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Posted 12/17/2014 10:36 PM (GMT 0)
I'm 6 weeks post op today.
And my butt wound is basically completely healed.
shocked

How is this even possible?!
I do drink nutrition shakes and even added protein powder to my coffee.

I used gauze between the cheeks every day for almost 5 weeks.
I rarely sat on my butt. Napped when needed. I watched my lifting.

BUT I also walked up/down stairs within the first week. I smoke. After three weeks if I did sit on my butt I always crossed my legs. I had to take a course of Augmentin 800mg 2x a day for this weird poofy weepy spot that couldnt be identified as an abscess or infection...

So yeah - I have no idea HOW - but its true! I'm almost completely healed!


(ps. I NEVER had this much butt hair before barbie butt... what is up with that?! It's like a forest growing in down there!!!)
Now if only I had energy to do anything.... wouldn't that be swell!
Posted 12/17/2014 11:35 PM (GMT 0)
Katie that's awesome! Congrats

And yeah I did the good stuff you did but there was a mechanical problem that required surgery so it didn't work. But you influence the parts you can influence, deal when you need to, and celebrate smooth healing when you can!
Posted 12/18/2014 1:14 AM (GMT 0)
yes - I'm absolutely amazed at my healing :D

amazed = surprised as heck
Posted 12/18/2014 3:51 AM (GMT 0)
You're not bragging... You're celebrating! Good news!
Posted 12/18/2014 4:05 AM (GMT 0)
I am so happy for you. Sounds like you're doing great. I wonder what's up with the hair. are you going to leave it or remove it? Is it really like barbie?
Posted 12/18/2014 12:26 PM (GMT 0)
Nice! I was wondering about you, how things were going. So that's it then, huh??? Amazing- see ya, IBD. Yay!!!! Funny about the hair- one time the WOCN was checking out my butt wound, & she says "Oh, he did a great job, the hair pattern is still intact, blah, blah...!" I was a little horrified.. should have asked the surgeon to do laser trtmnts. while he was down there! NSSG- it really does look like Barbie, in that it's a line running right up your butt. However, my *** is way mushier & droopier than Barbie's!
Posted 12/18/2014 5:27 PM (GMT 0)
NSSG - you know I got pix if you want to see! lol

I have pics of EVERYTHING! lol.
I have a really cool shot of my uterus/ovaries from my last surgery.
And a CT scan from after that you can see the intestine going to the abdominal wall.
And of course colonoscopy and sigmoid scope of remaining bits after 1st surgery.
And actually like 9 pictures from inside during the first surgery! lol.

I'm glad my first surgeon was picture happy. I continued the trend and have pix of everything! muahahaha


anyone is welcome to see as well. No shame inside or out for this girl :D
Posted 12/18/2014 8:18 PM (GMT 0)
Super happy for you Katie!! That's awesome that your healing is going so well! wow!!

You crack me up about the butt hair comment! You are just totally open about everything--like you said, "No shame inside or out for this girl :D"

Love it. People like you make people like me feel so much more at ease about all this stuff. Makes me feel much less embarrassed and less ashamed about it all. That it's ok to talk about it (maybe not at the dinner table, but at least here and with close friends and stuff). I kept my problems a secret for over 35 years, until about just under a year ago when I finally confessed that I needed help. I'm still learning to be comfortable w/ it.

Your willingness to just say what you are thinking, to use the actual words to describe things (not like me, I often refer to "issues" or "GI stuff", like I'm scared of saying the real words) has helped me to get through the past year. Because when I felt less ashamed and embarrassed, I was able to continue on the path of getting help. I think without you and UCWhat? and everyone on healingwell, I'd have given up a long time ago, that I would've avoided going to the doctor and tried to just "live with it".

So, congrats on your healing, and thanks!
Posted 12/18/2014 10:34 PM (GMT 0)
Congrats! You were sewn up, so that's likely why it healed so quickly =) Those of us who've had a large open wound to heal haven't been so fortunate. It'll be a great 2015 for you !
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