Home after op

Glad you're home. I can't give much advice as I did not have the op. If after a couple of weeks you are feeling fine and ready to start chopping down trees or playing golf, don't.

You might think they only had to do a bit of work to pull out something the size of a walnut, I'll soon recover from that, but they had to chop through a lot of muscle and tissue to get it, so it is major surgery not minor surgery, give yourself plenty of time to recover.

Don't worry about catheterisation if it does need doing again it isn't painful you just think it will be.

Take it easy but keep mobile, frequently go for a few steps around the garden, it may help with getting the bowels moving and releasing the gas. My nurses and I got a telling off from the surgeon because I was still in bed the morning after my op.  I finished up getting and ambulance ride due to constipation. 

As regards the trial without catheter (TWOC), make sure you are well hydrated before you get to the hospital. Don't hold back on drinking water in the belief you will will leak less , far better to leak than having another catheter put in. Listen to your nurses at the Twoc.

A change of clothes in a bag and a cover for the car seat is a good idea just in case. Leaking when standing is often reported , hopefully you will soon learn to tense the pelvic floor muscles as you stand. If the eye of the penis gets sore get some instilagel or hydrocaine.

Hope recovery goes well.

Added as already said very unlikely the catheter will come out the balloon is around 25-27 mm across. I have caught a catheter on numerous occasions, usually when pulling underwear down, it does get your attention .

Thanks Chris

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My husband had da Vinci prostate removal in July . Like you he was full of gas and on the second day took the oral morphine just for a couple of days. He got up every day and sat in a chair with a few walks around the house and garden. He felt much better after his bowels started working so use the laxatives. Also put the catheter in a bucket over night . His worse problem was leakage from the drain hole. This was so profuse I was needing to change the dressings sometimes twice a day. By the end of the first week he was pottering around the kitchen and by the end of week two he had started cooking again. ( something he enjoys). 16 weeks on he is now back running. I know he felt as though he had been hit by a bus that first week. Be patient and take it day by day. He is 68 by the way.

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Thanks all,

Have been blowing like the trumpets of Jericho this morning and that felt better plus brought a smile to my juvenile mind.

Have been up and down the stairs but will venture out as well weather permitting. 

Catheter bag starting to look more like it contains wee now rather than blood so another positive. As for running after 16 wk that would be a milestone as don't think I've run in the last 16 year!

Thanks again.

Nick

Had my op on Oct 15th. Before the main anaesthetic I was given a spinal anaesthetic which I was assured would keep me pain free for 24 hours.... and it did. On discharge I was given the bag of goodies and had a choice of pain meds. Avoided morphine and codein and settled on paracetamol but in the end didn't use any after the first day. I was discharged the day following op and carried on as normal but being careful not to pull on the abbs (standing, sitting etc.) 10 days later went for catheter removal, painless and very quick, followed  by glass of water to drink every 15 mins, and a jug to urinate in. ..... which was successful. Then a quick ultrasound scan to see if bladder fully emptied, then home. Took around 90 minutes in total. Pleased to say 95% dry from then (5% due to the odd cough and sneeze). Slightly puzzled by sutures which feel like nylon fishing line, but I'm assured will disolve (or fall out?) within a few weeks.