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Posted 10/6/2008 2:00 PM (GMT 0)
  good morning gentelmen . 48 yrs old 9 weeks out of robotic , is it normal to still get the pain in the rear end . wow is it bad yesterday and today it went away a while ago and then back 2 days ago .. just wondering, any one else have this experience thank you guys have a good day lemon lime ....
Posted 10/6/2008 2:49 PM (GMT 0)
I'm not sure if it's normal or not, but I did have a lot of pain in the rear after surgery. I currently still having issue, but I think these are more related to hemmirods.

I'd give it until your 3 month checkup, but make sure you mention it to your doctor.

What kind of surgery did your have. Maybe you could add a signature??
Posted 10/6/2008 2:56 PM (GMT 0)

That's why I love this site.  Just when you think your nuts another brother comes along with the same problem. 

I too have problems in that area.  Mostly sitting or just standing.  I am six months out of surgery and am about to see my gastro doc and say whats up.  Never had hemmroids before but certainly could be.

Frank

Posted 10/6/2008 3:20 PM (GMT 0)
I'm about 4-weeks post-op.  When I had the catheter in I experienced difficulty/pain sitting in a chair, for more than a couple of minutes.  Once the catheter was out I could sit for extended periods.  I returned to work a week ago and I sit in front of a computer for about 7 hours daily.  At times I have some slight discomfort, so I get up and walk about.  I've been having a slight burning / pain on my lower left side and am wondering what that's about, and when I see my Urologist/surgeon for our first post-op exam / testing tomorrow afternoon I'll make him aware of it and see what he says.
Posted 10/6/2008 4:05 PM (GMT 0)
Mavica,

Dr. Nadler was my other choice for Doc.  Good for you.  I thought Northwestern and Nadler were just great folks.  You had a truly great Doc.

I remember the pain in my left side lasting for quite a while as well.  I was told this is the largest incision they make and where they take the prostate out from.  Take it easy.  Watch that you dont get a hernia at this site.  This area was my last to heal. 

Posted 10/6/2008 4:06 PM (GMT 0)
Mine hurt so bad that I wound up at the butt Dr. six months after RP. He told me I had internal hemoroids and a fissure (a small tear in the colon). He gave me some cream and told me to take warm baths and eat fiber. It took a couple of weeks, but it did go away.
Posted 10/6/2008 4:17 PM (GMT 0)

Smokie,

I will try the warm baths.  Thanks for the tip. 

I am sorry, I have to ask. I am an avid fisherman as well so how did you break your wrist trout fishing.

Frank

Posted 10/7/2008 11:56 AM (GMT 0)

I'd love to say I was fighting a lunker who was so strong...

In reality, however, I was rock-hopping, slipped and fell. I had my rod in my left hand, so I held it up and caught my fall on my out-stretched right hand. I was about 3' above the water, so the fall broke my wrist to the point where I now have a metal plate installed, did a number on my elbow, dislocated my shoulder, and tore my rotator cuff.

It's rough getting old.

Posted 10/7/2008 12:32 PM (GMT 0)
FYI – a bit of info to share with people that have pain while sitting AND still have the catheter in.   The catheter is filled with a saline solution. Mine was filled with 15ml (milliliters I think) which I understand is a normal amount. I had my catheter in for five weeks. Sitting in a desk chair for eight hours re-defined “pain in the butt.”   My surgeon removed a third of the solution which made a tremendous difference.   The slight downside to removing some of the fluid was a little extra leakage but well worth it
Posted 10/8/2008 3:48 AM (GMT 0)
confused  What exactly do you mean by pain in the rear? I had horrible hemorrhoids after surgery but what really hurt was the area where the prostate was removed. Everytime a BM passed by it hurt terribly. If I sat very long that area hurt. Even my kegels would cause bad pain.

Hemorrhoid medicaine cleared that problem right up. Suddenly about 9 weeks my other pain got better. My doc had thought maybe I had an slight infection that went away. (I did have a bladder infection that I was treated for.)

Bill

Posted 10/8/2008 4:41 AM (GMT 0)
I've had no bowel movement issues - because I've been taking, as directed by my Urologist, a stool softener twice daily. Regarding saline solution and the catheter - I was not directed to place any of the solution in the bag and I had no discomfort other than when I sat on a hard chair.
Posted 10/8/2008 4:52 AM (GMT 0)
Frank 1205: Dr. Nadler and the team at Northwestern are, from what I've learned, amongst the best in the USA when it comes to the da Vinci procedure. I had a post-op visit (about one month since surgery) with Nadler today and he said my side pain was normal (partly because I've returned to work earlier than is typical for his patients), my incontenence is normal - that improvements are typically seen at the 3 > 6 month stage, and that my incisions had healed normally. He cautioned me to continue the Kegel exercises. I've been fatigued lately and he said he thinks my Iron is low and I should take some supplements, which I will. Blood was drawn for a post-op PSA test to establish a baseline. I'll visit with the Urologist again in 3-months.
Posted 10/8/2008 2:05 PM (GMT 0)
Mavica, what Steve means, I think, is saline is used to inflate the bulb that holds the catheter inside the bladder, so you will have some in the bulb and the line to it, which begins outside the body with an injection port. The saline is at all times seperate from the bladder itself. The saline fills the bulb, which makes for a semi-rigid piece inside the neck of the bladder, just at the point where most of the stitching is done, so there's possible pressure and rubbing there, causing pain and discomfort in certain positions and with over-exertion.
Posted 10/9/2008 1:30 PM (GMT 0)
Butt Doctor... I like that. I'm off to see one next week. I'm hoping it's something simple.
Posted 10/10/2008 5:32 PM (GMT 0)
I was a HUGE butt pain guy. It felt like somebody kicked me right in the rear end, and I had a very hard time sitting down at first. I experienced great improvement right around the 6 week mark, and it really has not been an issue since. But I lost 6 weeks of "kegeling" because it was just too painful to do it.

I am told that the prostate sits right up against the rectal wall, and in some cases they actually have to "shave" it off the wall. But in any case you can have quite a bit of rectal wall pain (or butt pain). Of course, some guys have almost none.

I am 22 weeks post op - leaking less than 2 ounces a day (yes, I weigh my pads), and making steady progress. I wish it was faster - but I am so used to it now that it now that I almost don't notice it.

kcragman
Posted 10/11/2008 11:45 AM (GMT 0)

I am almost 2 years post surgery and have had internal and external hemorroid problem since surgery.  And right after for about 6 mos also the pain where the prostate was.

But I guess it is appropriate that I have pain in the butt, as my wife sometimes tells me that I am.

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