Ican tell you that my best friend during recovery and starting to have bowel movements was the Lidocaine cream. My doctor gave me a scrip for the cream and not the gel because the gel didn't stick as well, and the cream stayed on much MUCH longer because it's so thick. I would put it on first thing in the morning, and very quickly everything down there was numb. Then, when I started feeling like I would need to have a BM soon, I'd smear some more down there, and then afterwards I also put some more on just to help numb it again. It really helped. The Lidocaine cream actually did more for the pain than the percocet did.

I wish you the best in the rest of your recovery. You know what's funny? My surgeon told me almost the same thing, except he told me I'd hate him for at least 2 weeks!!! My actual recovery was like 4 weeks of pure "you-know-what"....but, I am glad I had it done.

beach gal
While you are waiting for response from ozzy I thought I would fill you in on a couple of things I have found to be helpful. I had been taking citrucel every day, then Miralax to keep the stool soft and moving. I found that i was going 4, 5 and 6 times a day. The last thing I want to do at this point. On another post someone mentioned Colace. It is wonderful. I took 1 tab before bed. More productive and many less trips to the potty. Less trips to the bathroom have hepled greatly with the swelling. Also Advil every four hours. Also, I have a tub of Sensitive Baby Wipes in the bathroom its much easier and more comfortable than toilet paper. Another thing for me was, I have trouble with urinary tract infections for years. Gyn ordered no baths years ago which has taken care of most of the problem. All the Sitz baths brought on a UTI. I had the doctor call in an antibiotic right away.
Directly after the surgery I was on Toradol and percocet for the pain. Toradol is AMAZING!! Pain was totally controllabe. In fact every was amazed at how well I was doing in the first days after surgery. Your main focus should be on your first BM. The first one is the worst one but after the first it gets easier and easier. I wish you all the luck and hope any info I have passed on is helpful to you. I am sure I will be right that with Ozzy at one month to say this surgery was totally worth it. I am almost at 2 weeks today. It is getting better every day!!!!

[QUOTE=9045ddnr347;3273135]beach gal
While you are waiting for response from ozzy I thought I would fill you in on a couple of things I have found to be helpful. I had been taking citrucel every day, then Miralax to keep the stool soft and moving. I found that i was going 4, 5 and 6 times a day. The last thing I want to do at this point. On another post someone mentioned Colace. It is wonderful. I took 1 tab before bed. More productive and many less trips to the potty. Less trips to the bathroom have hepled greatly with the swelling. Also Advil every four hours. Also, I have a tub of Sensitive Baby Wipes in the bathroom its much easier and more comfortable than toilet paper. Another thing for me was, I have trouble with urinary tract infections for years. Gyn ordered no baths years ago which has taken care of most of the problem. All the Sitz baths brought on a UTI. I had the doctor call in an antibiotic right away.
Directly after the surgery I was on Toradol and percocet for the pain. Toradol is AMAZING!! Pain was totally controllabe. In fact every was amazed at how well I was doing in the first days after surgery. Your main focus should be on your first BM. The first one is the worst one but after the first it gets easier and easier. I wish you all the luck and hope any info I have passed on is helpful to you. I am sure I will be right that with Ozzy at one month to say this surgery was totally worth it. I am almost at 2 weeks today. It is getting better every day!!!!