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How to deal with catheter while recovering after prostate surgery?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 10 10:19am | Replies (101)Comment receiving replies
One bit of Advice dealing with the "leg Bag" and the "night Bag". My "night bag" came with two chambers one soft plastic and one hard. I had to get up during the night at least once and transfer pee from the soft plastic to the hard plastic. Also the leg Bag has a tip at the end which can lock and has a tip to place over it. Make sure the tip is locked. Once you get the steps in your head it's fairly easy to manage on your own. Since you are hiring someone you might want to get them to help you get in and out of the shower while you have a cath.
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Thank you for the advice. Before I started this discussion thread, I was pretty sure it was not only helpful but also necessary to hire some help at least for the first few days of post-surgery recovery. But based on some of the responses in this thread, I am wondering whehter I am ovrthinking it (and over worrying about handling the cathether .etc. ) and making it harder than it really is.
Still, I am leaning towards hiring some help at least for the first few days to help me get in and out of showers as you suggested , maybe changing bags etc. while experiencing some pain and discomfort.