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Tomorrow Is my Surgery. "I think I'm as ready as I will ever be.

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andrea32615
andrea32615

Thanks to this Forum, I have been able to prepare myself as much as possible, my husband has a way better understanding now too

I am Still scared but I guess anyone having surgery Should be a little frightened.  neutral

I'm going to try and keep sharing my exspirence in hopes it may help someone else. 

So far I have started on a softish diet to get my bowels as empty as I can. This seem to be a common denomitator in helping for after Surgery pooing.

I have loss fitting clothes to where packed with my favorite pillow.cheesygrin

I guess that's all for now. 

I love to here any other advise or exspirence good or bad....idea

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  • Jan999
    Jan999 andrea32615

    Posted

    Oh good luck andrea I'm sure everything will go really well. Keep the n touch when you can and let us know how you are getting on.
    • andrea32615
      andrea32615 Jan999

      Posted

      Gosh Thanks so much.... I have to ask, where is everyone from, I swear I have never heard of any of the stool softners recomended.
  • mosnippy
    mosnippy andrea32615

    Posted

    good luck! wish you all the best, i am now 3 days post op and soft diet is good! finally had relief today of first bm 😱🙈

    diff take it easy you might feel ok when doing it but it comes back and bites you in the noo noo later !

    hope it all goes great just breath! it will soon be over with xx

  • LMHO
    LMHO andrea32615

    Posted

    Just had posterior prolapse repair surgery 12 days ago after scaring myself silly for the past year about all possible bad outcomes. It went great and I am so glad I finally did it. It was performed vaginally using my own excised vaginal tissue for strength. I stayed overnight in the hospital and used ice packs for a couple of days along with stool softeners. I was able to stay regular which as you have heard is the most important. No straining, lifting or squatting and lots of laying around with your feet up for a while. I am a super active person and this is the hardest part but after reading about some reoccurring prolapses due to overactivity, I am super motivated.

    Get help with housecleaning, filling dog's food and water, wrapping Christmas gifts, etc. Best of luck to you!

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