Tomorrow (19 March) will be exactly 4 weeks after my operation and I thought I should say a bit more about my progress, especially my continence situation.
With the exception of the odd reaction due to unexpected coughs, sneezes and outbursts of laughter, I have hardly wetted myself. Last Friday was my son's wedding day and I had 7 pints of bitter along with 5 large glasses of red wine and I slept through the night for 7 hours! Not a drop of wetness. Last night my family took me out for a meal and I had 4 pints and 2 glasses of red wine and I slept for 8 hours through the night without answering the call of nature. I use Tena Extra Life pads as a precaution and I now do not need them. This is amazing and I would like to thank the skill of my surgeon in performing his Retzius-sparing robotic radical prostatectomy. I do not have any pain whatsoever at present.
I dearly hope the kind of prostatectomy which I had will be made freely available to many men and the sooner the better because recovery is quick and continence is almost as normal as possible immediately after the suprapubic catheter has been removed. It is my feeling that the use of suprapubic catheter should be made the norm after prostatectomy.
All that remains for me is to hear the results of the laboratory test on my prostate gland on 3rd April and I am keeping my fingers crossed.
For the present, I have never felt fit and happier.
Rafael
He who lives, loves and knows what it means to die - Jiddu Krishnamurti.
Edited by member 18 Mar 2018 at 13:56
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