Having had flap surgery twice, my recommendation is to wait. Each time I had the flap done the tunneling was to the bone. With depths from 7 to 9 cm. What is your current regiment? On Jul 4, 2013 5:01 PM, "greg" <g...@eskimo.com> wrote:
> I talked to my doctor about flap surgery. He said my sore would heal > faster if I got it, but I would have to stay in bed 4 to 6 weeks. I am in > bed now, but I get up for a couple hours every day. He said it is the > twisting and sliding that is the worst for your but after surgery. I worry > about doing my B – program, I would have to do it in bed while laying on > the wrong side. I don't know if that really makes that much of a > difference. But getting cleaned up and changing sheets could be a real > problem. > But after 4 to 6 weeks I would assume you can't just get up and stay up, > you would have to start out slowly and add time each day or week? > As for the long-term would it be better for my butt to just let it heal or > get the surgery? > I know a lot of people here have had flap surgery, would you recommend it? > I'm in bed most of the time anyway, it's too darn hot here to go outside > anyway. At least for very long. 115° and that's down from a few days ago. > One of my main concerns is what if the outside of the wound heals up good, > but the inside doesn't connect or heal up. It would be like having bad > tunneling going on. > At least just letting it heal you can see it heal from the bottom up. I > just had a checkup and outside the wound got smaller around, but it was > just as deep. Now it is 1.4 cm wide and the tunneling is 1.2 deep. but I > don't know if that 1.2 cm is added on to the depth of the wound, or if that > is a total. I'll have to ask next time. > Greg > > >
