Hooray! Hoping you have an easy time of it!!!

Just to provide an update, I did call the surgeon's office at 5 am to ask for help with the urge incontinence. They called back at 11 and said they'd check with the surgeon. They called back with his recommendation a while later... "get a bedpan". Seriously?!?!? I wanted to strangle his poor office manager through the phone.

so figuring I had done what I should have done - called the doctor in charge when the problem started and gotten a (pardon me) ****ty answer, I contacted my regular doctor. He called back in less than one minute, listened to my concerns, said it can happen when the bladder muscles don't have to do anything for a week and then are told to get back to work. They are sometimes slow to respond. He then emailed me detailed kegel instructions and a study from UCI medical school about post catheter incontinence and how kegels can get you continent quickly. Night and day responses in terms of helpfulness and hopefulness!!

I had groin stitches from a small thigh lift (front to back groin) and totally crotchless garments. I did wear a thin shirt under the compression garment after a week or so, because the zipper up the sides and eyelit hook were hard on my skin. I drew the swell hell card and was like a sausage. I could eat, but only a few bites. It was like being newly sleeved.

Eventually, the swelling goes down and the compression garment fits right. You can do this!

Mine did not suggest 2 and quite honestly I was not going to spend the money on a second garment. Good ones are expensive.

By day 5 I was able to do most everything myself, including washing and drying my compression wear.

It's actually incredibly tight to where breathing and eating are sometimes an either or option. The surgeon said it's the right size though...

Because I have groin stitches, the crotchless garments are partially sewn shut so they don't rub the stitch line. So no peeing through the hole or using one of those women pee funnels. Just open enough to give me front and back wedgies!