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Posted 27 Aug 2024 at 22:38

Well it’s all gone as well as it could have.All contained and removed and all nerves spared. Have a drain which comes out this morning. Catheter flow is entertainment at the moment watching the colour return to normal and not a bother. The usual wind and gas pain and the odd twinge - probably related to the hernia repair. Wasn’t going to tough out the discomfort - why bother so had all that was offered to get through the night.
Leg cuffs on and pumping away for circulation. Hopefully up and about after brekkie. Attempted yesterday but abit too soon for me! Out tomorrow all being well. 
Still have to cut the hedge …. other things came up.

Pete

Edited by member 04 Sep 2024 at 12:09  | Reason: Typo

User
Posted 28 Aug 2024 at 00:21

Thanks for the update Pete. I hope you have a reasonable night's kip and that you're discharged tomorrow. Forget about hedge cutting. 🙂

Edited by member 28 Aug 2024 at 00:29  | Reason: Typo

User
Posted 28 Aug 2024 at 00:42

Pete ,good to hear things went well, don't be surprised if the urine fluctuates between straw colour and  Rosé. I was advised changing to red wine colour needs attention. Changing to red can be a sign of doing too much.

Get an extra catheter thigh strap / G strap if you can ,it will be useful when showering.

Take it easy but keep mobile.

Thanks Chris 

 

User
Posted 28 Aug 2024 at 07:09

Great news Pete, I’m so pleased it went well for you. Wishing you a speedy(but please be patient!) recovery.

I had a good chuckle at your “Still have to cut the hedge …. other things came up.”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Hopefully it will not be too long before these “things” come up again.

Take care,

Derek

User
Posted 28 Aug 2024 at 08:54

Great news Pete,

I remember those things on my legs, think they're called flowtrons.. I was really confused when I woke up, in my post op drowsiness, I couldn't work out what on earth was going on.

Good luck with your recovery. 

Kev.

User
Posted 28 Aug 2024 at 19:22

Great news. Take it easy and follow those doctors orders 🤪🍻

User
Posted 29 Aug 2024 at 13:12

Great result Pete, and there's no place like home. 

Take it easy and have a smooth recovery. 

Cheers, 

Kev.

User
Posted 29 Aug 2024 at 17:15

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

Now waiting 7 days for the trial of void appointment and then back to the exercises.

 

Hey Pete. My catheter was removed yesterday. Trust me, you will feel like a new man once it's out. I was a bit nervous about whether the removal process would hurt but just so you know, it didn't. Really was nothing. I knew I would have to demonstrate that I could pee once the catheter was removed so I drank a lot of water beforehand and it turned out to be unnecessary. After they deflated the balloon (but before yanking the tube), they shot saline up through the tube directly into my bladder, filling it, then removed the tube, then had me pee the saline back out into a portable urinal. It was instant and easy.

 

-Mike

User
Posted 29 Aug 2024 at 18:34

I did a proper trim before surgery having saw bollinge’s story.

sounds like great progress thus far and keep mobile as per instructions. I felt like an F16 with external fuel tanks with the catheter bag. I found alternating the leg it was strapped to every 24hrs significantly reduced the abrasion on the end of my chap.

bonus of the big bucket overnight bag is no need to get up to pee and no rush when you wake up. I felt like the baron off of the first edition of dune with all the attachments 🤪😵‍💫🤣

keep hydrated….its an eye opener how quick the day bag fills up and gives a real appreciation to one’s bladder. If you get any blockages just keep hydrating steadily and change orientation ie lay on side etc as the retainer balloon holding the catheter in can get debris around the holes for the pee so just need disturbing. Gravity worked well for me and turned a day 4 panic and anticipated a&e visit into a non issue thanks to the guys on here. All problems can usually be solved MacGyver style 😎

User
Posted 04 Sep 2024 at 07:51

Well my catheter came out this morning.

Sounds like there are many techniques that can be used. Mine fell into the category of ‘pulling a tennis ball through a garden hose’ … slowly, I guess for the purpose of being gentle. The advice to ‘curl my toes’ to distract myself was a world away from ‘deep breaths’ I was expecting. Don’t worry I did both. No saline introduced before hand so drank my 600ml water bottle and waited. Definitely abit tender but great to pee. Had to repeat 2 more times with an ultrasound each time to measure residual, which the last got computed as 18ml. Now it’s a return to the exercises and identifying appropriate undergarment capacity.

It’s along 7 days but you most definitely feel like a new person. So for those waiting, relief does eventually arrive.

Pete

 

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Posted 28 Aug 2024 at 00:21

Thanks for the update Pete. I hope you have a reasonable night's kip and that you're discharged tomorrow. Forget about hedge cutting. 🙂

Edited by member 28 Aug 2024 at 00:29  | Reason: Typo

User
Posted 28 Aug 2024 at 00:42

Pete ,good to hear things went well, don't be surprised if the urine fluctuates between straw colour and  Rosé. I was advised changing to red wine colour needs attention. Changing to red can be a sign of doing too much.

