[Maria]

Good tidbit for women of childbearing age as I have been surgically fixed at age 40 and am now officially post menopausal since age 50!

The nurses still ask when my last period was and it's so nice to say "I dunno.. 5-7 years ago?"

I am a frequent voider and can go on command practically (which is a royal pain). I usually try to go after the nice nurses have taken all my information, gowned, and done all else (even IV) yet before I'm going into the procedure room. Of course I've had it done so many times now (somewhere near 30) that I have it down pretty good and the surgery centers have the same routine once you've gone thru it.

I just mentioned the voiding thing just in case you got the caudal approach and post procedure rubber legs. Don't think I let that deter me from my frequent voiding .. I still went just felt like I wasn't sure what I was doing *down there*!