Hello, I'm new here but I've been reading for quite a while. Things got extremely bad, so I straight up decided to have the LIS and get my life back.
I had LIS on Wednesday mid day, and today is Friday morning. I know sitz baths are always recommended and it seems like everyone does them multiple times per day, but I (in my one year suffering with AF) have only tried laying in the tub a few times. At first I thought it helped with the pain, but I stopped them and the pain was still the same as taking baths.
Needless to say, I always chose to lay down rather then soaking.
So now I am post surgery, and still haven't used the sitz bath. I've been showering in the morning, and I use the detachable shower head (oh thank god we decided to get a detachable shower head!). Is this enough? I don't want to risk infection, but I don't see the point In continuously getting it wet and having to dry it. I am leaking blood since the surgery, and haven't had a BM yet.
Any thoughts?
Also, it's technically less then 48 hours and my pain level is literally 0/10. I can feel the stitches, and if I move with too much pressure it hurts a bit, but besides that, no pain. Is this common? Seems like everything I read, people are still hurting 2-8 weeks after.
Thanks for reading!