Just had robotic assisted on the 22nd

Your pain could be bladder spasms. I had them the first night home and it doubled me over. Took my meds and they went away in about 24 hours. Good luck on your recovery.

Merry Christmas,
Tom

I wont get the report till the 3rd as my surgeon is on vacation over the holidays.

Congratulations on getting through the surgery and for sure with the woodie(I still haven't had one).

I just stuck with the pain meds every so many hours because I wanted to stay ahead of the pain. As with other surgeries I had heard that once you let the pain seep in it's harder to get rid of it. I probably kept the meds as prescribed for 4-5 days and slowly weaned off them to day 7 or 8. I was bound up as the surgery alone can do that and the pain meds sure didn't make things easier but by day 3 or 4 I started taking more stuff to go so I could have my first bowel movement. I think I finally had to take a suppository as nothing else was working though they told me take that as a last measure. I was in their hospital and their facility until my catheter came out for about 8 days so I didn't mind taking the pain killers as I had no where to go anyway. While other's here have mentioned advil, etc. in the past; my Drs. specifically said not to take anything like that right away as they didn't want anything that would start to reduce inflammation without giving the body it's chance to start it's own healing process.

Hopefully you can call your Doc anyway and speak to some staff if it is concerning to you. I know my first couple of days were difficult with moving in anyway that engaged the stomach core area.

You may be going through alot of things in that area for the first week or so( I had the extremely swollen testicles starting at day2 or 3, frightening) but as long as it's not too extreme you are probably on the right track. But again don't be afraid to pester your Doctors staff, better to be safe and keep them aware.
Jim

Thanks for all the great tips, I think the big pain I had early today was getting out of my recliner and sitting up. I did take another pain pill and now on motrin 800. Feel much better and yes I walk every hour and even did in the hospital I walked every 4 hours the girls could hardly keep up. Feeling much better now and later today Ill try my first shower. With all the kids here for Christmas don't want to smell like a hospital.
Im having lots of gas but wont expect a movement till tomorrow or the day after. Eating light food which is hard to do being its the holiday.

dennis

"Big incision?" With robotic surgery you shouldn't have any big incision, just a bunch of puncture holes from the trocar. I had robotic surgery and pain was very manageable with just Aleve (naproxen).

I had bladder spasms while my catheter was still in. I would have to stop what i was doing and just let the pain pass. Usually lasted about 1 minute. Very intense.

My nurse recommended NOT taking anything to control them. The spasms mean your bladder is trying to wrk, and taking meds to make them go away would make recovery longer. I had them a few times a day, always when i was standing.