Any restrictions w/a healed butt wound?

I'm just looking to the future, wondering if those of you w/healed butt wounds have to modify at all -- I'm thinking regarding things like sitting for a long time, doing yoga, etc.

Mine might very well be weaker than typical when it finally heals -- my surgeon said I wouldn't get past 80% the strength of regular tissue (but I think that's a general figure for scar tissue). I have not asked yet about what that means regarding things I might have to modify long term (e.g. will I always need to be mindful of not sitting too long..... not that that's a bad thing to be mindful of, etc?)

Just curious, as I don't recall anyone mentioning having to be careful because of scar tissue, after the wound has healed.

Thanks

Brian, I hope you don't have to sell your motorcycle -- you've mentioned it many times, love the idea of you finally being able to go on a road trip, very much hope you can.

How is your wound doing these days? I wrote about mine in another post....

My surgeon thinks that in some people Crohn's damages the tissues in a way that slows healing.... guess we won (I mean lost) that lottery, sigh.....

Thanks villager, glad you're doing so well.

I just asked a nurse practitioner who works w/my plastic surgeon this question. She says that after a while I should be able to get back to all normal activities, and that I probably shouldn't do something like sit for 8 straight hours, but that I will be able to tell if I'm overdoing it -- it'll hurt (and possible drain a little). I was concerned that w/something like yoga I wouldn't know if I was going too far, but she said I would.

Don't know if that helps you, Brian, but a start....

Brian, what new stuff are you trying next? I take it the microcyn wasn't as good as you'd hoped. Sigh.

Such a drag.... and harder because you like to do so much outdoor active stuff. Wish there was something reassuring to say, but honestly can't think of anything. It just sucks.

The way I'm thinking now, for me, is that it's not just a few centimeters on my butt that's the problem.... the reason I'm not healing faster is more systemic. The nurse yesterday told me that any autoimmune disorder can make wounds heal slowly.... and I went in to surgery not specifically because of my gi symptoms, which were not at their worst by any means at the time, but because my immune system had gone absolutely haywire.

So, don't know if it's right, but I'm thinking that my body just needs this time to rest. For me, the bad parts of lying around are in my head, my body is not aching to go out and about more than I am or to do more things ..... so, just resting... see how it goes. I am so tired from years and years of pushing through this illness...

But mine is making progress, although slowly. Is yours still infected?

The nurse said that if mine stops making progress, it's small enough now that they can "go in" and clean up the edges and stitch together. oh boy, another surgery...... but it's making progress now. Have they talked of another surgery for you?

Hope you can find some fun things to do that are actually fun, not just things that are supposed to be and aren't really....