Week five ......
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Morning ladies. I am now at week five, post rectocele op. Can any of you tell me when this awful discharge might stop? I have a constant dull ache in my abdomen and feel very bloated. Still bleed if I strain to go to the loo or blow my nose too hard! Am due to start working at home this week as my job is a sit down job but I will be on reduced hours so that I can walk around or take a rest. I am even wondering why I bothered with this op.
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gill49377 ann64117
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ann64117 gill49377
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moira34394 ann64117
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By 3 months I felt much better and everything was well at a follow-up appt. Consultant very pleased with his work, and so was I.
At 5 months I started looking after my one year old grandchild 2 days a week ~ impossible not to lift her or the buggy etc, and I could feel the pull and accompanying ache. After a long wait I started seeing a gynae physio. My posterior repair has held. My point is, be patient, it is worth it, but I would say it was 8 months before I felt completely myself again. Actually, not myself, much better than before. No constipation, bulging, back ache or bladder problems. The op tightens the vagina, so sex is better too.
Working from home will help, but you will be extra tired. Just remind yourself that the more rest you can get now, the better the outcome you will have.
ann64117 moira34394
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tlee moira34394
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moira34394 tlee
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Having said that, 5 months was too soon to be managing a 1 year old. I definitely felt the pull, which I don't now at 11 months post op. The posterior repair did survive that and the coughing from chest infections, so I was lucky. As she gets older (now 21 months) she is heavier, but I'm promoting independence as much as possible. She can walk further so less lifting in and out of the buggy, and she can clamber pretty well into the car seat. Enjoy your grandchildren!
witchesmole ann64117
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I am only 12 days post op but have read quite alot of previous posts now and I definately think even week 5 is still very early days and for me the op is def going to be worth it as rectocele was interfering too much with my sex life and BM too.
gail68093 witchesmole
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gail68093 ann64117
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tlee gail68093
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patsybythesea ann64117
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Frustration has no place when healing is happening. I reckon that's why we're called *patients*.
Our bodies are making us aware of our own inability to just sit the hell down and wait, not very 21st century thinking is it? Busy busy busy... But it's vital.
The op is very worth it, just hang in there baby!
ann64117 patsybythesea
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moira34394 ann64117
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I don't know if hormones come into it, but you definitely get a bit up and down. As well as the physical pains you have to deal with the enforced rest, when you're used to being busy; the annoyance when the person helping doesn't do what you want when you want or how you want, and you can't say anything without sounding ungrateful; the anxiety about your ongoing aches, pains and discharges; the worry about the repair from reading about all the things that people have had go wrong (people who have sailed through tend not to join these forums, so you don't hear the success stories); the sheer exhaustion (healing uses energy).
Be good to yourself ~ just accept you're off the treadmill for a while. As you can work from home, can you do an hour on a good day, or does it have to be planned in advance? Most employers should accept that major surgery takes time for recovery, and this is a very personal surgery
ann64117 moira34394
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patsybythesea ann64117
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Realised it's again because I did too much