Hi Nick,
Hope everything went as well as can be expected with the kids. Hope you have a great week away.
There are some great posts on here about how to prep for pre and post op, I’m not sure how to link them but maybe someone else will be able to do it.
I sent rob in with prune juice, cranberry juice and peppermint tea just to try and give him a head start. I’m sure the hospital will give you laxatives so make sure you take them religiously to hopefully help with initial constipation. Drink lots of water (around 3 litres per day) this will help the bowels but also minimise chance of infection. Rob had regular pain killers for probably the first week (often just paracetamol) whether he felt he needed them or not, so he never really felt any pain at all. Many have instilagel in case the end of the penis gets sore with the catheter. We got some but it wasn’t needed. Have some pads ready in case leakage with catheter in and maybe a sheet on the bed or I used some puppy pads (rob had no leakage with catheter in though). Make sure you are doing lots of pelvic floor exercises right up to it. It was suggested by someone on here to get Canterbury jogging bottoms that zip right up the side….useful for checking and emptying catheter. A bucket to put the catheter in a night (much easier than the stand provided)
Will let you know if I think of anything else but I’m sure others will add to it.
Good luck for the op and keep us posted with your progress 👍