Get an extra catheter thigh strap / G strap if you can ,it will be useful when showering.

Take it easy but keep mobile.

Thanks Chris 

 

User
Posted 28 Aug 2024 at 07:09

Great news Pete, I’m so pleased it went well for you. Wishing you a speedy(but please be patient!) recovery.

I had a good chuckle at your “Still have to cut the hedge …. other things came up.”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Hopefully it will not be too long before these “things” come up again.

Take care,

Derek

User
Posted 28 Aug 2024 at 08:54

Great news Pete,

I remember those things on my legs, think they're called flowtrons.. I was really confused when I woke up, in my post op drowsiness, I couldn't work out what on earth was going on.

Good luck with your recovery. 

Kev.

User
Posted 28 Aug 2024 at 09:29

I also forgot about the flowtron sleeves pumping away. I also forgot about the drainage bags.  Mine seemed fuller than the other two blokes who had the same op. (What is it with blokes, that make us feel the need to compare the size of things hanging down below. 🤔)

Regards Pete's hedge cutting. I'm now wondering if he meant trimming his privet or trimming his privates. I seem to recall that I had a bit of a tidy up pre op.

 

Edited by member 28 Aug 2024 at 09:46  | Reason: Typo

User
Posted 28 Aug 2024 at 19:22

Great news. Take it easy and follow those doctors orders 🤪🍻

User
Posted 29 Aug 2024 at 10:55

So back home after 2nd night in. Histology back and clear margins. Gleeson 7 confirmed.

Tubes out but drain leaked abit but got under control. Though the bed looked like a crime scene.

First fart is a relief. First plop even better. You think they’re never coming but they do.

Realise I have to keep mobile to dissipate the gas build up. That shoulder ache is something. Am abit sore but that comes with the territory. Abit tentative coughing though that requires self support.

Night bag plumbed in and in obligatory bucket. In hospital it was just on the floor but now there’s the axminster to think about …

Got my spare leg bag and straps and leg stickers. Zip sided stadium pants made for a discrete exit, though it was abit balmy - 31 in Brissie this arvo…

Now waiting 7 days for the trial of void appointment and then back to the exercises. I’ll post in a few weeks to update on what that journey was like.

Until then you all take care

Pete

PS I’d definitely have a trim downstairs to avoid hairs around and sticking to the catheter. It certainly isn’t comfy.

 

 

User
Posted 29 Aug 2024 at 13:12

Great result Pete, and there's no place like home. 

Take it easy and have a smooth recovery. 

Cheers, 

Kev.

User
Posted 29 Aug 2024 at 17:15

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

Now waiting 7 days for the trial of void appointment and then back to the exercises.

 

Hey Pete. My catheter was removed yesterday. Trust me, you will feel like a new man once it's out. I was a bit nervous about whether the removal process would hurt but just so you know, it didn't. Really was nothing. I knew I would have to demonstrate that I could pee once the catheter was removed so I drank a lot of water beforehand and it turned out to be unnecessary. After they deflated the balloon (but before yanking the tube), they shot saline up through the tube directly into my bladder, filling it, then removed the tube, then had me pee the saline back out into a portable urinal. It was instant and easy.

 

-Mike

User
Posted 29 Aug 2024 at 18:34

I did a proper trim before surgery having saw bollinge’s story.

sounds like great progress thus far and keep mobile as per instructions. I felt like an F16 with external fuel tanks with the catheter bag. I found alternating the leg it was strapped to every 24hrs significantly reduced the abrasion on the end of my chap.

bonus of the big bucket overnight bag is no need to get up to pee and no rush when you wake up. I felt like the baron off of the first edition of dune with all the attachments 🤪😵‍💫🤣

keep hydrated….its an eye opener how quick the day bag fills up and gives a real appreciation to one’s bladder. If you get any blockages just keep hydrating steadily and change orientation ie lay on side etc as the retainer balloon holding the catheter in can get debris around the holes for the pee so just need disturbing. Gravity worked well for me and turned a day 4 panic and anticipated a&e visit into a non issue thanks to the guys on here. All problems can usually be solved MacGyver style 😎

User
Posted 04 Sep 2024 at 07:51

Well my catheter came out this morning.

Sounds like there are many techniques that can be used. Mine fell into the category of ‘pulling a tennis ball through a garden hose’ … slowly, I guess for the purpose of being gentle. The advice to ‘curl my toes’ to distract myself was a world away from ‘deep breaths’ I was expecting. Don’t worry I did both. No saline introduced before hand so drank my 600ml water bottle and waited. Definitely abit tender but great to pee. Had to repeat 2 more times with an ultrasound each time to measure residual, which the last got computed as 18ml. Now it’s a return to the exercises and identifying appropriate undergarment capacity.

It’s along 7 days but you most definitely feel like a new person. So for those waiting, relief does eventually arrive.

Pete

 

 
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