Nearly 4 weeks post anterior and posterior prolapse repair surgery. Still in pain...
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Hi,
I'm 43, and finally took the plunge to have anterior and posterior prolapse repair surgery nearly 4 weeks ago.
the surgeon also did a perineum repair.
I've been fairly active since, walking kids to school, but taking daily rest.
But, over the last week the pain has been unbearable in my anus. 🙈
I'm still taking laxatives, as I suffer with IBS anyway. so everything is soft when I pass stools, but it feels like I have a bulge after going to the toilet, and get a lot of acute pain up there.
I also have a lot of tummy cramps still, like heavy period pains.
I'm not bleeding anymore.
Today, I saw my GP, who sent me to a local hospital to be checked out.
They confirmed skin tags/piles, and said everything else looked OK "down there".
they were suprised by my tummy bloat still, and said perhaps the laxatives are causing it. Currently on movicol x2 a day, plus stool softeners.
I'm wondering if there's any ladies out there while had this surgery, and still had pains/bloating nearly 4 weeks on. sitting down causes rectum pain.
I'm a very fit person usually, gym 4/5 times a week, and I'm suprised how slowly I'm healing.
I'm still on nurofen max amount and paracetamol daily.
I know the overall recovery 12 weeks, I didn't expect to still be in this much pain. any advice appreciated.
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Marina_Dee SarahWH11
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Lots of ladies complain about post op pain after these sort of repairs. And often its at about 4 weeks. Its often down to doing far too much. Anterior/posterior and perineum repairs mean a lot of incisions in very tender places on fragile skin and you probably need to rest much more. For 2 weeks you should have been doing next to nothing with feet up.
We all think we are super women but this is when we find out we are not.