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Hospital Recovery |
· You will have a urinary catheter and a drip in your arm for fluid and pain relief after surgery
· A bag of fluid is connected to the urine catheter running fluid into your bladder to keep your urine clear and prevent blood clots from forming inside the bladder. This is gradually "weaned" off as your urine clears up.
· To prevent blood clots developing in your legs, you may be given blood thinning injections in your abdomen and are required to wear tight stockings. |
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Expect |
· Some discomfort having the urinary catheter (refer to Gallery for picture) in your bladder
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After Discharge |
· You will have the urinary catheter for 1-2 days depending on how soon your urine clears up. If it remains darkly blood stained, the catheter may be required to remain (connected to a bag of fluid running into your bladder) longer. Usually, this period is no more than 3 days.
· Drink plenty of fluids
· Walk and do some light physical activity to prevent clots in the legs
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Contact your GP if |
· You develop:
- pain in the bladder and are unable to pass urine
- unexplained shortness of breath after surgery or redness or tenderness over your calf (blood clots)
- high fever, shakes, chills
- severe pain not relieved by prescribed medication
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Your next appointment |
· On discharge the nurses will give you an appointment to see the urologists in about 6-8 weeks after surgery
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Total Recovery Time |
· Resuming work
6-8 weeks
· Resuming sexual activity
6-8 weeks
· Do not do any strenuous/heavy activity for about 2-4 weeks, keep up your fluid intake, and avoid being constipated. |
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Need for further treatment |
· Most patients will never require a second operation. However, sometimes regrowth of the prostate may occur (usually occuring slowly over a period of years) requiring further surgery |
