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Posted 11/30/2016 10:48 PM (GMT 0)
First time post!

Had robotic prostatectomy three weeks ago. Ever since I have had an occasional burning sensation to the left below my belly button about waist level.

It is fine lying down or sitting down, but when I start to move, the burning (could be pinching) can be painful. I had a few days without the pain, and it has been improving, then it came back yesterday and I have it today.

Sometimes I urinate small clots out, occasionally there is a tiny bit of blood in urine which I have been told is normal

Has anyone else had this burn / burning / pinching sensation? What to do?
Posted 11/30/2016 11:28 PM (GMT 0)
That's some sub cutaneous nerve damage. A lot of stuff was moved around and the ports and devices were shoved in there. It's fairly common to get this burning painful feeling, especially when contracting and extending. Try some advil and some ICE on it, that worked for me. It goes away after about six weeks total. I don't mean I had it every day but I had it often for a while.

If you have a SHARP pain that is very tender to the touch, I would go see a doctor about that.
Posted 12/1/2016 12:02 AM (GMT 0)
Welcome to HW.

Likely it will just go away in time. It can take months for the body to completely heal.

If it's bothering you, a call to your doctor is always the best. Complaining is good.

Andrew
Posted 12/1/2016 12:31 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Cli, hopefully you've asked your Dr about it already, if not you should just to get his thoughts. I had some pain that could be described as a burning sensation on the left side of my groin area where it almost meets the leg. It actually felt like it was a rather large area that was affected. I was told by my Drs. similar to what Paulmerc said, that it was most likely nerve damage as a result of the surgery, that a lot of areas can be cut and it just takes time for it to heal. Of course they said if it continued to get worse or caused problems down the road they could look into it further. But they were pretty unconcerned and said it was fairly common. It did improve over time but to this day the area has a bit of numbness to it. I just assume any type of nerve damage just needs a lot of time to fully recover. But I would surely make the Dr aware of it so he can decide....Jim

ps....just 3 weeks out, I hope you are recovering well otherwise. Good luck.

pss...I had no clots to pee out, just a little while the catheter was in.
Posted 12/1/2016 12:56 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks Paulmerc, Intheshop and James E!

Yes it is a little tender to the touch (but not painful to the touch), and one could describe the pain as "sharp", but more like "burning" or "pinching" but I only tend to experience the pain when I move from sitting to standing, or standing to reach for something - i.e. from position to position.

I can sit, stand etc without pain (it goes away), it is the transition from one position to another that causes the pain.

I will see how I go, thanks for your thoughts on this, you've put my mind at rest.. for now :)
Posted 12/1/2016 1:04 AM (GMT 0)
A surgical nurse once told me that 80 percent of healing is done in the first month. The rest can take up to a year.

Don't know if that's true, but based on the surgeries I've had, it isn't far off the mark.

Hang in there, before you know it, this will all be just a bad memory.

Andrew
Posted 12/1/2016 1:35 AM (GMT 0)
Had part of my colon removed due to diverticulitis and was experiencing similar pains. Doc said that this is the dry blood and scar tissue scabbing / hardening up inside and it will dissolve. Sounded reasonable to me and a week or so later I forgot about it... Good luck
Posted 12/1/2016 1:40 AM (GMT 0)
Consider the possibility of a hernia. I had symptoms such as described, long before the onset of PCa, but in the groin area. The Doc poked and probed and found a hernia about the size of a fingertip. I had been cutting a lot of firewood at the time that caused and irritated it. Problem went away over the years after I quit heating with wood.
Posted 12/1/2016 2:20 PM (GMT 0)
You are still actively healing so personally I wouldn't be too concerned about the situation.

I have an extremely sharp pain in my abdomen (I mean like an 8 out of 10) when I need to pass flatus (gas) and have a full bladder, as soon as I urinate the pain rapidly disappears - not sure what the deal is with that. I see my Urologist and RO in a couple of weeks and I'll mention the symptom.
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