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I started mine today (9 days early!) and have surgery on Monday....ugh!

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Yes I did it was very light. Surgery is only one hour plus recovery so you are back in your room in no time to fix yourself up. No worries!

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I did. They gave me these disposable undie things and a pad to put on to wear during surgery. When i was up and mobile i just switched into my own undies and good pads (i hate the thick ones),

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I was a week early just in time for surgery :-( It totally sucked but was managable. I was able to keep my undies on with my pad during surgery. I didn't have any problems. But I feel you- it totally sucks!

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I actually started Monday night at around 6pm and had to be at the hospital for surgery Tuesday at 7am...talk about pissed!! They made me what their undies and their pad but when i got out of surgery i had a catheter in...go figure.....but i put in my pad and panties afterwards cause...sorry if this is tmi...i couldn't get a tampon in, i guess i was swollen in that area.

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I actually started Monday night at around 6pm and had to be at the hospital for surgery Tuesday at 7am...talk about pissed!! They made me what their undies and their pad but when i got out of surgery i had a catheter in...go figure.....but i put in my pad and panties afterwards cause...sorry if this is tmi...i couldn't get a tampon in' date=' i guess i was swollen in that area.[/quote']

Ouch. I didn't even think about swelling down there :/

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I keep track of my periods and I was scheduled to get my period the day of surgery! Gosh that sucked. I started my period right on time and the only thing that I noticed was that I bled a lot more because of the blood thinner shots they had to give me every 12 hrs. The nurses helped me put on pads after surgery because it was hard to do with a catheter in place and those leg squeezing thingies lol. It wasn't that bad but I think the timing was horrible. I hate pads and they said that I couldn't wear tampons. Also I wasn't allowed to take a shower while there. Once the catheter was taken out and I was allowed to use the bathroom on my own, it got really gross because they had to measure my urine and of course it was blood floating around in that catch pan thingy. Plus not being able to wipe well it was blood all on the toilet seat from me. It was disgusting but oh well, they all knew I was on the rag and didn't make a big deal about it. Thankfully I had my own room :)

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I started the night before but after surgery it went away. The nurse told me that's not uncommon because the surgery is such a shock to your body. That was the 23rd & nothing since then either. I've heard it can mess up your cycle for a month or two.

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      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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