Exercise / sex after lap?
HeyI had my laparoscopy on Monday 14th June & was just wondering when I can exercise/have sex again? When was it for any of you?The surgeon told me I should be able to have sex in about 3 weeks...
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i was told to take them off after 24hours, i had to keep one one for about 3 days tho. my brusing has only just gone, they arent the most sightly things are they lol i had endo on my right side nd...
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24 hours! Aieeeee! I don't even want to look at my belly button stitches so I think I'll keep them on til the stitches fade a little... bleugh...!! xx
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Hi there, Couple of things - if you have been told you have 'dissolving' stitches, they generally don't actually dissolve. Stitiches are a foreign body in your skin and need to come out as soon as...
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Hi I just thought I would add my bit here. I had my lap on Mon 7th June, had to stay in over night. When I was discharged I was told to take my dressings off the next day which I did after having a...
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Hey I got pregnant about 3 months after my endo was burned off which I sadly miscarried and then I got pregnant again about 3 months later I was told to try now or not at all Good luck and hope your...
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heya again, the advice i was given was that i had to take the dressing off 24 hours later (i only kept one on through the advice of a hospital doc as it was still very raw and not nice looking) and i...
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Hey OK you've all really worried me now!!! What do you mean my dissolving stitches won't actually dissolve?! I'm really confused and scared now because I don't want to get an infection in these...
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Oh dear, sorry no-one would want to scare you and I apologise if anything I have said has worried you. We obviously all have been told different things regarding stitches. One week is too soon to go...
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heya, sorry that you are worrying. there really is no need. they put dissolvable stitches in, however they dont always dissolve. this isnt a problem, you just go to ur practice nurse (i was told to go...
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Hey hun I would try not to worry too much, i've had nearly 7 laps and various other operations and i've never had a problem with dissolving stitches. If your at all worried, then pop into to your gp...
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Hey Sorry I didn't come back on last night - I went to phone the hospital out-patients number (24 hour advice line) to get confirmation about my stitches & proper care of them. The doctor on-call...
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Hey My gas always come out through my chest, its awful and quite scary as the pain is really strong Your stiches sound fine to me, but obviously im not a doctor, mine used to come away like that,...
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Thanks - was a bit worried it was the way they'd done the op. It was quite scary and horrible as it started coming out an hour after I'd been released. I called the outpatients 24 hour number &...
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funny you should say that, I rang NHS Direct at the time of mine, and she had to go and get a supervisor as she said her machine started ringing and flashing with heart attack let me know how you get...
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I bet the same happened for me! She was asking me if the pain was stabbing and I was like "yes" haha of course it was, the CO2 is painful !! I'm not looking forward to having to have more in the...
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Hi From my experiience, stitches that flake or start to come away are actually doing what they say they are ie dissolving - the problem is that they don't often dissolve completely and that's why you...
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Thanks for your reply! So far my stitches seem to be doing ok, no pain. There is a slight bit of redness but I think it's the scar trying to form & the stitches are getting in it's way. I don't...
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Hey How was your 1st day back at work?? Glad you got an appointment for your stitches, you'll feel loads better when they're out Sarah
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Hey My first 2 days back have been alright. Had some fab news yesterday which made the day go really quick. I barely remember I've had surgery now, not feeling any ill-effects at all which I'm...
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