From the article: Tips for Recovering From Abdominal Surgery
Unfortunately, surgery for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), especially Crohn's disease, can be common. A smooth and speedy recovery from surgery takes time, but it also takes some careful planning to ensure that you are able rest as stress-free as possible. What steps did you take to manage your time at home while recovering from surgery? Did you need help to get through those first days, or were you able to handle everything on your own? Share Your Tips
Recovery after surgery
- The best advise I could give is to be prepared and rent a walker to put next to the bed to help when you try to get out of bed. Roll on one side and grasp the walker to pull yourself up. It really helps with abdominal surgery. Also, I bought a toilet seat extender. It fits in the toliet to make it higher. Easier to sit on the toilet after surgery. Sounds crazy, but it helped me!
- —Guest Cynde
