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Cleanliness after surgery

I tried searching for this and found nothing so I suppose I will ask.

I am able to, with some contorting, to clean myself after a BM. I can't imagine being able to do that after surgery for a while. I am short and big, 5'2" and 314 currently, and carry most my weight in my stomach area.

Please tell me I won't need someone to assist me doing *that* after surgery.

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      I can reach fine now, but at my highest weight there were definitely a lot of contortions needed for wiping. I ordered a bidet off of Amazon and I absolutely love it. No contortions needed- just pull

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      I could never understand why Americans seem to be so freaked out about bidets (yes I am an American). It's as if many seem to think that they're gross. I agree with some of the other posters, a bidet

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      Change your shower head to the kind that are removable, especially if you're not ok with the idea of a bidet. Super helpful and you'll love how clean your parts feel forever after. ☺ Sent from my SM

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    On ‎5‎/‎18‎/‎2016 at 7:07 PM, GoingRogue said:

    I tried searching for this and found nothing so I suppose I will ask.

    I am able to, with some contorting, to clean myself after a BM. I can't imagine being able to do that after surgery for a while. I am short and big, 5'2" and 314 currently, and carry most my weight in my stomach area.

    Please tell me I won't need someone to assist me doing *that* after surgery.

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    No worries !!! it's gonna be sooo long after surgery that you will be able to make a bowel movement that you will be all healed with the sutures in your stomach …

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    The incisions are small and the pain is minimal so it shouldn’t really be an issue
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    I tried searching for this and found nothing so I suppose I will ask.
    I am able to, with some contorting, to clean myself after a BM. I can't imagine being able to do that after surgery for a while. I am short and big, 5'2" and 314 currently, and carry most my weight in my stomach area.
    Please tell me I won't need someone to assist me doing *that* after surgery.
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    My son is 5'2 and almost 300lbs he is also Autistic and wiping for him isn't the easiest so he stands up to wipe his rear end.....hope this helps.....good luck!!

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    You can buy bidet

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    Or the seat replacement type off eBay for around $100.00. I had a multi level spinal fusion and could no longer wipe. I bought the bidet seat replacement around 9 yrs ago. It tees right into the toilet water supply and blast your Cornhole clean.

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    I think you’ll be okay. But also- ask around- a lot of people struggle with having a BM after surgery, so the silver lining to that is you shouldn’t be in a predicament all too frequently.
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    Cant believe we brought back a thread about sht (literally) from 2016. Anyway one of the best NSV's was being able to wipe sitting down for the first time in years after losing weight in the belly.

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