Hello,
I am 51 years old and I had a complete robotic prostatectomy on July 29th. It has been just under 9 weeks. I had no health problems before the operation and was in excellent physical shape. I have had no involuntary urine loss since the operation. My abdomen is almost completely healed. My surgeon told me that the operation went very well and that he felt that the cancer had been completely removed and that the vital nerves had been preserved.
However, I am currently concerned because I have a continuous (not intense but unpleasant) pain between my rectum and penis (where the prostate was I think). The pain increases briefly when I urinate and returns to about 2 or 3 out of 10 a few minutes later. I also get what I call electric shocks in the same place when I walk or make a certain movement with my legs. Fortunately, my nights are good and almost pain free.
I wonder if it's normal to still have pain after 9 weeks. I have read that many people are pain free after 3 or 4 weeks... I worry and sometimes think that there was an injury during the operation that will cause permanent pain. Needless to say, my morale is not at its best.
I will have the results of a urine test next week to see if I have a urinary infection.
Have any of you had pain for so long after your operation? If so, how long before the pain disappears? It is very difficult in Canada to talk to your surgeon after surgery (even though I have to see him again 3 months after surgery with a new PSA test).
Thank you for your help.
P.S. Sorry for my English, my native language is French.