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Posted 23 Jul 2025 at 16:32

Hi all.   Got a date this morning for surgery 20th August although I had to contact the PALS team at the hospital to finally nail a date down.  Although I’m not looking forward to it , I’ll be glad to finally get some treatment down.  How many weeks after the op could I possibly fly as I’d like to finally have a holiday to chill out.    Any advice on after care or before the op advice appreciated.  Cheers.   Simon 

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Posted 23 Jul 2025 at 20:16
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Posted 23 Jul 2025 at 21:08
Good luck from me too.

I had an overseas holiday already booked six weeks after the operation (with daughter at school, we had booked early for May half term for decent prices). Flying was no problem, by then I had finished the anticoagulation drugs prescribed - I imagine your surgeon would suggest caution before that. Even though I was still needing quite a few pads each day to cope with leakage, psychologically it was an important landmark towards the return of normality.

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Posted 23 Jul 2025 at 21:29
Hi Simon

Good luck with surgery ,I had mine at the end of January.

The advice I was given post op was to take things easy ,donโ€™t overdo it ,although itโ€™s only normally 1 night in hospital it is still a major operation.Drink plenty of water ,Start the Pelvic floor exercises as soon as they tell you that you can ,I started as soon as the catheter was removed.Donโ€™t be a couch potato after the operation but avoid overstretching ,I found walking each day was good therapy physically and mentally.We are all different ,but the obvious post op side effects will be the incontinence and ED .I seem pretty average in terms of incontinence recovery ,dry after 6 months,The Pelvic floor exercises help,download the Squeezy app.My surgery was only minimal nerve sparing so ED is an ongoing issue but I find the Vacuum pump is my new best friend.

Use this forum to ask ongoing advice as there are some great people and really knowledgeable ๐Ÿ‘

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Posted 23 Jul 2025 at 21:48

Good luck mate , your in 2 days before me ๐Ÿ‘ can you not get away before op, I was not planning on anything but since booking op it was constantly on my mind so did last minute break in Spain and have to say it has taken my mind of it , back to reality next week though ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

 

 

 
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