Post radical prostatectomy (RP) Challenges

Posted by matthew61 @matthew61, Nov 11, 2023

Hello all, thanks for any input.
I had my RP 11 days ago. Had fairly severe bruising on my left side that seems to be diminishing. Initially it was thought that is was caused by my semi-violent wake-up from anesthesia. Doc gave me Bactrim antibiotic to diminish possibility of infection. Looks, like I am out of the woods on that, but nasty side effects, loss of appetite, constipation and insomnia. On day 7 went in for a systogram and ever since then I have had more/intermittent pain at Catheter site and abdominal area. Urine is flowing well, but is still pretty red. Slight leakage from catheter/penis when doing bowel movement. The results from Systogram was described as “significant leakage” from interior site. So was not able to have catheter removed. Scheduled for fluoroscopy imaging for this Monday. Is this too soon to repair significant leakage? Last night had significant leg cramping. It has been a challenge. Anyone else have a similar experience? I hope not. Thank you

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kjacko | @kjacko | Nov 25, 2023

In reply to @aiseman "Madison" + (show)

My surgeon works for Aurora in Grafton. None better.

matthew61 | @matthew61 | Nov 25, 2023

In reply to @jrobitai "Thanks Jim, good info! Glad to hear you are progressing well! Good point about stopping -..." + (show)

Might want to try magnesium to help with constipation.

ddun1953 | @ddun1953 | Nov 26, 2023

In reply to @jrobitai "OT but not - we are driving about 8hrs for our surgery on 12/19. We are..." + (show)

It took me 7 days in the hospital and 2 weeks at home with my wife doing everything for me. It tore me up good so one night and a recliner. That is going to be very, very hard on him.

jrobitai | @jrobitai | Nov 26, 2023

In reply to @ddun1953 "It took me 7 days in the hospital and 2 weeks at home with my wife..." + (show)

yikes - sorry to hear it was so rough!

So, I guess the take-away is to expect the unexpected? That 'maybe' a drive home is possible but just as likely not?

ddun1953 | @ddun1953 | Nov 26, 2023

I have 6 friends who have gone through it. They all were in the hospital for some time and it
was very hard after the surgery and I am still recovering from Aug. 3rd. It is not like a tooth being pulled. You have 5 incisions on the outside but they cut and cut more inside. The pain was excruciating for over a week. I had a blood bag for 6 days and that is normal. I could not roll over on my left side until a few weeks ago at all. I was and am in tip top shape too working out 2 hours a day hard.

matthew61 | @matthew61 | Nov 26, 2023

In reply to @billfarm "11 months post surgery had recurrence psa1.83 then 2.33 8wks post surgery. They got around to..." + (show)

Hmm, sounds fishy to me as well. I can understand your reluctance to do radiation without a clear objective. You are your best advocate, do what you feel is right in your heart and get another option. Best to you!

spino | @spino | Nov 27, 2023

In reply to @ddun1953 "I have 6 friends who have gone through it. They all were in the hospital for..." + (show)

Because of COVID, they had moved to get people out of the hospital sooner. When I had RALP in 2/2021 I was actually released that day, leaving about 5 after a late morning surgery. When I was being wheeled out, though, the orderly was a bit fast?! and suddenly I had more vomit. He kept wheeling me out and I went home while he cleaned up.... Probably not the perfect protocol! Still I was glad to be recovering at home. My recliner was my best friend for quite a while.