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any vaginoplasty advice? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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Things I should bring, or shouldn't bring?

What I should do before and after, or not do?

What are your experiences and sage advice (or just gripes or personal experiences you want to share)?

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

thank you so much!! I had not considered the power bar, and I haven't planned audiobooks and podcasts but those are great ideas!

On the donut pillow: for clarification, I keep reading and hearing contradicting advice about the donut cushion / circle pillow - most advice is that it's the wrong thing to sit on post-op (that it increases pressure on the wounds rather than relieves it, but that it's also a common mistake that people use it or are suggested to use it).

In one of my pre-op appointments they explicitly told me first of all that I should basically avoid sitting at all costs, never sit pre-op (only lie down flat for up to 2 hours, otherwise try standing), and if I have to sit e.g. in a car to get home, put the seat all the way down to lie down as much as possible and to always use a waffle cushion and not a donut cushion / circle pillow. That's what I was told by my physician's assistant last week anyway. Just passing along in case.

I think the no sitting rule is to prevent pressure on the sutures and thus to prevent wound dehiscence.

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