I had my first LIS in 2014. I had to see the PA for my post-op appointment after 3 weeks. She was very rough with me, even though I had explained how great I'd been feeling and asked her to be careful for fear of setbacks. She poked and prodded until she found my fissure just to tell me it was healing well. I had weeks of pain and bleeding following that and had to go back on Nifedipine. That fissure never fully healed.
Today was my post-op for my 2nd LIS. Again, they made me see a PA. I explained to this one what happened last time. I told her I did not want her to touch me in any way. I said I understand you need to look, but I did not want her hands on me. I told her my husband was there as a witness because I was terrified of it happening, again. She seemed to understand. She said she would not touch me, unless she saw something hat concerned her. I stopped her there and reiterated that I did not want her to touch me for any reason. I asked her to stop and get my doctor if she saw something that needed further examination. She agreed. She looked, then proceeded to tug and pull to get a better look at my incision site. I was so angry amd dumbfounded and upset afterwards. Apparently, she thought I meant I didn't want an internal exam. So, here I am, back in my sitz bath praying and hoping she didn't cause a major setback like last time.
What were post-op appointments like for y'all? Does everyone get poked at, despite telling them we are painfree?
I don't know what to do if she reopened my fissure. I can't have another surgery and can't use Nifedipine since it causes rashes now. Plain Vaseline is about the only thing that doesn't make me itch.
I'm so upset about this. I couldn't have been any clearer with her.