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User
Posted 24 Apr 2015 at 11:33

Cheers for that Paul,
Glad to hear your seeing improvements,
Yeh,the care and service i,ve received has been top notch so far,can only have praise for the way I,ve been treated.

Hey George,how's things mate?
How was the surgery?

Best to all,Steve.

User
Posted 24 Apr 2015 at 11:55
Steve I am really pleased to hear you're still doing so well also that you are linking up with Paul and George seeing as you all had surgery around the same time.

I wish you the very best for your post op review on Monday too.

Best wishes

X

Mo

User
Posted 24 Apr 2015 at 20:38

Hey Mo,

Many thanks for the encouragement,you,ve been a star since I came on here and I appreciate you have your own struggles to contend with.
I hope all is well with you too.
Paul and George are stable buddies now,lol,hoping to hear some feedback from George soon as he went"under the knife" most recently.
Got a question for you,did you experience any change in your sensations when peeing,I get the usual feelings but it's almost painful when I pee,it's not, but its like the pain I felt when I had the infection,but doesn't turn into that pain full blown,it recedes as I finish peeing.
I,m only guessing,but I think it could still be the effect of the catheter removal and the healing process still in progress.

All the best to everyone,
Steve.

User
Posted 26 Apr 2015 at 19:48
Hi All

Apologies been under the radar (and sheets lol !) since Monday

Update

Had the op on Monday 20th, discharged on Tuesday, get the catheter removed tomorrow. Then the next step !

Will keep you posted on pee, pain, progress, pads, etc following that.

Hope everyone else is bearing up in the "band of brothers" and best wishes to all

Just read about irun, that is one phenomenal human being,

Puts it all in perspective

George

User
Posted 26 Apr 2015 at 19:53
Hi Paul

That is great news mate, sincerely hope you continue well

Will keep you posted

George

User
Posted 26 Apr 2015 at 20:20
George yay ...even if you are posting on Steve's thread it is great to hear you are doing well too.

Xx

Mo

User
Posted 26 Apr 2015 at 22:58
Hi mo

Thanks for that, great to hear from you. Takes me all my time get logged on never mind follow threads and the like lol.

Hope all is going well

George

User
Posted 26 Apr 2015 at 23:02
Hi Steve

Good luck tomorrow pal, how did your psa go last week ?

Cheers mate

George

User
Posted 27 Apr 2015 at 09:10
Thanks George,

It will be a relief to get the catheter out. Hope all goes well.

Take care,

Paul

THE CHILD HAS GROWN, THE DREAM HAS GONE
User
Posted 27 Apr 2015 at 20:28
Thanks Paul

Catheter out, big relief mate. Now the next battle, continence or incontinence that is the question .

Got off to a decent start this morning at the hospital this morning and was delighted to have an element of control, concentrated on the the stress points but then wallop one creeps up on you from nowhere. Been bang into pfes since the beast came off and think I may have overdone them. Tomorrow 's another day mate.

Hope you are well, how's your progress .

George

User
Posted 28 Apr 2015 at 10:01
Hi. George,

It's not something you can prepare for. 2 weeks since mine came out. I am dry at night and if I have a sedentary sitting around day. If I am walking about a lot I have little control back. I can stop and start the stream when I pee, so I am presuming this is a good sign. It's early days and I read some guys take many months to get control back. Onward and upward. I am waiting for an appointment from the continence cliinic to see if they have any further advice.

Take care,

Paul

THE CHILD HAS GROWN, THE DREAM HAS GONE
User
Posted 28 Apr 2015 at 11:13
Hi Paul,

First night post removal was quite uneventful, couple of leaks but got up twice, controlled and managed to make it.

Very similar to yourself if I am sitting down it is manageable, big concentration on the stress moments and working from there.

Will be increasing the pfes now I am liberated and feeling human again.

Good luck Paul let me know how you are doing mate

George

User
Posted 29 Apr 2015 at 23:47
Hi Fellas,

Just a quick update on the plumbing.Seem to have had a little breakthrough today. I have been more in control and have only had one pad all day. I have been getting the sensation of needing a pee now and am having a good bladder empty when I do do go. This has been all of a sudden and hopefully is a sign of things to come.I'm sure the pelvic flooor excercises have helped.

THE CHILD HAS GROWN, THE DREAM HAS GONE
User
Posted 30 Apr 2015 at 11:26
Hi Paul,

That is really good heartening news. Are you still sitting about most of the day or are more active ?

What's the night shift like ?

My update is last night was a comparatively pretty dry night, up a couple of times and managed to control until the toilet

Daytime wise, still taking it easy but find if I am on my feet for more than say 15 minutes, Gravity is challenged and bang a "suddener

Today I am going to start a chart and monitor them while still drinking 3 litres a day

Doing about 10 reps of pfe every day, set my alarm for every 90 mins.

Delighted for you Paul

Keep on battling brother

George

User
Posted 30 Apr 2015 at 12:27
Hi George,

My activity levels are a lot more now. I am getting out and about.I am even jogging up stairs now. Went to the pub last night and after 3 pints I was still able to more or less control my leakage and was going to the gents like normal. The big plus for me now is that I feel the sensation of needing to empty my bladder. That feeling has only just come back and has given me more confidence.

Up until last night I was double padding during the day and night but I only had the one pad in bed and was dry. I was up about four times in the night but that was the ale. I'm going to try single pad today and see how I go on.

All in all I'm pretty happy with the progress. If I can get this sorted I think I could live with the frustration of being a eunoch.

Paul

THE CHILD HAS GROWN, THE DREAM HAS GONE
User
Posted 01 May 2015 at 15:32
Hi Paul,

That sounds great progress from here, hopefully fingers crossed mate I will not be far behind you. Gonna try a couple of beers tonight myself, might push and have a curry while I'm out ! Getting out and about myself over the past day or so. Enjoy your weekend mate, onward and upward ! Let's update after the weekend (and the football results !!! My lot are bad for your health to start with)

George

 
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