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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / February 2005Anybody else ?
Cath out 5 days now..peeing pretty good..starting to hit the toilet now. Not using Depends, just some soft (Viva) paper towels just in case. My question....crease in groin where meets leg is RAW ?? I have tried to keep dry and medicated..not working, also Gonads, Nads, Jewels, Nuts, Balls whatever they are called seem to form a crusty surface which flakes off and becomes normal skin then reappears, itchy also. Is all this just Post surgery..Post Cath ????? Howie That raw crease problem is not uncommon. I just don't know what causes it. Medicated powder (maybe Gold Bond) might be helpful. You might want to check to make sure you don't have a jock fungus. The fact that it is returning, and not a one time thing, makes me think it is not something left from the swelling you had after surgery. Moist wet spots are great fungus breeders. Bev > Cath out 5 days now..peeing pretty good..starting to hit the toilet now. > Not using Depends, just some soft (Viva) paper towels just in case. My [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > flakes off and becomes normal skin then reappears, itchy also. Is all > this just Post surgery..Post Cath ????? Howie I've heard of crusty before, though I personnally did not experience it. The rawness in your crease may be from urine. Paper towels soak up the urine. Depends and pads pull the urine away from your skin.  SignatureProstate Cancer Survivor (so far), not a doctor PSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 G7 (3+4), T3bN0M0 Seminal Vesicle involvement, Neg margins PSA .1 .1 .1 .27 .37 .75 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 Lupron (1 mo) 07/21/2003 @ 48 PSA .07 .05 .06 .05 Lupron (4 mo) 8/03 (48), 12/03, 4/04 (49), 09/04 (50), 01/05 non Illegitimi carborundum > Cath out 5 days now..peeing pretty good..starting to hit the toilet now. > Not using Depends, just some soft (Viva) paper towels just in case. My [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > flakes off and becomes normal skin then reappears, itchy also. Is all > this just Post surgery..Post Cath ????? Howie ditto that. the paper towel just traps the urine next to your skin. the depends pulls it away and keeps you dry. i am almost two years post op now and still incontinent. i have never (knock wood) had any skin problems. i would try the depends and see if that helps. and as Bev said, i would also be concerned about a fungus. you may need to see your doc about that. Good Luck! > I've heard of crusty before, though I personnally did not experience it. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > flakes off and becomes normal skin then reappears, itchy also. Is all > > this just Post surgery..Post Cath ????? Howie If Howie's rawness (groin crease, etc.) indeed has a fungal component...and after checking with the doc...has anyone used Cruex or the like? It used to be SO great because it was a spray-on powder which was VERY cold and felt good. Then it left a layer of powder behind. > ditto that. the paper towel just traps the urine next to your skin. the > depends pulls it away and keeps you dry. i am almost two years post op [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > also > be concerned about a fungus. you may need to see your doc about that. Just wanted to salute you for your bravery. Incontinence is one reason I wont have any operation there. I will have any form of chemo they say to take but no operation. I am not as brave as you are, obviously. Thanks guys and Gals for all urine help..Ha, just a joke...3 weeks out and can hold pee in as needed, if I sit awhile and get up fast..oops, a squirt or 2 comes out...Howie I'm at one pad or less per day at 19 months post-op so technically I am still incontinent though seeing slow improvement. It really isn't a big deal and I think the people who opt out of one treatment or another because of a fear of incontinence are very foolish. Putting a pad on in the morning is just one more thing I do in addition to brushing teeth, combing hair, etc.. I'll admit to a couple of frustrating times early on when my pad overflowed, and I also became much more conscious of where bathrooms were but never did I feel I had made the wrong choice because of incontinence. The dripping I have now is of no consequence. Life is good. Dave Perry As an aside, IMO it is not a good idea to use paper towels instead of pads. Paper seems to have a negative effect on control - perhaps it's because the control mechanism gets confused, and thinks it doesn't need to hold back because the paper nicely wicks away the fluid in the urenthra - ("how convenient!", it says). I learned the hard way. >Cath out 5 days now..peeing pretty good..starting to hit the toilet now. >Not using Depends, just some soft (Viva) paper towels just in case. My [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >flakes off and becomes normal skin then reappears, itchy also. Is all >this just Post surgery..Post Cath ????? Howie How about some regular diaper ointment? Perhaps it would lubricate the dry skin and act as a barrier to urine. FWIW YMMV DFB "When a legislature undertakes to proscribe the exercise of a citizen's constitutional rights it acts lawlessly and the citizen can take matters into his own hands and proceed on the basis that such a law is no law at all." - Justice William O. Douglas |
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