How long does post-RP bowel pain last?

Prostatectomy postoperative pain?

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pres4

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Posted 5/12/2013 5:33 PM (GMT 0)

My prostatectomy was on March 21st. Every time I urinate I have the feeling that I have to painfully move my bowels. How long does this usually last or does anyone else have this feeling?

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davidg

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Posted 5/12/2013 5:47 PM (GMT 0)

have you spoken to your doctor? I never experienced this and don't recall hearing about it either.

English Alf

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Posted 5/12/2013 7:18 PM (GMT 0)

Welcome to HW

Assorted aches are common and tend to disappear over time as things inside you heal and adjust.
However, Pain is always something to report to the uro.

Just wondering if you get the pain regardless of the position in which you are when you urinate eg standing or sitting (or even squatting), and also wondering about how long the pain lasts for. Nd are you BMs painful?

Alf

(Perhaps a mod could give this thread a title for you if you don't know how to edit it yourself - that tends to make it easier for others to see what is the problem you need help with. And I expect that the poll isn't needed either, and was perhaps just a slip of the mouse as it were by a new person)

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Posted 5/12/2013 7:46 PM (GMT 0)

pres4,

Welcome to HW.

I am a DaVinci guy as well. I did have some discomfort for many months, but I didn't call it "pain". Mine was likely improved by the fact that I have been taking daily stool softeners for years at the suggestion of my colo-rectal guy after some previous surgery, and I continue to take them now.

So my first thought is that hard stools could cause discomfort, as the surgery area is literally at the wall of the rectum.

If you define it as "pain", I would be calling the surgeon Monday morning. Otherwise, check on it with him at your next visit.

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