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Re: Surgery yesterday

Postby sotiredofthis » 29 May 2014, 19:35

Thanks Roidsfizzman, I pray you're right! How are you doing?
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Re: Surgery yesterday

Postby Jbl22424 » 29 May 2014, 21:22

Oh no, do I have to get stitches removed??? I thought they would be the dissolving kind! Argh :)
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Re: Surgery yesterday

Postby sotiredofthis » 30 May 2014, 07:15

Jbl, they are the dissolving type mine just weren't dissolving and they were really bothering me at the 4 week point. I do feel so much better having them out. They were really pulling and pinching.
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Re: Surgery yesterday

Postby Jbl22424 » 30 May 2014, 12:06

Wow, interesting. How long was it supposed to take for them to dissolve?
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Re: Surgery yesterday

Postby sotiredofthis » 30 May 2014, 19:44

She said they could have stayed in another month. That would have been awful!
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Re: Surgery yesterday

Postby Jbl22424 » 30 May 2014, 22:04

How are you doing now? Do you still have spasms?
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Re: Surgery yesterday

Postby sotiredofthis » 31 May 2014, 21:04

Hi Jbl, I'm not having spasms. Your recovery so far is amazing! I could never have went swimming so soon after surgery.

I feel like the hydrocortisone actually irritated the area more. My incision site feels better just having the stitches out but my fissure spot is feeling irritated again. I don't know if it's the cream or what. It wasn't hurting before the hydrocortisone cream. Maybe it dried me out too much. I'm not a fan of that cream anyway. I don't know. For now I went back to not putting anything on it and see what happens. So far still irritated.
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Re: Surgery yesterday

Postby Jbl22424 » 31 May 2014, 23:25

Ya sometimes I think all the creams can aggravate things. I do feel lucky with my recovery although on day 3 I was freaking out because I still had such bad spasms. But then it just got better and really fast. I think since I just had LIS, I had an easier recovery. Sounds like you are on the right track, though. I'm sure the irritation will settle down soon!
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Re: Surgery yesterday

Postby sotiredofthis » 04 Jun 2014, 17:34

5 weeks 3 days: Still irritated at the fissure site mostly when sitting. No pain on bms. I'm taking just a little miralax at night and that is working so far. I've been using either Calmoseptine or Desitin and I think they are causing problems just like the hydrocortisone did. I think I'm going to not put anything on my bum and see what that does. Maybe it just needs a rest! I honestly can't say at this point that I'm glad a had this surgery. I don't feel any better. I just want my life back!!!
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Re: Surgery yesterday

Postby Jbl22424 » 07 Jun 2014, 10:41

I'm sorry to hear that! What does your doctor say about all this? It is still very early days. I remember reading about a woman whose incision site took 3 months to heal but she felt great afterwards and was very happy she did the surgery.
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