Question about sitting down.

[Tyrus Cobb]

I am 29 year old, 8 weeks post-op from end-to-end Urethroplasty to fix a ~1 cm stricture. I had my surgery at UCSF with Dr. Breyer. I am also a week from graduating from dental school and I am really concerned about my future. I have had a very hard time returning to work as a dentist. You have probably not noticed before, but dentists sit leaning slightly forward in the chair while working. I have tried my best to sit straight up or leaning back but it is very hard to see what I’m doing without being leaned slightly forward. I asked my doctor about this and he said that I should try to lean back for the rest of my life. Those of you that are a few months out from your surgery, can you sit straight up or even lean forward a little while sitting? When I sit straight up I feel like I still have a lot of tenderness. I would think that sitting straight up or leaning forward would be less stressful on the area than bike riding (which my doc also told me to avoid forever), but most people seem to be allowed to ride a bike in the 6-12month mark. I am just trying to figure out if this is something that will go away or if I need to start figuring out what else I can do with a D.D.S. degree.

Any information will be appreciated. Has your doctor explained anything to you about sitting or given any literature about sitting that you felt was helpful?

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