Hi there, I’m new to this site and from the UK. I had my Barbie butt surgery 5 weeks ago. I had a plastic surgeon perform a flap from my left buttock to use to close the wound. It’s healing well but feels pretty uncomfortable. I can now sit on pressure cushion for 10 mins at a time and can build that up gradually over next few weeks to an hour. Anyone had a procedure the same as this ? Any words of encouragement as to when it will start to feel ‘normal’ and not like I have something wedged in there!!!!!! Thanks x
Roocat
ron in mich
Hi Roo welcome to the site, i dont think i sat totally upright for any length of time for at least 6mos. when i got my ilieo. and butt removed 30 some years ago.
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It takes a long while but it will get better. It was a few months i think. Keep the area clean in hot weather especially I can remember it's been about 5 years or more for me but it's totally good and feels normal there now. Patience.
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At roocat......this flap..was created by a plastic surgeon??
Not your rectal doctor at time of ileo??
This puzzles me. Involving a plastic surgeon.
My rectal doc. Sown both cheeks together like a bridge above the surgery to close rectum. Help it stay intact. Good idea.. mechanically. Bad idea feeling it while sitting😆😳🤦♂️yes..a wedge feel like kinda thing..since ,Oct. 2023 surgery. Just does not feel right..nope..perhaps time will help get used to it..so far..short on time. 😁
Pls. explain how a plastic surgeon gets involved doing something a rectal surgeon have done in the first place?!.
Who came up with this idea?
IGGIE
G-Day Roocat, I am also trying to work out why you had to have a skin flap to cover the area. I also have a Ken Butt but all he did was stitched the two side together. What was the reason for the Skin Flap??? Regards IGGIE
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