Ointment for after posterior repair any ideas ?

Women's health
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Hi I am 9days post op frp posterior repair sacrospinous fixation, laparoscopy ,hysteroscopy and an adhered bowel. I have been progressing ok apart from extreme diarrhoea (please exuse spelling) on day 5 leading to soreness on outside of vulva.Its like i have a split in skin it is very sore when urinating. Does anyone have any ideas as to which cointment  is best for this type of sore. I am 50 and perimenopause. This is an amazing forum to which I am very grateful gave me lots of good information before I went for surgery . Any ideas on cremes will be much appreciated .

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Hello pam. You need something that will prevent any urine making it even worse so an ointment rather than a cream. If you have any Vaseline that would help and it does  have healing properties as well. Sudocreme is also good. 

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Thanks Matron I did think sudocreme was going to be ok.Not sure what its is as its not really near stitches etc. i thought it maybe where they had had clamps or something.

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It could be pam and there's always a lot of stretching going on during the surgery as well.

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Hi oh dear you had the full works then..and bless you the runs aswell can't you take anything for that..?

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Thanks Debra I did take something, I phoned the ward and they told me Diacalm which I had in. I also stuffed 3 bananas down in record time which calmed it.The problem was the next 2 days which were agony I convinced myself I had ripped something in my bowel. I could only lay flat and not sit at all very painful on the inside of bottom. Luckily it only lasted 2 days. and now I feel ok.It all feels very swollen still and heavy a bit like the prolapse itself !!.

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You've probably got some inflammation because of the diarrhoea. It should settle down.

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Lovely I've been ok with bm but seemed to be ok untill this morning I struggled a bit so I've got some prunes x

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Hi Matron it's 2 nurofen and 1 paracetamol isn't it the ibufofen are 400 mg and paracetamol 500 mg x

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Yes that's ok but you could take 2 paracetamol and 2 nurofen x

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Thank you was worried about the high dosage

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Don't want to overdose lol 😳

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No you're ok with that dose. You'd get a higher dose from your GP on prescription. Try and remember to take the nurofen or any anti inflammatory with food.

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Hi really silly question..😳 I've been wearing jogging bottoms since my opp is it ok to wear jeans yet lol 😃

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I can't see any reason why you shouldn't now just as long as you're comfortable.

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Thank you x