You have just undergone surgery and now it is your turn to play an important role in the long-term success of your surgical treatment. Surgery and the recovery period can be a difficult time. It is normal to have many questions and concerns. The following guidelines are presented with the goal of helping you recover from surgery and giving you long-lasting satisfaction from your operation.

Notify your doctor or the on call nurse (after business hours) if you experience any of the following symptoms:

• Temperature over 100.4 degrees for more than 4 hours
• Prolonged nausea and vomiting
• Severe pain not relieved by pain medication
• Excessive vaginal bleeding soaking a pad within 1 hour or less
• Vaginal discharge with a foul odor
• Burning, frequency, urgency of urination, or a foul odor to urine
• Shortness of breath, persistent and/or productive cough
• Unable to void within 6-8 hours
• If your incision sites have signs of infection (i.e. hot to touch, redness surrounding the incision, or a yellow or foul smelling drainage)
• The incision is larger or open

We hope that it is clear to you that successful, long-lasting surgery is a joint effort by both the doctor and the patient. After the surgery is complete, the work of the patient begins. We look forward to helping you have a good recovery. Please feel free to call our office if you have any further questions. We always have a nurse and doctor available to you 24/7