I am Day 1 after my Holep surgery. Dr Dora at Mayo performed the procedure yesterday morning. My prostate was 106cc, Dr. Dora commented in his notes that it was “impresssive” (my wife got a charge out of that). Procedure started at 7:30, I elected to go with a spinal block and lower level anesthesia. They did not use an airway tube with this anesthesia. Also after effect was lessened. I was in recovery around 9:15, although I have no recollection until around 10 am. I was able to drink water/soda and eat some crackers and pudding right away. The spinal block was effective until later in the afternoon. That was good and bad. Good in that I had no feeling from the waist down so no pain. Bad that I had to stay in recovery until I could get some feeling in my feet and climb into a wheelchair. Around 3 pm I was moved to the Care Hotel across the street. Very comfortable and the food is excellent. The apple cobbler with ice cream was just what I needed. I am pretty sore in the area where Dora did his work and sore from the catheter. I have been taking Tylenol for pain. I go in to get the catheter out at 8:15 am. Hopefully once removed the pain will be less. Pain is not bad just uncomfortable when I move around. I walk up and down the hall at the hotel every hour or so. I was told by Dr. Dora and nurses to take it easy for 6 weeks - No exercise, bike riding, rowing, fishing, golfing or sex (not much left to do). No driving for a week. Just take short easy walks. I will be counting the days….
I will add more as things progress..