses it for a little while so it stops working but then starts again.  Having said that I think I took an extra Movical mid day because I was panicking LOL!  But I know exactly how you feel - it's all very worrying until it happens and it's fine:-)))))
    • ellie10895
      ellie10895 chris00938

      Posted

      Luckily the antibiotics have given me an upset stomach so I've managed to go without too much pain! But just sitting on the toilet is not so pleasant.
    • ellie10895
      ellie10895 diann34970

      Posted

      Ah lovely putting the decks up is a nice think to aim for next month! 
    • chris00938
      chris00938 ellie10895

      Posted

      Hopefully it will be easier now!  But at least you've been:-)
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