My RARP is tomorrow

Posted by psychometric @psychometric, 2 days ago

The hay is in the barn, and in 23 hours or so, some dude and his fancy robot are going to set the barn on fire.

I appreciate the wealth of knowledge shared on this site - I feel well-prepared and, since it's Cleveland, ready to rock & roll.

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survivor5280 | @survivor5280 | 2 days ago

You've got this! The bark is way worse than the bite, a few days of iffiness, a couple weeks of ups and downs here and there and done.

💪

jayhall | @jayhall | 2 days ago

Some dude and his fancy Robot made me LOL. You are going to do great! Keep the group updated once you are well enough post RARP. Everyone in this awful club is routing for you! 🙂 You will be in my thoughts! 🙂

survivor5280 | @survivor5280 | 2 days ago

It was all natural for me. I'm in the tech industry and am a big nerd so there are a few robots that vacuum my house, two that mow my lawn and one that cleans my windows. It's my robot army. It only mades sense that a robot would fix my broken insides!

topf | @topf | 2 days ago

I had mine yesterday. Day 2 is a bit more pain bc the anethesia has worn off completely, but still not too bad. it nearly as bad as I feared.

We got this 💪

jayhall | @jayhall | 2 days ago

Glad you are doing well. Have you got up and moved around yet?

topf | @topf | 1 day ago

In reply to @jayhall "Glad you are doing well. Have you got up and moved around yet?" + (show)

Yes, already started moving around yesterday. Also doing pulmonary exercises.

psychometric | @psychometric | 1 day ago

In reply to @topf "I had mine yesterday. Day 2 is a bit more pain bc the anethesia has worn..." + (show)

That's great to hear!

edinmaryland | @edinmaryland | 1 day ago

did you have trouble with your shoulders due to the gas??

Catheter?

survivor5280 | @survivor5280 | 1 day ago

In reply to @edinmaryland "did you have trouble with your shoulders due to the gas?? Catheter?" + (show)

I bet it's far fewer that didn't have some kind of gas pain than who did. Mine was quite severe, far worse than the last time I had the same robot surgery.