Hematoma pocket 5 weeks after Radical Robotic Prostatectomy

On August 6th I had my prostate removed. One week later I had my catheter removed. Three days later I ended up in the ER in severe pain. They ran a cat scan and found a pocket of what they believed to be infection. The next morning my surgeon came in a said he disagreed. He believed it to be a pocket of urine that was outside of the bladder. It was making pressure in my scrotum and groin area. He said the body should eventually absorb it. I was sent home on more pain medicine. On August 22nd I was back in the ER. The pain was out of control again. They thought I was having bladder spasms due to the catheter.I felt like my pain had nothing to do with my surgery other then this pocket putting pressure on my scrotum. They added valium, and I was to continue with my hydrocodone. At 3 weeks from my surgery I had a cystagram that showed I had minimal leakage. He said the body should automatically absorb. Yet, he decided to hold off on removing the catheter due to the discomfort I was still having from the pocket putting pressure on me. He said he would leave it for two more weeks and hopefully I would improve. Which I definitely have improved. I am off the valium and cut my hydrocodone in half. I am probably at a 2 or 3 discomfort level. Today at 5 weeks from my surgery they did the test that showed I no longer have leakage at the urethra. It's healed! So he removed the catheter. Yet, he said the cat scan still shows the pocket. Which now he believes is hematoma, not urine. He said I should keep feeling better. Has anyone ever a hematoma following prostate removal?

I meant to say on day 10 the catheter had to be put back in due to the symptoms I was having. After being on the Catheter for five week the radiologist was trying to fill my bladder to run the test. She had trouble getting two tubes in, let alone the 3 that was ordered. She said my bladder had probably shrank after being on the catheter for 5 weeks. Has anyone heard of that happening?

Yes I have. I am so glad that you asked "if anyone has had hematoma following prostate cancer surgery?"
I had surgery on the 14th of this month. I got released from the hospital three days later. When I got home at night I had some severe pains. They came and went. But a couple of days after that, my temperature kept going up and I didn't have a cold.

On Monday the 20th early in the morning, I had severe abdominal pains. I had to go to the hospital again. They tested me out and said it was hematoma. I have a drain (tube with an "accordion" bag). The draining has be continuous. It seems like it's never going to end. That's where I am now.