Sleep..1st nite post cath?

With me I woke up just about every hour.
because I would feel pain in my bladder. I wore depends underwear
Just in case but never had an accident. It was over a month before I slept the night

I got up every few hours and I cut back on my water at 7:00 each night. I have been dry every night except when I woke up and went back to sleep. I am still concerned each night, but I know when I wake up to go pee. I have not had a full nights sleeps for months. I just go to bed early knowing that I am going to get up.

Life and recovery truly starts now.

IT, glad to hear the catch is out.
As you know , everyone is different, just play it by ear.
For me, I was pretty dry at night from the get go. But got up every couple of hours to pee then it started getting better

My cath was pulled by a neighbor who was also an RN at my uro's medical center. I also had a visiting nurse, but she had nothing to do, because my friend and neighbor was looking after me. She'd also got me an upgrade to a private room in the hospital and then forced me to get out of bed the day after surgery. (I both love and hate that woman). the day she pulled the catheter I had a box of Depends and she scoffed. She said all I needed was a pad. She was right. I leaked like the devil for a couple of weeks whenever I first stood up. But I never had much of a problem while laying down or sitting. Though for a couple of weeks whenever I stood up I'd need to grab my crotch and hobble the shortest route to the bathroom. Within a few weeks it got way better.

halbert said...
It may or may not happen...but willie might also start waking up in the night. Make sure he's not tucked down and trapped by your pad. My experience is...that HURTS and will wake you up if it happens.

Good info. It happened twice with Cathy.

All good info gents.

Doesn't sound too bad.

Not going isn't going to a problem. Never gone so much in my life.

GP said something interesting. ....."Your bladder hasn't been full in close to a month. When you need to go, hold it just a bit and that will help to make it the size it used to be."

(But he'd be the first to tell ya he's no uro).

island time said...
Pulled the cath today. (First time around sleep was never on the menu so I never learned what to expect).

Am I gonna wet the bed? Will that wake me up? Or, will I wake up needing to go? I don't know what to expect (or what to prepare for).

They told me to call if I don't go at all. So, I've been drinking alot of water so I would know fairly quickly if that was going to happen. Been whizzing every 20 - 30 minutes and when I do its a garden hose. Mostly continent (it seems).


Should I cut back on the water?

Panties, shield AND protective sheet?

Kinda like a child learning not to wet the bed?

Just wonderin. ..thx

I loaded for bear day and night the 1st few weeks. But, though I was pretty incontinent when standing up and especially walking, I was always dry as a bone at night. I have never wet the be in 2 years, but I still slept on pads and towels the 1st few weeks. The only exception is that, once or twice over almost 2 years, after sleeping al night without getting up to pee, I have moved with excessive force to turn over quickly or jump up out of bed in the morning, and before I could "clamp' it off, a few good sized drops got out. But only slighty wet underwear, never a wet bed. And this from a man who would soak a pa while trying to take a walk.

How will it be for you? Can't say, but you will soon know and let us know!

IT, I remember now, that the first two weeks or so, I put a chuck, a bedpad, on the bed under me. But after waking up dry for two weeks eels, I felt I no longer needed the security blanket.

Sounds like you are doing ok

The flow is still good but it's "changed it's shape".

Yesterday it was perfectly cylindrical and today its not.

I'm pretty darn hyper - vigilant.

My penis also began to be sore a couple of days before the cath was pulled. This continues.

But...I ain't complaining...lol

1) Plastic sheet protector (I never needed it but.......)

2) Depends brief at night

3) Depends brief and a pad inside during the day, pads are cheaper to change than briefs, 1 brief a day should do, late afternoon when your body tires is the worst time.

4) Put extra pads in sandwich bags to take "on the go". When you need to change a pad, put it in the sandwich bag and dispose of

5) Go to the bathroom frequently whenever you begin to feel the urge

6) Watch what you eat and drink
ex. No citrus juices, spicy foods, caffeine, alcohol, easy on the water now

Hopefully you will get better every week, unfortunately I never did and needed an AUS but that's another story

Happy drying time!!

Bill from Florida

I just had one. When I have to go and I stand up it can leak. I don't feel the urge near as much as yesterday and last night.

My bigger problem is constipation. It cleared up until I took a pain pill on the way to cath pull. Big mistake. Thats not the main reason for it but it doesn't help any. Pulling it turned out to be a big nothing anyway.

No staining makes it .... different. ...linger

Just thought you might wanna know

Post Edited (island time) : 12/23/2015 3:57:00 PM (GMT-7)

Everyone is different. I wore depends for a few weeks then pads until week 13 when I was dry. Now 28 months after RP I wear a pad again after RT sessions two years in a row. Urgency is the biggest problem. When I gotta go I gotta be near a toilet or I have trouble holding it back. So radiation can cause incontinence to recur unfortunately. I hope the problem disappears over time.
Bob