Came home

steveandnat
steveandnat Member Posts: 886
in Colorectal Cancer #1

After 11 days in the hospital got to come home today...thank goodness, I don't think I could take the hospital bed another day. Came home with a catheter. Any advise? My problem right now is a swollen scrotum, have ice packs on it. Always something. I'm so tired, going to bed, won't know how to act without any interruptions every hour at the hospital. Pray everyone is doing as well as possible. Jeff

Comments

  • herdizziness
    herdizziness Member Posts: 3,624 Member
    #2
    No advice

    Just want to welcome you home, always good to be back in your own bed :)!

  • annalexandria
    annalexandria Member Posts: 2,571 Member
    #3
    Yay for home!

    So glad you were able to get out of there.  I don't have any advice for you, but hope you get more comfortable soon.  Are they going to leave the catheter in, or is it just short-term?  AA

  • AnnLouise
    AnnLouise Member Posts: 276 Member
    #4
    There's no place like home......

    Get some much needed sleep and enjoy not being interrupted tonight......~ Ann

  • steveandnat
    steveandnat Member Posts: 886
    #5
    annalexandria said:

    Yay for home!

    So glad you were able to get out of there.  I don't have any advice for you, but hope you get more comfortable soon.  Are they going to leave the catheter in, or is it just short-term?  AA

    Keeping in

    Right now they plan on keeping it in. I have and appt with an uroligisist in two weeks. It would be nice to have it removed.  Jeff

  • wolfen
    wolfen Member Posts: 1,324 Member
    #6
    steveandnat said:

    Keeping in

    Right now they plan on keeping it in. I have and appt with an uroligisist in two weeks. It would be nice to have it removed.  Jeff

    Jeff

    So glad to see that you're home! Just have your wife wake you every hour. That way you'll still get all that rest that they allow you in the hospital.  LOL

    Take care,

    Wolfen

  • Chelsea71
    Chelsea71 Member Posts: 1,169 Member
    #7
    Hi Jeff. I don't know
    Hi Jeff. I don't know anything about catheters but I do know that I'm so happy you've made it home. I hope you soon start to feel better.

    Chelsea
  • jen2012
    jen2012 Member Posts: 1,607 Member
    #8
    There's no place like home! 

    There's no place like home!  If you want to share your #, we can take turns calling you on the hour??    My husband was so excited to come home and get some rest - I asked if he forgot where he lived...not much quiet time in this house. 

    Rest and be well!

  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    #9
    Home

    Welcome home and I'm sure now that you are, you will hopefully recover a lot faster.  Hope you feel better soon.

    Kim

  • Varmint5
    Varmint5 Member Posts: 384 Member
    #10
    Glad you're home

    Good to hear you got to come home, Jeff. I hope that you get plenty of rest and start feeling better. Also hope that catheter can come out. That can't be comfortable, I wouldn't think. Sorry to hear about the swelling. Best wishes to you.

    Sandy

  • YoVita
    YoVita Member Posts: 590 Member
    #11
    There's no place like home

    So glad you are home so you can get some rest.  Sorry, no advice on the catheter.

  • karguy
    karguy Member Posts: 1,020 Member
    #12
    I'm glad

    I'm gld your home,now just rest,and get better.Good luck with the catheter,when I first came home I had one for two weeks.I will pray for your recovery.

  • Trubrit
    Trubrit Member Posts: 5,804 Member
    #13
    karguy said:

    I'm glad

    I'm gld your home,now just rest,and get better.Good luck with the catheter,when I first came home I had one for two weeks.I will pray for your recovery.

    Good news!

    I am so glad that you are home and in your own bed. It is truth when I say that I thank the Lord for my bed when I get in it every night. We are lucky to have a Tempur Pedic, which is absolute HEAVEN. 

    I had a catheter for a couple of weeks many years ago. Of course, I am a woman, so a little different than a man. I got used to it. I had to tie the tube every so often to train the bladder to work again.  Its not the best, but it sure beats being in the hospital, and if you have to have it for a while, just think that its working for you, not against you.

    I wish you recover soon and back you a livable self. 

    Blessings!

  • thxmiker
    thxmiker Member Posts: 1,278 Member
    #14
    We are happy to hear that you

    We are happy to hear that you are at home and now can rest and heal.  The hospital is no place to relax, just a place to get monitored.

     

    Keep up the good fight!

     

    Best Always, mike

Discussion Boards