Normal stuff after surgery?

Bowels have been a bit crampy for a few days now - not constipated, if anything the opposite (but not watery). I am guessing this is a reaction to the surgery, drugs and antibiotics...any tips? I drink about 2 litres a day and I am looking at a fairly bland diet, almost no sugar, while this heals..

Your experience sounds rather like mine, done in the same place by the same man. Also described as technically difficult due to large (60cc) prostate. This was the Retzius sparing technique presumably?

While I don’t have any quarrel with the man himself I was and remain unimpressed with the care at PC Guys, where my reports of bleeding were persistently dismissed as normal, (drink more, dilute the evidence!).

I was kicked out on schedule but ended up in my local NHS hospital that evening when blood clots blocked the catheter....... Stayed in 3 nights, had a blood transfusion, and a couple of scans. Yeovil Hospital care standards rather better! The clexane was halted immediately btw!

I have no idea how you can be walking miles already. My world was down to a few metres for weeks. It was probably 3 months before I could walk any distance.

Do bug the follow-up contacts if you have worries. I didn’t have much to do with them as the man himself was involved.

There is a full thread on all this on here but not clever enough to link to it on an iPad!

My advice would be to take it steady and that new blood at this stage is NOT normal, though there could still be old blood washing out of clots.

The better news is that bladder control was excellent from the outset, erectile function is fair and still improving and so far cancer control seems good.

Best wishes for a quick and full recovery!

Nick

Panicking a bit as 5 weeks post op I appear to have a wound infection. Very red and sore around belly button with a hot redness that spreads out about a palms width. Went to A&E and they did a urine sample and blood tests which seem fairly normal, then prescribed cipro (which always makes me feel a bit crap). It came on quickly yesterday hence the panic! Sent the surgeon a pic who also suggested an infection and cipro. No raised temperature but feeling tired and a headache!

dr google proved a disaster zone with sepsis, cellulitis etc all in the mix. Not sure I could do any more than go to a hospital to get checked. Redness and heat the same now, doesn’t seem to have spread, but worrying nonetheless...

It was all going so well and I think I have overdone my travelling and physical effort (stripping a floor 4 weeks post surgery also not the best idea). Hoping the antibiotics kick in but if anyone has had a similar experience please let me know (with a positive outcome, I have read all that bad stuff already on google :-()

thanks...

Hi

Nearly 6 months post operation (RP)

I get sutures coming out of my tummy just above where my belly Button is.until Chris J and Cheshire Chris mentioned about sutures I didnot know about sutures at all!

You had operation only couple of weeks ago but still panicking I was like you I must admit that but please be patient try not to lift anything so heavy and dont be horney as well.

May I suggest you to Take Chris J....s last message very seriously please but do not drinks his lemonade!

D.R

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Thanks John, well it is still rumbling on. I had cellulitis under that wound and antibiotics are slowly resolving it but I also now have a Lymphocele which I had never heard of and is pressing on my bladder. They sometimes resolve on their own apparently and other times need draining which I am hoping to avoid! If anyone else on the forum has experience of symptomatic Lymphocele it would be good to hear what they did as I am not sure what to do (4 days in a row to hospital I want to avoid). I have the number to call but I just don’t know if it is a normal response to something that will clear or if they need to do something - a bit like choosing treatment options, Lymphocele treatment seems to also have options!

Thanks Jonathan, just when it was all improving I had a double-whammy of cellulitis and Lymphocele! Feel like I learn something new every day - not necessarily in a nice way!

That article seems to show it is more common than thought and certainly something never mentioned to me as any kind of risk. Maybe there are so many potential risks they can’t list them all! I am hoping the elephant antibiotics and rest will sort it but the pressure on the bladder is pretty relentless and uncomfortable! CT scan after an ultrasound also seems like using a hammer to crack a nut but I am glad they at least have the images to refer to if needed!

Should go quickly once the course is completed.

Nick

I understand faeces transplants are becoming in vogue for the benefit of the bowel biome.

I would be happy to donate as many people tell me I am full of s***! 😉

Cheers, John.

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gastroenterology_hepatology/clinical_services/advanced_endoscopy/fecal_transplantation.html

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Amazon7 0 Even worse this week - it is definitely the Cipro as I had a week's worth 4 weeks ago and felt a bit 'odd' but just ignored as it was only 5 days and didn't feel too bad once stopped. This time it has hit me big time and I can't believe I am dealing with this as well as PCa. It seems unfair but I try not to thing of it that way.

Seems it can accumulate in your body and actually bind to certain areas without leaving. Now it appears to have killed off some mitochondria and removed all the Magnesium in my body....feeling very rough.

I can deal with fatigue and even pain, what I am struggling with is the nerves side - peripheral pain and also the effect on my mood (another well known effect)

Not the right forum for this of course, but if you are offered an antibiotic and it is a Fluoroquinolone, think twice as I think there are many people out there suffering as a result...

How did you get any relief if you don't mind me asking?