by Kat » 04 Jul 2012, 06:58
Post op is not a fun place to be is it? The first bm is a killer. Good to hear there's no regrets for having gone ahead with the surgery. It was nice of your wife to post your post op notice to keep us informed :). My hubby cannot believe I am sitting here typing away about my bowel movements each evening. That said he doesn't want to hear about my bowel movements!!
I am day 12 today and had an awesome day. The bm still hurt but it felt more like a bruising sort of a hurt rather than the kind of hurt that goes with trying to pass a piece of glass.. if that makes sense. And it only took a few minutes to recover after the bm, whereas previously I'd go and lie down for an hour or so and I'd take a paracetemol, but today I didn't even feel the need to take parcetemol! Anyway it made me feel like the wound is actually healing at last and there is light at the end of the tunnel.
I also got out and about and resumed what felt almost like normal life, tho am still on leave as my doctor gave me a certificate for two full weeks off, and I won't be able to claim a return to normality until i get back into running and going to the gym but am not going to head back to the gym until after I have seen my doctor for post op follow-up on the 19th of July.
I am a little bit nervous about what tomorrow holds tho as am finding the recovery is two steps forwards and one step back. Also I did eat a lot more today than have eaten since the surgery as I found I was hungry for the first time since the surgery 12 days ago. I reckon I've been getting by on about 1000 calories a day since the surgery as have just not been hungry, and I figured less going in means less coming out. But I reckon today I probably ate about 2500 calories... hmm now I think about that I suspect I will pay for that tomorrow.... fingers crossed