This is a very late update, but was speaking to a good friend earlier who suggested I post this, so here goes:
I was operated on, on March 2 as previously mentioned, up and about on Tuesday, was told I could go home on Wednesday - then they kept asking if I'd passed wind (rude buggers I thought), but on asking why they wanted to know, they said my bowel was filled with air to give them more room to "play", and breaking wind (that's farting to you blokes
) was a sign it was coming back out.
Needless to say, I
did "break wind", and got released into the
custody care of my daughter.
Even though there was little blood I was still feeling pretty tender and took the boss' advice and did very little for about 2-3 weeks. I might add my tummy looks like a bald medicine ball with half a dozen punctures marks on it
By then I was getting a bit toey, and did little things on the side when no one was watching, but as I wasn't allowed
on the bike, I did STart it up a few times, juST to remind my self what it sounded like
After four weeks - around the Easter weekend, I was given the green light to 'avago, so I took a tentative run to Pie InThe Sky at Cowan.
I'm glad I didnt go further as, by the time I got home, the tail gunner's turret was quite sore, but this has improved but notice the leg muscles (at the back) close by are tender if I lift both feet up to the pegs when I take off, so am trying to teach self to lift up one foot at a time which is quite ok.
I am cleared to return to work next Monday so I guess - fingers crossed - I'll find out whether I really am ok to start again by then.
I'll have been off for a total of seven weeks but am still wearing the men's incontinence pads as I still get a little leakage from time to time regardless of the ongoing pelvic floor exercises, and have been told this could go on for some months.
