TVH: doctors orders?

miracle,
I'm so glad your surgery is over and you are doing so well. Get plenty of rest, walk some, drink plenty of water and just take it easy. This is your time to be taken care of. You only have one chance to heal properly.

Take care and remember to

I am glad your surgery went well!

As for your doctor's restrictions, I think that you would be well-served to restrict yourself on activity. Just because one doctor says you can keep up with whatever is normal for you doesn't mean you should. Common sense needs to override a bad suggestion, IMHO.

I had something very similar happen after my surgery. I was having a very hard time in my early recovery. I had a hip-to-hip incision and I was in a good deal of pain. A week out from surgery, I was down to two Vicodin and had no refill. I went to see one of the surgeons to have another staple put in, and I was really suffering. I told him I was down to two pain pills, and he didn't look concerned at all. He said, "Go ahead and take TWO ibuprofen." ACK! And this was a well-respected surgeon at the Mayo Clinic.

The following day, I went to see my GP to have one of my surgical drains removed. She took one look at me shuffling down the hall and said, "What are you taking for pain?" I told her what had happened the day before, and she took her prescription pad and wrote a prescription on the spot.

Now, this does not mean my other doctor was a bad doctor, or even wrong. But it does mean that if you don't agree with one doctor, it's OK to ask another....

At any rate, it sounds like you already know that you should be more conservative and self-restrict your lifting and other activities. Good for you!

My doctor wrote me for all the vicodin that I wanted.
I just didn't need it.

My doc was really good about my pain meds too, and boy did I need them! I love him! he retired last month.

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Originally Posted by pinkcarnations The robot isnt doing your surgery, the doctor is using the robot to perform the surgery. From the information from other women on this site who have had the daVinci -- the robot surgery you are talking about -- they didn't go back to work after 3 days.

I would cancel my surgery and get another doctor . My doctor said I could not return to work for 6 weeks . I had Dhv surgery . this doctor sounds messed up ... I also perfer women doctors over men, they have same junk and problems men have no clue how we feel are what we go thru .... just what text book says. Def would find another doctor .

I did have another doctor do my surgery it was this past Thursday I did have to beg her to do it because she's a hippy doctor she don't believe in medicine or anything like that but she delivered my baby and is very sweet and she has me wrote off for 8 weeks and that's wonderful I felt like a new person after my surgery so I thought I could do more then I thought but now I feel like my rectum is falling out I have so much pressure so I'm going to settle down a few days and hope that works thank you for replying