urinary discomfort

Hi Friends I am about 30 days past surgery.  I stopped wearing pads  about a week after my catheter was removed.  However, I am having almost constant discomfort with a feeling that I need to urinate.  It is worse when I am sitting and less  when I am lying down. It's not like a bladder cramp the discomfort is in the upper penis, just past where the prostate use to be. On a scale of one to ten this is not a major pain or problem,  but it is constant and beginning to make my life uncomfortable.  I will be meeting with the doctor in about a week and maybe he has some ideas to make this better. Do any of you have a solution?  Are there any medications that help?  It isn't about exercise or being able to control my urine flow. That hasn't been a problem. It is just about the almost constant feeling of needing to go. Da Vinci surgery 1/16/07 History 11/05 psa 2.9 6/06   psa 5.8 7/06   psa 6.7 biopsy 10/16/06 gleason 4 + 4 +8 grade  T2A Post op pathology / clear Post not edited ~ only the bottom white space that was empty!!!   Make sure cursor is at the end of the last word in your message box, hit delete button until it stops then submit.   Post Edited By Moderator (bluebird) : 7/16/2007 6:06:36 PM (GMT-6)

I'm five weeks out and I also get that frequent urge during the day, especially when under any kind of stress.  I'm also having discomfort in the rectum area, as well as the penis, testicles.  I'm going today for a C-scan to see if the bladder is emptying completely and if there are any clots in there.  A 15-year survivor told me yesterday, "Rome wasn't built in a day,"  adding tht although Da Vinci is "less invasive" it is still a major surgery and shock to the body.  Healing takes time and everyone is different. Good luck with your Dr. visit.  54 years old PSA = First ever was 9.8 in late Oct. ‘06, two weeks later, 10.1 DRE: Negative Biopsy results 11/22/06 (6 out of 8 cores positive), both lobes, Gleason 3+3 = 6 Da Vinci Robotic RP surgery, Jan 12, 2007 Post surgery pathology – Organ confined, Gleason still 6, margins clear.

I am 10 weeks post-op and in just the last couple of weeks I have about the same sensations when I have to pee as before surgery. For a while, my bladder seemed to have a diminished capacity and I think it was due to the swelling from the open surgery. I went about a dozen times a day and about 4 or 5 times at night. Now I am back to normal as far as the urge to go is concerned and I get up at night maybe once every other night.

After surgery I had to really pay attention to the different feeling that the new plumbing sent my brain. It seemed like my "bladder full" light was stuck on. After a little while, I bagan to distinguish between the sensation from the surgery and the actual signal from my bladder. It was really strange until it sorted itself out.

Like everybody says, it just takes time...

Jim

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Age 72. Diagnosed 11/03/06. PSA 7.05. Stage T2B Gleason 3+3.

RRP 12/7/06. Nerves and nodes okay.

Pathological stage: T2B. Gleason 3+4. Cancer confined to prostate.

PSA on 1/3/07 - 0.04.  Next PSA on 4/4/07.

 "Patience is a virtue - especially when dealing with the effects of PCa."