Still Hirts to Sit After RP Surgery

Just had a Radical Prostate Surgery in March, it is still very uncomfortable to sit on any hard surfaces, does any one else had this problem so long after surgery?

I had open surgery as well, I had issues like you described for nearly a year after surgery, though the worse of it was the first 6 months. Hope it improves for you soon, as I know how uncomfortable that can make you. I still can't sit on anything real hard or anything that resembles a bicycle seat. Good luck.

David

Hi Irishvet, welcome to HW.

I danced with da Vinci two years ago --- well, alright, one year and 358 years ago, but close --- and I was NOT happy sitting on hard surfaces for a long time. Many months. And still, at the end of the day, I'd not want to take a long ride on a bicycle.

But, the pain that turned into a discomfort, is better now than it was a Christmas, and was better at Chirstmas than it was a year ago, and a year ago was a huge improvement on the first Christmas. Plus that first Christmas, 6 months out, was way, way, way better than the pain at three months. So, I've never much worried about it. Never mentioned it to the doctor. It was obviously improving, at it's own speed, and it was something I could live with.

Sheldon AKA Sleepless

Hey IrishVet. Welcome To HealingWell.

I was sore for at least 8 months. At first I sat on a rubber doughnut. That helped. Later, I would take two towels and fold them in 1/4 and place them in on the chair so each was under a butt cheek and there was no pressure on the "package" . That worked.
It will get better.
Jeff

Now five weeks out from open RP...Yup...still uncomfortable to sit, especially on hard chairs, booths in restaurants, etc. The good news is that every week there is a noticable improvement from the week before but still a bit more healing to do. Will be going back to work a week from this coming Friday so that should be a real test. Hope it doesn't stretch on for months but it will do what it will do...