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Posted 5/9/2016 3:12 PM (GMT 0)
Ok .. so not the most important question of the day, but one that we are looking for an answer to. Husband is having surgery on Friday and will come home Saturday with the catheter and bag. So that, along with the surgery holes, leaves us scratching our heads as to what to wear. Can you please clue me in? Will he wear underwear? Tighty Whities or boxers? Should he wear warm up pants that are a little looser in the waist and legs? What does the discriminating man wear home from the hospital after prostate surgery? Thanks for your help.
Posted 5/9/2016 3:17 PM (GMT 0)
Loose fitting comfortable clothing for sure. Oh wait! What the heck do I know. I never had surgery😄 My gramma always said to be sure I was wearing clean underwear though. Gramma was a saint😄😄😄
Posted 5/9/2016 3:22 PM (GMT 0)
Very loose fitting (baggy) clothing. He'll have a catheter in so maybe go commando but if not then I'd do boxers.
Posted 5/9/2016 4:00 PM (GMT 0)
Note sure if you have seen this already but this thread really helped me prior to surgery. There is a section on what to wear midway down.

www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=35&m=1717641


Jon
Posted 5/9/2016 7:38 PM (GMT 0)
Annie - from my experience - Boxers and loose Warm up pants. They will put the leg back on him, it will hold enough pee to get him home, then he can put on a pair of shorts and carry the bigger bag around in a 5 gallon oval shaped bucket. It will be a pain, but will help him appreciate lifes simple pleasures, immensely, starting the day the cath comes out.
Posted 5/9/2016 8:53 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks everyone. Time to go shopping.

The Useful tips are very good and shall come in quite handy when confronted with something that I have no idea what to do about. Whoever English Alf is deserves a huge thank you.
Posted 5/9/2016 9:24 PM (GMT 0)
The best advice I got was from this board. The warm up pants that button up the side. Think NBA warm up pants. The tube from the catheter bag will go between the snaps. They worked great. Good luck.
Posted 5/9/2016 9:49 PM (GMT 0)
The first week after surgery wasn't that bad for me. Things can get more difficult in weeks two and three as you try to adjust back to a more normal lifestyle whilst managing some level of incontinence. A chair cushion, mine is shaped memory foam, makes sitting easier by removing pressure from the tailbone area.

Post Edited (shudderingThud) : 5/9/2016 3:52:37 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 5/9/2016 9:52 PM (GMT 0)
I wore warm up pants and a t shirt with bath rob. Box shorts and slippers. Sleep in a recliner if you have one cause its a monster getting in the bed with the c.
Posted 5/9/2016 9:54 PM (GMT 0)
I came home from surgery 2 weeks ago. I wore warm up pants with no underwear. This worked great. I attached the leg bag and it fit easily inside the pants. I came home with the abdominal drain as well. I routed the abdominal drain tube around the waist band of the pants and put the drain container in the warm up pants pocket. Had no issues at all with this setup. Hope all goes well.
Posted 5/9/2016 10:06 PM (GMT 0)
Knitted boxers not woven. Less irritating where the catheter comes out. Wore lose cargo pants. Put the bag though the pants leg first before putting the leg through. Tied a string to the catheter bag that I could attach to one of the cargo buttons when walking. Just laid bag on floor when sitting or in car hooked the bag to the side rail of bed when sleeping.
Posted 5/9/2016 10:34 PM (GMT 0)
I brought extra big basketball shorts and a loose fitting shirt =
Posted 5/9/2016 11:36 PM (GMT 0)
I had my surgery mid-winter. I wore old-fashioned gym shorts by my skin, and had the snap side basketball pants to let the tube out to the bag. I couldn't find the snap up pants at any stores, but I found them on eastbay.com.

Hang in there..you'll make it.
Posted 5/10/2016 11:47 PM (GMT 0)
I found that our "backpacker" outfit worked better than warm up pants for me. They are the synthetic fast drying pants that are very light and not restrictive around the waist. Get the type that have zippers on the side of the paints leg (useful for putting on hiking boots). I kept mine unzipped from the ankle to the knee. In that way the paints hid the day bag, but it was open, making emptying it very easy. I liked the fact that the paints looked like pants and not a warm up outfit. That made me feel better when I went outside.

Wishing all the best!
Posted 5/11/2016 12:23 AM (GMT 0)
Someone on this forum suggested tear-away pants to me and that was a good suggestion. I also think a men's night-shirt would have been good when I first got home from the hospital as it gives more freedom than boxers or pajamas. I ended up usually sleeping in the tear-away pants.
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