Feeling some pain in the pelvic floor area is something that I saw very often while reading through many, many posts. It usually resolves after couple of months when all of the internal swelling goes away and everything heals completely. Having some surgeries myself (as well as many of my friends and family) , 6 to 8 week time-frame that doctors mention is in most cases for any type of surgery overly optimistic and it does not mean "no pain" and full top notch functionality in most cases, but is more on the line : "will be able to do light work and do basic activities around the home" and not depend on medications.

That being said, everybody is different and needs different amount of rest or time to heal. Also, generally younger patients recover much faster.

Regarding ED, there is a fantastic video that was posted recently by "Retiredguy" and I wish he posts it as separate thread so everybody can easily find it. I read in many places that if a man had some ED problems before surgery (needing medication) it is great chance that he will have much more problems after surgery and will need injections to achieve erections. BUT, again, time is your friend ! It is said that one can need up to 2 years to have natural improvement in quality of erections and up to a year to see improvement in continence.

So, try to be patient with your recovery time and in the meantime try to concentrate on getting stronger, healthier and finding happiness in the fact that you are cancer free < 3. For everything else there are MANY solutions available and remember that in the most cases it all gets better with time :).

Sicescu2 - you are just 3 days out of very serious surgery. You might have trouble standing up and sitting up because you had 5 ports cutting through your abdominal wall. It weakens temporarily muscles big time, especially at 77. One member here used hernia belt to stabilize the core even though he did not have hernia but had experience with laparoscopic surgery for some other issues. According to him, it helps with sitting up and getting up of the bed. I already bought that belt for my husband in preparation for surgery.

Maybe you do not have appetite because there is still a lot of gas in your abdominal area and it presses on your stomach making you feeling full ? Did you have normal BM by this point ?. Try to stay hydrated and rest and of course, if you really think something is very wrong you should go and check your vitals, basic blood work etc.

Sending everybody healing vibes < 3 and wishing you all fast-er recovery :).