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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / May 2008Robot Attack + 50 Hours
Just got home from the hospital about about an hour ago. Am feeling great, considering, with just some small pain in abdomen. Pain around penetration sites when they are touched. Have hole in side where drain tube was pulled out. Pulling of drain tube was painful but over in a few seconds. Doctor said everything went well. This is an awesome procedure. Home 2 days after major surgery. Wow. They gave me a relatively small urine bag for walking around. Fills up too quick, so on th way home, I stopped and got a full litre bag. It also has a twist-type valve on the bottom, as opposed to pulling off a cap on the other one. I was sure to lose the cap, probably down the toilet, plus it is awkward. The bag they gave me had just enough plumbing for mounting on the upper thigh, wheras the one I bought has enough for mounting on the calf / shin, so I can just raise my foot up to the toilet seat, open the valve, and never take pants down. Yeah, its only for a week, but the bag was only $12.95, too. And with this one I can probably get all the way thru Indiana Jones tomorrow or Saturday <G>. Took a couple Tylenol for the small amount of pain that I have. If that doesn't work, I'll get into the doctor's prescription stuff which will be a lot more effective, but more dangerous. Haven't had much of anything to eat all week - liquid diet before the procedure for a day, liquid diet afer, and Dr. wants me to continue it fhru tomorrow. Gatoraid, popsicles, de-fizzed soda pops, etc. Rule #1 is don't get cancer, but if you do get it, get prostate cancer and have it removed early via the Da Vinci robot. DM > Just got home from the hospital about about an hour ago. Am feeling > great, [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > > DM Great report. I'm 10 days away from my visit with Mr. Da Vinci and your comments provide some reassurance. Hadn't thought about the urine bag size. The bottom valve type seems obvious. Where did you find one? Best of luck and keep us informed as to your progress. Chas >> Just got home from the hospital about about an hour ago. Am feeling >> great, [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] >Great report. I'm 10 days away from my visit with Mr. Da Vinci and your >comments provide some reassurance. Glad to provide that. I'm truly amazed at the ease of going thru this - very little pain. It was kinda painful yesterday - the hospital uses a 1 - 10 scale of pain, and subjectively, I don't believe I enver got above a 2. The pain was just annoying, so I asked for some drugs, got 'em, and had absolutely NO pain then - IOW, the pain was so low it was easy to kill 100%. I felt GREAT with those drugs. Anesthesia was fantastic. I got to the OR, the anesthetist said he as going to start the drug into the IV now, I can't remember if I said OK or not, but in about 20 seconds the entire world went away. I next became aware of my surroundings in the recovery room - hours later - and the operation was history. >Hadn't thought about the urine bag size. The bottom valve type seems >obvious. Where did you find one? I went to the CVS pharmacy and went to their consultation window and asked about a urinary collection bag. They said they didn't have one but recommended a local place, I think it was "Homecare America" or something like that which has all this unusual medical stuff. I think most every decent-sized community has one. >Best of luck and keep us informed as to your progress. Thanks - and sure will. Good luck to you for your 10 day date, and don't worry, this is going to be the easiest major surgery you could ever have. DM >Chas >>> Just got home from the hospital about about an hour ago. Am feeling >>> great, [quoted text clipped - 79 lines] >> >>Chas Update on condition. Surgery Tuesday. Today's Friday. I feel pretty good, there is pain, but not much. I feel like I could do a lot. Well, I'm still weaker than I thought I was. Took advantage of perceived good condition, rode 1/2 hour to town, saw Indiana Jones movie, rode 1/2 hour back. I'm weak. Took a lot out of me - I'm slightly nauseous. My Dr. still recommeded liquid diet today and there ain't much in the way of calories in it, so I think that's part of the problem. But part of the problem is the trauma of getting cut in 6 different places, too. Not as capable as I though I was. Will go off liquid only tomorrow, and try not to overdo it. Have chicken noodle soup stocked up, a lot of it (I love it.) Will see how that goes. I screw this up I'll probably be throwing up all over the place. DM ..Best Wishes Chas... > They gave me a relatively small urine bag for walking around. Fills up > too > quick, so on th way home, I stopped and got a full litre bag. They gave me the big one at the hospital and I went out and bought a small one. The big one is great for bed time, but I didn't like having it hanging over the side of the chair when company came. Also, I found the little one much easier to walk in (treadmill). > > They gave me a relatively small urine bag for walking around. Fills up > > too [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > over the side of the chair when company came. Also, I found the little one > much easier to walk in (treadmill). I was given a 2.5 liter bag, plus a leg bag, plus back-ups for each of those units. I could foresee a very catastrophic fall, entanglement, and inexpert removal of your catheter on a treadmill. Yeah, hide that tubing. ;-) Steve talked about the Big Bag. I had the big bag at home...stayed with it...and carried it with me in a cloth tote bag. I wasn't self-concious cuz I had Michael Jordan 'snap pants' and covered the exposed tube with an old shirt sleeve. :-) I only did THAT to make OTHERS more comfortable...instead of seeing a tube with urine in it. :-) Ron B. Chicago |
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