Post LIS day 5 (Friday 19th November)
Another good sleep last night - took pain meds before bed to cover me just in case. Then awoke with feeling bm was coming soon. Which it did.
Things felt easier today than yesterday with regards to stinging - it had dropped down a notch and didn’t go through me. Also didn’t last for very long, a bit like day 2 and 3 again. So hoping yesterday was a blip.
There wasn’t a lot though (but more formed) and expected to go again later but didn’t. Also I didn’t take any pain meds before and was fine :) first time I’ve not had to prep with pain relief for this basic bodily function in about 3 months!
I’m finding cleaning up a bit laborious. Things are still on their way to becoming more formed so it can be a bit tricky to get sorted afterwards which makes me anxious about infection. Today I tried using a wipe in the bath and that seemed to work well despite being annoying to have to do!
Aside from that, day as usual. Worked from the sofa and got ready for being back to work full time on Monday (I’m working from home, I think I’d be taking another week if I had to physically go into work just because of all the bathing I want to do for the next week. Bathed 3 times today and think I will probably do that for another week - if not baths then sitz baths.
Did some more light housework today - some laundry and a quick clean of the bathroom. Then after lunch I was feeling good so I actually washed my car would you believe?? 5 days post surgery and I’m outside with a sponge, bucket and hose cleaning the car. Rested afterwards but only because I was tired from the activity, not because I was sore.
Food today has been:
Breakfast - small portion of oats with blueberries and ground flaxseeds
Lunch - smoked salmon and avocado on toasted brown bread
Dinner - 1/2 baked potato with left over bolognese
1/2 laxido sachet and the recommended amount of water (and some tea)
So a good day today with no pain medication. Looking forward to the weekend. Won’t be doing much bar pottering around the house but it will be good to not lose the time by not being able to get out of bed due to pain, which is how I’ve spent a lot of my weekends since around August.
Onwards and upwards to day 6…