Hilarious video of me in recovery room

Hey guys:
Just to lighten mood a little, please go to YouTube and search Frank, recovery room, drugged...

You'll see a dilaudid induced conversation with my wife that she videoed. Even if you don't know me it's funny. For those who do know me, they've found it to be hilarious.

Feel free to tell me what you think via the forum. Happy watching.

Sure:

Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5gNWEukBxI

It is funny! Your wife must be a bit of fun too to have around!
All the best for your recovery. Keep your sunny side up.
Take it easy - laughing can hurt post op!

dilaudid via an IV in the hospital is one of the nicest feelings I have ever known in my life, found a brief moment of being totally pain free and in bliss. but then reality comes back when it wears off

That was funny, especially around the 1:20 mark.

Thanks Frank. I was having a few flashbacks while watching. I'm glad my wife didn't bring her vid camera into recovery.

David, you're right about the drugs......while on versed, all was right in the world.......until.......

K

that was beautiful, Frank. Brought tears to my eyes actually because it's not just funny, it's also sweet and highlights that moment when we all come out of the battle.

You seem to be in a lot less pain then I was. You describe the pain in recovery room well, I was going crazy thinking my insides were exploding. Nobody had warned me ahea dof time of the pain I wold feel specific to the bladder being reattached. The pain killers helped, but not as much as they seemed to help for you. Took me 6-8 hours to be able to manage the pain with narcotics and then tylenol.

You're also in a much better mood than I was. I remember freaking out in the recovery room because I couldn't understand my bladder pain (pressure?) and the nurse ignoring me. I remember a dimly lit room with dozens of moaning people. Felt like some recovery room in the trenches during WW1. I was furious at the nurse for not explaining to me what was going on or helping me with the pain. In fact, when they wheeled me to my room my dad said the first words ou of my mouth were "that bit*h" I was out of it and had felt abused by her negligence. In reality she knew I just needed the pain killers to kick in.

Now why did I not think of that, my wife could have brought in the video camera !!
I must admit I cannot remember much about it now, but I do remember the first thing I noticed was the clock on the wall in recovery and it said 2.30pm. That was exactly 6 hours from the point I was put under.
I was extremely lucky in that I had next to no pain through out the recovery proceedure and apart from the odd paracetamol had no other pain relief.

All the best from England.

Thanks guys. Hope you enjoyed it. I am 17 days out from surgery and feeling pretty well. Still have a great outlook and wonderful support. Still have cath due to stricture discovered during surgery (close to the end of penis). They are hoping cath (albeit much smaller than normal since they had to guide through the back with a wire) will serve to dilate it somewhat.

I am quite concerned about the cystogram on 2/11 - I hate the thought of injecting die through cath and filling up bladder freaks me out. What was everyone's experience with that procedure?

As I wrote in my journal, when I woke up in recovery, two thoughts went through my mind:  either I had survived the operation and was in recovery, or I had died during the surgery, and this was hell.  It took a minute or two to figure out which.

It was a darkened room.  There were obviously other people there, but my field of vision was limited.  A lot of monitors were beeping, to my right and to my left and across an aisle as well.  A nurse was there to minister to me, but she was where I couldn't see her.   She was very friendly and reassuring.  Some strange entity was massaging my feet and lower legs (I hadn't expected the leg compression massagers).  As someone mentioned earlier, I could see a clock on the wall and several hours had mysteriously disappeared from my life.

I really don't remember any pain.  I just wanted to get out of there and into a real hospital room and to see my wife. 

Thanks for sharing the video.  Here's wishing you a smooth recovery and undetectable PSA's.