While you are in the hospital you will be in one of those nifty hospital gowns so you will not need anything until you change to leave. Shorts will show the catheter and the leg bag which you may not want to do. I purchase a couple of pair of the mesh type of basketball pants that you can get at a store like Dick's. They are baggy enough to handle the bag and catheter and the mesh matrerial makes them cool. The waist is elastic and can be tied to accomodate any bloatedness.
Tamu
Diagnosed 7/6/06, 1 of 10 core samples, 40%,Stage T1c, Gleason 3+3
Da Vinci on 11/01/06, Catheter out on 11/13/06
56 Years Old
Post Op Path, Gleason 3+3, Approx. 5% of prostate involved
Prostate Confined, margins clear
Undetectable PSA on 12/18/06
No more pads as of 1/13/07
Began injections in April '07
Undetectable PSA on 6/25/07