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Sep 03, 2018 - 7:20 pm
I was in preop at 3:00 last Tuesday afternoon and was home by 6:00 Thursday evening. I live 22 miles from MDA Houston. I am just now starting to believe they sent me home so quickly. The celebratory bowel movement finally happened 3 days post-surgery. Today was my first solo shower and dressing change which made my wife happy. I really don't remember much of what the surgeon told me of the surgery and LN dissection other than pathology would take 2-3 weeks to report. He told my wife the surgery went well other than it took a little longer than planned due to scar tissue from my first biopsy this past April. That biopsy resulted in Sepsis and he took his time "scraping" around scar tissue (rectum area?}. I was worked on for 5 hours and spent 4 hours in recovery. We all are hopeful for a good report and I am eager to recap the surgery with the surgeon this Thursday. |
Joined: Nov 2010
Common experience
I do not recall well but I think it was around the 200 ml/day. I used to empty the urine sac to a container that was checked by the nurse every evening (I did open surgery staying in the hospital several days). They also did analysis looking for traces of blood and other things. It seems to me that your experience is common in RP patients. Let's hope that the path report is good.
Best wishes for fast and full recovery.
VG
Your story is here; https://csn.cancer.org/node/317340