Finally got my button surge appointment in a few months :3

I got some questions for all of this:

I’ve been tasked by my surgeon to buy a dialator set, a vaginal douche (I think that’s it translated), water based lube and a good donut shaped pillow.

The lube and pillow I can see myself finding locally but where the hell so I get dialators and a douche from… Ideally I would want to avoid amazon. Do you have any EU based recommendations? Do pharmacies maybe even stock them???

Also from what I know, walking will suck. Is there anything to help? Like crutches?

I probably won’t respond but still thank you for all the advice you have :3

  • Jorunn (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM
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    14 days ago

    I’m having surgery in less than a week! I think I’m being provided dilators but not sure about what else I will receive.

    I’ve done and bought the following in preperation

    • Donut pillow
    • I’m gonna move my bed so it’s easy to get in and out without bending
    • non-slip mat and stuff so I can comfortably use my laptop in bed since I’ll be stuck there a lot
    • Sandals that I can easily put on without bending over
    • Sanitary pads to soak any blood or liquids
    • Large black underwear (black so any blood or whatever is harder to see, large so it doesn’t rub against me and can fit the sanitary pads and whatever else I might be wearing)
    • Mattress protectors
    • High fibre food to combat constipation

    Different surgery techniques have different recovery times etc so I dunno how applicable this will all be for you.

    I’ve been using this guide/diary to help me out: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Joped/Suporn2015.pdf

    Good luck with the surgery <3