The op and recovery went very well. The things I struggled with was removal of the drain, annoyance at the subrapubic cath and pooping lol
If you don't live close to London, my advice about the drain is either A, make sure you get someone who knows an awful lot and has loads of experience with redi-vac drains specifically to remove it or B, get yourself back to London to St Peters to remove it. The same with removing the catch, make sure that's def done at St Peters. I had no one up my end who was willing to remove it when I had issues getting to London.
If you struggle with pooping drink lots and lots of water and take plenty of laxatives lol it made me moody and feel like crap when I got all bunged up lol
And don't worry if you get any fistulas. I did and its taken about a month for them to heal up (I'm still cautious they might re-open) but I found standing to pee seems to help them heal better. When I sat to pee for some reason it seemed like they'd open up again (very weird). But I am just starting to get comfortable with peeing without holding toilet tissue between my legs lmao!!
I wish you all the best!! Take care of yourself and I'm sure you'll be fine
don't overdo anything!
