On Monday I had my second prostate surgery in 4 years. Running the urethra through the prostate, rather than around it, is a really stupid idea. Based on a subjective history, before a trans-urethral examination, the surgeon thought that maybe I had some scar tissue left over from the earlier surgery, which could have explained (though not excused) why the nurse (or doctor?) at my heart surgery had messed up the catheter so badly. There was the hope that merely removing this scar tissue could solve my problems in a very simple procedure. No such luck. There was no scar tissue, but there were two very large lobes restricting the outlet from the bladder, and serious damage remaining from when the heart surgery people inflated the catheter in my prostate (instead of in the bladder, as they were supposed to do). So he performed a TURP, removing a significant portion of the prostate, They sent me home yesterday afternoon with a catheter still in, and it is agony, in spite of taking enough Percocet to make me dizzy. Not a happy camper today. I wish they'd given me morphine to take home, instead of just percocet. They gave me morphine (and maybe some other stuff as well) in the hospital, for the really agonizing pain when I came out of anesthesia, and once that took effect I was warm all over and as happy as a clam.
Daniel, I'm sorry to hear of this and hope that the pain becomes more manageable soon. Morphine has been my drug of choice for surgeries, it's a shame it's limited to hospital use, but it's understandable... Percocet has never done much for me. Best of luck...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(daniel @ Mar 14 2007, 01:20 PM) [snapback]405515[/snapback]</div> We Electrical Engineers are pretty sure that the prostate design was done by a Civil Engineer. The whole reproductive system design is messed up. You can tell it was designed by a Civil Engineer; who else would run a sewer through a major recreational area. Hope you feel better soon! Tom
Daniel, I hope you won't need the catheter for too long. And i hope the percocet helps the pain somewhat in the interim. Mike
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(qbee42 @ Mar 14 2007, 02:51 PM) [snapback]405546[/snapback]</div> :lol: Hope you get back to your normal self soon, daniel.
Daniel, I hope when this trip to the hospital and healing is over you can get back to a normal routine. Look on the bright side. You got home before the rapture happened.
Thanks to all for your good wishes. I think the Percocet dulls the pain a bit. It definitely helps me zone out and snooze for an hour or so. The catheter comes out tomorrow. The surgeon originally said Friday, but I pleaded a bit, and he relented by one day, so that if I have problems when it comes out it won't be the weekend. And I have fewer and smaller clots than I did after the first one, four years ago. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ZenCruiser @ Mar 14 2007, 11:29 AM) [snapback]405531[/snapback]</div> Nobody who'd ever had a prostate operation (or kidney stones, from what I've been told) would ever vote to restrict morphine to hospital use only. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(qbee42 @ Mar 14 2007, 11:51 AM) [snapback]405546[/snapback]</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(qbee42 @ Mar 14 2007, 11:51 AM) [snapback]405546[/snapback]</div> Daniel, Hope you get well really soon. qbee42: An <any> Engineer ? I doubt it , but a government street & park authority, definitely :lol:
I hope you start feeling better quickly mate. My friend had CF and went through all kinds of terrible operations and having been there with him for many of them I can really respect the courage it takes to deal with the pain and/or fear. Hell half the time I would be the one crying while I watched him tense in agony or scream out in pain...
Sorry to hear you are in pain ... and I'm surprised about the morphine. I thought you could get a self-administered drip (that has a max meter on it) at home in an IV, but that may only be for terminally ill patients with a hospice nurse. Here's to you feeling better soon.
Just for you, Daniel, I'll say a pasta prayer for yer noodle. =) Seriously, though, that hurts. Hope the TURP yields you good results after all the pain is done, and I wish you a speedy and medically uninteresting recovery.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(daniel @ Mar 14 2007, 11:20 AM) [snapback]405515[/snapback]</div> My hope is that his Noodly Appendage will reach and touch your Noodly Appendage and make it all better. Wildkow
