Hi friends,

It’s been a year and a few weeks since my operation. I know I did say I was going to write more but somehow I got really busy.

I can however say that I am extremely happy with my recovery (Thanking God all the time). I think I have made at least 40% improvement. Since the last time I wrote I have slowly improved a little more every time.

Well in June 2017 I fasted throughout the month on hardly any pain killers and I was pleasantly surprised. I had pain but nothing I couldn’t handle. I made sure I rested at lunchtimes and considering I was fasting for 17 hours a day it was a brilliant month.

The summer holidays were a bit of a struggle,  I tried to do a lot with my kids. I went to Drayton manor and spent a whole day walking around. I did take pain killers but they almost got rid of the pain as oppose to just take the kick off.

I was now going to restaurants but always found a bench seat and put my feet up so I was not sitting on the seat.

During the holidays I did get my rooms done and I was able to organise and shops for these and I wasn’t grumpy as the pain was now a lot better than before. If I spent a whole day vacuuming and cleaning that would result in flare up but I’ll take now and then to everyday pain any day…

My sisters and nieces have noticed such a difference in me, they have mentioned so many times that I don’t mention my pain anymore. My hubby asked the other day “Are you any better?” extremely perplexed that he had not seen the changes I thought about the differences. The main changes I have seen are:

• Usually by 12 in the afternoon I was up to a 7 on the pain meter and had to lie down whereas now I had started working two mornings a week at my niece’s nursery and my pain levels would reach a 4 or 5.
• I have now started going to restaurants and actually sitting on the seats properly. I’ll get a few twitches but nowhere near before where I couldn’t even bare 10 mins.
• I started the gym, now I try and go as many times as I can. As of yet I only go on the treadmill but I walk for 40 mins and like with anything new, the first week cause a great deal of flares. I had told myself before my OP that after the OP I was going to do things regardless of them causing pain because if my pain didn’t get any better and I was going to be stuck with this pain forever then I was wasn’t going to stop myself from doing things I really wanted to do as I would have the pain anyway and then why should I add a feeling of failure to it too. Anyway eventually after two weeks the gym doesn’t really flare me up that much anymore.
• In the evening now sometimes I am downstairs until 9pm and I won’t even realise whereas before my pain was such that I barely survived from 3pm kids school run to 6.30 pm by which time I would have been in such debilitating pain that I used to just go really quite and physically shake and beg to lie down.
• Not only am I working I am volunteering at my children’s school so as to get back into teaching.
• I have started doing kegal exercises with no real pain as oppose to before.

I am so grateful to my consultants Dr Dixon and Dr Greenslade for doing this operation even though I am always worried about the potential instability of my pelvis. The decompression has really improved my quality of life. To think I used to always be on the verge of tears all the time. In pain all the time, really contemplating any point to life if all there was,  was pain. I am glad though that I went against the recommendation of the consultants wanting me to get a mesh for my prolapse as many of the ladies in my mesh group are suffering so much from mesh surgeries. My consultants were brilliant to me everything was explained thoroughly and I had done my research too.  I knew what I wanted and they respected my decision.

It is important to know that  I am not completely pain free but whilst that is not a positive thing for the people around me ;  for me a reduction to my pain even this much means so much to me. I am happy I had the OP. I still do have flare ups and at those time I take Gabapentin. I am still taking pain killers but considerably less than before.

Now it’s time for my new milestones I’m trying to achieve:

1. I want to go back into kickboxing which I will start this Sunday.
2. Try for a baby
3. Working

These two things that I’d never thought I’d ever even think of doing again. I pray that all goes well. I will keep you all informed.

If anyone had gotten pregnant after PNE decompression I would love for you to leave a little message at the bottom.

Wish me luck.

Thank you again to all of those that helped me through my years of PNE, who listened without judgement.

Speak soon 😉