I am scheduled for LIS surgery on Friday and my surgeon said that I could be back to work by Monday. Hmmm...I wonder
if I cut his sphincter if he would be whistling a different tune (and from a different orifice).
Perhaps he is correct, but I hate when doctors act this way. I am a tough cookie, but everyone is different and I just can't imagine that I will be up and running (without a bathtub by my side after a BM) just days later. I told my boss that I was taking a week of sick time (didn't tell her what the doctor said) and she is fine with it. I just hate feeling like a baby if I am still not back to normal after a week. I have had many surgeries in my life and nothing so far is like the pain I have suffered from this fissure.
I appreciate the information I have gotten from this board because if I was not up and running a few days after surgery I would be wondering what was wrong with me. I wish I could come up with something clever to say to him to wake him up to the fact that he is still cutting a muscle in a very tender area and I still have a fissure to heal. Heck, I may not have even had my first BM after surgery by Monday.
Which leads me to one question. He does no bowel prep. While the idea of hours of BM's freaked me out, I am also a little confused by no prep. Has this been anyone else's experience?
Thanks!
Mary