Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Preparing for Surgery #2

Preparing for the takedown really isn't that difficult.  If anything, it will put you back somewhat to normal so you don't have to modify your lifestyle before hand as you did for surgery 1.

Supplies to Stock Up
       Buy nice toilet paper.  You will be wiping a lot and it will be painful after a while.  I really like Charmin Ultra Soft.  It is really the only one that doesn't give me diaper rash.  Also, buy stuff to deal with butt burn.  It is not pleasant and you should really buy a variety of items to see what works for you.  Some winners are calmoseptine (for extreme butt burn; it has a cooling effect), tucks pads (they wipe off all the stool left that may be irritating and numb the pain), and my favorite A&D (its like petroleum jelly but with vitamins; heals irritation overnight).  Take all of this to the hospital with you because when your bowels wake up you will need it.

General Tips
      Have plenty of comfy clothes on hand.  You are still recovering from a major surgery.  Also, prepare a lot of gatorade/powerade/pedialight/vitamin water because you will need a lot of it after the surgery. 

There you go, much simpler than the first surgery.