Pain when seating after RP

Hi Marius -

I had similar discomfort / pain when I sat - especially on a chair with little / no cushion. After the removal of the catheter, it took about 3 weeks before I notice no discomfort with sitting / standing.

Best of luck to you - sounds like you are well on your way to recovery. =)

Congrats.

Mark

Hi Marius,

It took my husband about 4 weeks and I think this was the last real pain to go.
The best thing we invested in was a donut pillow. $10 and it basically made the problem go away.

All the best,
An

While I didn't have a RP, I did have two HDR sessions where the prostate and surrounding area are filled with 15 catheters, inserted through the perenium, and a radiation seed is inserted into eeach catheter and removed. The second was on December 13, just 4 weeks ago. My rad-onc said I would be tender when sitting for a month or so. The first few days were the toughest as I was swollen and since it has subsided considerably. With both surgery and brachytherapy there is a certain amount of bleeding and gravity brings the blood where it makes it uncomfortable to sit. The body eventually gets rid of it but it takes awhile. Always look for the soft chair!

M:

I had a different type of situation. I recovered uneventfully from the surgery. But I did get 1 or 2 urinary track infections (urine tests showed blood and white cells in the urine but culture tests were negative). That was miserable but it cleared up in about a week or two.

A few months after my surgery I got pretty bad tailbone pain. I was very fearful that it was a spread of PC. I was assured that with my relatively low PSA that was unlikely. I hope they are correct. I STILL have vestiges of that problem, but it is about 90% better (it took about 6 months before it got better but I did read that is not unusual for tailbone pain).

Mel

Marius,

I had the perineal discomfort for months after DaVinci, and using the doughnut cushion helped me, once I got the positioning sorted out (I use the foam type - the inflatable was a waste of money for me). It doesn't make it go away, just improves the situation a little.

I also sit in front of a computer all day, so still tend to use an extra cushion. I found that my office chair was "form-fitting", which put support exactly where you don't want it.

As to the level of discomfort, the first few weeks it qualified in my mind as real pain, but over time became just discomfort.

Welcome to HW -

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Marius,

I got mine at a home health care durable items store (the type that carries crutches, beds, and the like). Cost more, but ...

For other stores, look for hemorrhoid supplies - usually they get sorted into that category.

There's pain and there's discomfort and then there's those odd reminders that something was done to you.

I only had real pain a few times in the fortnight after surgery - we're talking about pain that actially prevents you sitting.
For several months I had to adjust cushions etc and sit on one buttock etc so as not to feel uncomfortable (And it's this way of sitting slightly lopsided that I think may contribute to some of us getting back ach and hip ache.)
Now 18 months after surgery I just get the occassional sensation inside my perineum that goes away after a few seconds (like yesterday when I was on my push bike) It's just that devil inside saying hello remember me.

Alf