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Devastated by support group meeting: I'm doing everything wrong
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Ummm...does the scrotum swell up right away or later? It's not super huge right now, which I was happy about, but maybe that's to come.
Yeah, the belly pain was intense for me. As the gas boating pain area started to go get less, the abdomen pain jsut felt that much worse which was really intense yesterday. Then, the rolling bladder spasms were coming hard and fast. I could barely stand up straight when I tried walking because of that pain.
The good news is that it is getting better today and the spasms seem to be subsiding. Thankful for that for sure.
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@fritzo
I had my surgery 16 years ago, It was robotic, but who knows what’s changed since then?
Had no gas at all after surgery and had no swelling of my testicles. I guess what I’m getting at is it may or may not happen.
I’m wondering if they’re using different Techniques now that cause that gas problem.
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What I don't understand, is why I had none of these issues (at age 76). I don't doubt your report at all. I literally had no discomfort, let alone any pain for my robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. I was told that my abdomen was inflated to create working room, & that I should expect it to go down in a couple days, which it did, but there was no discomfort. There was no pain or discomfort when removing my abdominal tube or urine catheter a week later.
Similarly, 20 months later I had a hernia repair done robotically (different doctor, different medical facility) in a same-day operation & release, & the doctor gave me a prescription for oxycodone. I declined it, but he insisted, as he didn't want me to get home & then need it, so I filled the prescription. Never needed it. No pain, no discomfort.
It's not like I'm some superman invulnerable to pain. Nor am I some athlete; I'm quite sedentary. I find routine dental cleaning visits painful. I take aspirin if I have a headache (about once every 3 months), or a Tylenol for a muscle ache (about every 3 months).
My prostatectomy surgeon was doing about 115 operations a year); I don't know about my hernia surgeon. In the latter operation, the surgeon in his notes described the procedure as difficult due to the preceding prostatectomy.
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