How to deal with catheter while recovering after prostate surgery?

Posted by soli @soli, Jul 6 12:08pm

I plan to have prostate surgery relatively soon. Onc big concern I have is how to deal with the cathether for 7 to 10 days. I live alone so I am thinking of hiring a private nurse for one hour in the morning , and one hour late afternoon to help me change from night bag to leg bag in the morning, and from day bag to night bag in the afternoon. An experienced nurse will know how to do it in a sanitary way to avoid infection. An alternative I am thinking is always keeping the night bag, which has pluses, but too bulky to drag 24 hours. Any suggestions?

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jeff Marchi | @jeffmarc | Jul 6 1:07pm

You are overthinking this. The bag is attached to a long tube. You shut it off and just pour out the urine. It’s simple.. There’s no real risk of infection I don’t know where you got the idea about that happening, A real first. It’s a one way tube.

You will find it is not difficult to walk around the second day after surgery and change the bag. It might be a little painful, but you can do it. I never used a night bag. The regular bag was always enough. I guess it Depends on how much you drink at night.

I ran a computer consulting company. Four days after surgery I went to three offices, sat down at Computers and worked on something.. I had to go in the bathroom once and empty the bag I had attached to my ankle. No one ever knew I had surgery or a catheter with a bag. The following days I went to many more offices,