Day 3 after surgery. I hate this bag.

Welcome to the other side.

I had a different kind of catheter, so I can only share based on (what I remember of) what I've read, but a catheter can cause bladder spasms.  It might be that.  If it is, nurse or doc should be able to prescribe meds to make that simmer down or go away.

Praying for speedy relief!

--Steve

 

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Age 55 - 11/2012 PSA 4.8
12/17/2012 - 12 core trans-rectal biopsy.
1/2/2013 Results: PC Diagnosed
2 of 12 biopsies pos: 3+3=6 (5%) and 3+4=7(20%)
01/13 PSA 5.2
3/29/13 2nd biopsy of the apex; 4 cores, all negative.
5/21/13 Robotic focal prostatectomy (preserved part of the apex), Dr. Menon, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Penile rehab including 5mg Cialis daily, bimix injections, VED
1mo PSA 0.1

Don't remember any special urge, just general irritation. You did right thing to elevate issue back to nurse.

Yes, the catheter is "evil incarnate".

Hope you feel better pretty soon. It just takes time.

Robert

blogs.militarytimes.com/offduty-plus/2012/04/04/marine-general-faces-battle-with-cancer/#.UepPD-H5uRs

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63 now
Jan '08-'11 PSAs 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.6, DREs-
Jan '12: PSA 3.6, DRE+
Jan '12: MRI inconclusive
Feb '12: PCaDx pT2a, 4/12+ (3 @ 3+3, 1 @ 4+3); 3% tot cores; bone scan-
Apr '12: RALP; 3+4=7; pT2c pN0 pMx; 30%; 2 focals+ on r; EPE-; PNI+; 8 LN-; SV-
PSAs: (all undetect 1st yr); 07/13: < .015

If you have a call into your nurse does that mean you haven't had a BM? Thought maybe your comment was a typo. If you haven't had a BM are you still on the prescription pain meds? They will give you terrible constipation. Best advice my URO gave me was to start on stool softeners the day after surgery and I had my first BM with no having to push (thankfully) on the evening of the second day. The last thing you want to do is push out that first BM. 

I only took Advil for the pain after I got home from the hospital and managed very well. Hope everything else goes well for you and you should only have a few more days before the rubber snake is removed and you get some freedom back.

Congrats on getting thru the surgery! I didn't mind the cath, but it did make feel like a surgical patient - felt much more like myself when it came out! One positive about the cath: at least you don't have to get up every few hours at night to pee - so enjoy the rest while you can! I find myself hitting the bathroom every few hours at night since the cath came out - I'm sure the urgency is related both to the healing as well as the fact that my body is still getting rid of all the extra fluid build up from the surgery (I came home 14 pounds heavier than when I went in - talk about water weight!). 3 1/2 weeks out, I'm more or less down to my post-op weight - and I'm confident the nighttime urgency will lessen over time, along with all the other minor aches and pains that seem to improve every day.

Oh, and I had the scrotum swelling too - never thought I'd see something the size of a softball down there - but it went away and everything feels just fine now. Just know that all of the symptoms will pass...and hang in there...!

Good luck!

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Age: 48
Los Angeles, CA
2/2013: PSA 5.6, DRE/ultrasound positive
Biopsy 4/4/13 results:
T2a or T2b G7 (3+4)
Perineural invasion present in one core
Bone and CT scans negative

Robotic RP 7/1/13: Dr. Kia Michel at Cedars Sinai

Post-surgery path report: G7 (3+4) pT2b
Margins & lymph nodes clear

Post Edited (DougInLA) : 7/20/2013 12:26:24 PM (GMT-6)

Worried Guy said...
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If the purse bothers you, have someone go to the hardware store and get 75 feet of 1/4 inch Tygon tubing. Plug one end of the catheter in and send the other end to the sump pump in the basement. You'll never have to leave the couch!
Warning!!! Do this only when your wife is not home or you will end up needing a divorce attorney. Women!

LOL

Me and "Mr Foley" will be roommates for another 7 days... Bacitracin is your friend

There were no 'positions' with the catheter. If I recall, that was the furthest thing from my mind.

(Heck, It's been 4 years and I can barely remember it.) ;-(

Jeff

I was on my catheter for 63 days post surgery, that takes some special patience. Then with my endless stricture problems spent nearly 1 1/2 years of cath time on 21 different caths. The thought of only being on one for 7-14 days seems to but a passing nuisance at best. I did get to have some acquired tastes in different types of caths, leg bindings, choices of big bags and leg bags, there's a whole science to them if you get stuck on one for a long period of time.

Like others have said, enjoy this time where you don't have to be conscious of urinating. Once its out, then its pad time and seeing where you stand on your own without a catheter. Hopefully it won't be a big issue for you once its removed.

david

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Age: 60, 56 at PC dx, PSA 16.3
3rd Biopsy: 9/8 7 of 7 Positive, 40-90%, 4+3
Open RP: 11/8, Catheter in 63 days
Path Rpt: 3+4, pT2c, 42g, 20% tumor, 1 pos margin
Incontinence & ED: None
Surgery Failed, recurrence within 9 months
Salvage Radiation 10/9-11/9, SRT failed within 9 months, PSA: Too High
Spent total of 1 ½ years on 21 catheters, Ileal Conduit Surgery 9/10,
7 other PC-related surgeries 2009-2012