Thanks for heads up on the Sunshine Festival .. I see Jimmy Cricket is on the bill still going strong at 70 then ? I must make effort to see it one year , seems quite a Festival.
May I ask what are they providing on the day before re. pre meds then ? ( I just arrived at 7.30am on the day of op. )
I had a couple of bottles ('pre op salts' ) to drink at home within 24 hrs. (can't remember name exactly). I think everyone before surgery are given them.
I was given just the Fragmin (dalteparin) anticoagulant (negate DVT etc) to self inject, from Op + 1 day. I left hospital with boxes of those. Urine bags, some Paracetamol + constipation powders. I think it was Dulcolax powder . Yes the constipation powder is ignored at your peril ... http://community.prostatecanceruk.org/editors/tiny_mce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gifhttp://community.prostatecanceruk.org/editors/tiny_mce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif I should have taken it a few weeks before ..! blimey.. I think the general aesthetic / 'other drugs' ? whatever is used, sent my whole digestive system asleep.
re. your timeline sounds good in my opinion, all sorted eh ? Other than catheter out (7 days) it was about 6 weeks after I saw my Consultant for the first time and we discussed full biospy and the operation. My PSA at this stage was 0.03 , which he was satisfied. (and <0.01 since). Seems PSA can take more than 6 weeks to 'degrade' out of body. Everyone obviously different.
Enjoy your lovely weekend ..
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