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This schedule depends on the patient's healing, and any complications he or she might experience.
depends on patients
Post- op stands for post operative. This is the time immediately after a surgery. A doctor will give instructions for this time that will help the patient to recover from the stress of surgery. Some patients may be able to rest at home, some in the hospital only. It is up to the doctor. Another use of the word post op is slang. Sometimes people who have had a sex change are called post op to distinguish them from people who live dressed as a different gender, but who have the same sex organs that they were born with: a post- op.
Post- op stands for post operative. This is the time immediately after a surgery. A doctor will give instructions for this time that will help the patient to recover from the stress of surgery. Some patients may be able to rest at home, some in the hospital only. It is up to the doctor. Another use of the word post op is slang. Sometimes people who have had a sex change are called post op to distinguish them from people who live dressed as a different gender, but who have the same sex organs that they were born with: a post- op.
The website: http://www.renewedreflections.com/forums has great forums where fellow post op gastric bypass patients discuss all types of questions and issues. You should also check out http://www.ready4achange.com/gastric-bypass-preandpostop for great pre and post op tips for your upcoming gastric bypass.
Pre-op, Pre-op medicated, trans-op, and post op.
Patients should follow the surgeon's instructions about washing their hair, and avoid holding hot-air blow dryers too close to the ear.
A good place to find the post-op instructions is yorkyates.com. This doctor does all kinds of plastic surgerys and list the post-op instructions for each.
A she-male is technically postoperative (post-op) because breast augmentations were performed on the individual. They are not in transition to a social identified gender role.
Information on post op gastric bypass may be found at a local gastric bypass surgeon's office or online at the following sites: www.thinnertimesforum.com/forum/15-post-op-gastric-bypass; dietpulpit.com/1806/overview-of-two-weeks-post-op-gastric-bypass-surgery; www.obesitydiscussion.com/forums/obesity-surgery/almost-month-post-op-gastric-7039.html
Post-op.
thirtysomething - 1987 Post-Op 3-13 was released on: USA: 23 January 1990