63yr. old having abdominal incision, had several prolaspe surgeries

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Originally Posted by cabvan thank you so much for your quick reply, its been hard trying to find my way around the site. did you also have an incision? Was wondering if you had much bleeding afterwards and also did you use a binder? Thank you again, it makes me feel a little bit better hearing from other women closer to my age.

I have 4 small incisions. I did bleed off and on about 2 weeks which made me appreciate menapause. No binder. Didn't need it. Gas and constipation worse than incision pain. I made curtains at 4 weeks.

Forgot to add: If your husband had all of his "man parts" removed would he be up and doing all the cleaning and cooking for you in a few days????? Just pose this question to him and maybe he will be more understanding of what you will be going through. Men!!! Gotta love em.

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Originally Posted by charlotteel I never heard of a 'binder' until I came to this site after my surgery. I looked at them here but they would never work with the way I am built. I still take pain meds. Ibuprofen and sometimes will take a hydrocodone when I don't want to deal with the pain at all.

Iam sorry that you still have pain, I hope that they will go away soon!

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Originally Posted by Suzy in Texas I have 4 small incisions. I did bleed off and on about 2 weeks which made me appreciate menapause. No binder. Didn't need it. Gas and constipation worse than incision pain. I made curtains at 4 weeks.

that is wonderful! I plan on getting some Milk of Mag. for that problem! I bet your curtains are pretty! I will stock up on pads. Thank you!

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Originally Posted by evielynn Forgot to add: If your husband had all of his "man parts" removed would he be up and doing all the cleaning and cooking for you in a few days????? Just pose this question to him and maybe he will be more understanding of what you will be going through. Men!!! Gotta love em.

Ha Ha, yes I will certainly do that, he wouldn't have a vasectomy either! Plus Iam going to have him read the Mister Hyster. lol......thanks again!