((((((Barnie)))))) <<-- those are hugs!!

Just wanted to welcome you!!

""7 days"" -- good grief -- that's way too soon to be feeling top-notch again

Any kind of surgery is an assault on the body. Sounds like what you've been through is "major league".

Have you tried sitting on pillows or on a "donut" (that's a round, inflatable 'thingy" that was designed for (I think) hemorrhoid pain, but it might help for "pain in the tail end" (donut cushion).

I remember I went back to work about 4 days after 8-hour laser surgery for endometriosis. I rode the bus to work and almost passed out from the pain. My doctor said "what the heck were you doing on the bus -- way too soon for that".

Same for you, sugar -- give yourself time to heal. Hugs (and welcome).

Barb.