Bathroom Deatail

Today I thought I'd cover the chore of going to the bathroom. For some reason, no one goes over this in detail. It must be tabue and not something anyone cares to hear about. Well it should be. Especially for woman. Men can pee into a bottle anytime they please.Not us woman. They inserted a Folly catheter (for pee) during the surgery. That was great for a couple days, then they take it out and you are on you own. There is NO leaving the hospital until you can pee on your own and past gas. Not as easy as you may think. I wasn't up walking yet and now had to figure out how I was going to do this. They tried a bead pan, but the pan had a difficult time fitting in small spot we were working in without positioning my legs so to make me scream.no way around this, I had to get up and walk to a portable. OK, got that far, now how do I actually SIT down without bending my knees.When I figured it out, I then realized my knees had to stay suspended while I went. So not to keep the nurse on the floor holding my knees while I went, we found a trash barrel on it's side would do the trick. After that it's been just learning how to shimmy on and off and at what point to use toilet paper and still hold on to walker. It's getting easier, but still very humbling!
I'm taking my first shower today! I can hardly wait!!!!!!
Simple things in life...
Nanc