Catheter discomfort

KY or vaseline or anything like that.  All you are trying to do is alleviate friction at the tip of the penis. 

I was given a little tube of lidocaine, as well. My surgeon gave it to me when he came by my bed to check on me. Really took the sting out.

My husband used Neosporin with pain relief.

I am definitely odd man out here, you have been given excellent advice thus far. With a total of 21 catheters and about 1 1/2 years of cath time, not once did I ever have to put anything on the penis tip, it was never an issue. Keeping it clean, however, is very important to keep down infections.

David

Hey, Diamonds, great to hear from you. I had no issue with the catheter. Had it for 10 days and loved it as I was able to drink all the tea I wanted in the evening and sleep all night. However, I was also delighted to be rid of it.

So, I can't give you any help with your question, but I did want to say hi, and also say I hope you'll post again soon and give us an update on how he's doing --- and, how you're doing.

Sheldon AKA Sleepless

Diamond, our surgeon recommended an antibiotic ointment, such as Neosporin. Said to apply it liberally to the tip of the penis around the opening...worked well for my husband.

I was told by nurses upon discharge to use neosprin if needed, like purg said is clean it often to remove the crud ( dryed mucus and the like) this causes irration to the tip of the penis. There seems to be completely oppsite opinions of the neosprin type of ouintment and I never tried any other so I guess it one of those things, that work either way but clean is important in my mind. Take a close look at the first inch or so and see if there is any crusty build up. I used a clean damp bath cloth with just a bit of hand soap and wiped away from my penis, then I made sure the penis would slide comfortably over the catheter.
I hope it gets more comfortable.
Ron

Diamonds3.

The key to success is to not develop an infection in or around the penis. For this reason my surgeon told me to wash up four times a day with a mild soap (dove unscented, and doesn't sting) and apply Bacitracin antibiotic ointment to the tip of penis and 3 inches of the catheter.

This wil not only make him feel better, but in my case it helped with the "I smell like some kind of farm animal" dilemma.

Some of the pain might be associated with little crusty things, so cleanliness is next to .....

I never got to a point where I didn't notice the catheter. It was only a week, then bye bye.

W-O

Follow the advice the nursing team gave you. If they gave you none, then phone them and ask for some.
Otherwise remember to clean your hands before touching the penis or cath etc.
Use sterile gauze, warm water and a neutral (un-perfumed) soap, and regularly, and gently.

Also do not use any petroleum based products such as vaseline near the catheter, they will damage the rubber, same as not using Vaseline with condoms.

Alf

Can't believe you got no instructions! Pretty pathetic.
Bob

Welcome to HW, sorry you need to be here.

Checkout the sticky threads at the top of the forum, lots of good information there.

Normally that kind of info should be covered in the post op instructions. You'd likely get a better response to your question if you posted on a new thread. This thread is four years old.

The stats you see in our posts is our profile signature. Just edit your profile to add the info. It helps us answer your questions better if we know things like your age, PSA results, gleason scores, treatments you had etc.

To answer your question, you need to keep things clean - soap and water or alcohol wipes. And a bit of lubricant around the catheter.

and call the doctor for better instructions and to make sure everything is okay.

Sadly it is something you have to tough out for a week or so.
Andrew

I was told to just keep it clean, no antibiotic like neosporin necessary, but they gave me a tube of lidocaine gel.