Prostate removal op

My husband had the op 13 weeks ago. If you look at my profile you can read about our journey

Thanks you 

Hello Scottm

Welcome to our little club - I am so pleased you managed to navigate the site to get here. We are a friendly bunch.

Please feel free to join in any conversations you wish to and to ask any questions you want - I am sure you will soon feel "at home" here.

best wishes - Brian.

Cheers Brian 

• Thanks GR1 read your journey that has opened my eyes a bit , I was actually thinking have op 3 weeks rest in bed then back to work , now I read that I think I might have just jumped the gun a wee bit thinking how quick things will go thanks 

It all depends on what sort of work you do, but I think 3 weeks is a bit ambitious because you will have a catheter in place for around 2 weeks. Don't let my husbands experience influence your decision though  as in spite of the issues he had, he doesn't regret getting the thing out. 

By the time he had his follow up PSA test at 7 weeks post op,  he was able to get out and about. We did a 2 hour circular walk taking in the physio appointment and a couple of pints at the pub. I'm guessing as you are still working you are a younger man, so you may be back at work quite quickly.

I'm guessing that your cancer is quite low risk if you have to wait 3 months for the surgery.

My husband is 53 and has his op scheduled in for the beginning of November.  When I asked the CNS we were told 6 weeks off work.  I guess that will depend what kind of work you do.  He doesn’t do manual work.

(I did gasp a little at needing 6 weeks off and joked it’s because it’s a “man” op).

I was off for 4 months after my hysterectomy and a month after my cholecystectomy. 

I was only off for two weeks after my cholecystectomy.  Hysterectomy I get.  It was a tongue in cheek comment though.

I had it done 21 months ago . I am 70  . I could have worked after 4 weeks , but you have to expect a period of at least some incontinence which may be unnoticeable to anyone else , but is still a bit disconcerting . Not much in the way of pain .

I took a while to get back to normal mentally . In retrospect I was mildly depressed for about a year .

I think I just had to get on with life and not worry to much about relatively minor side effects .

PSA still undetectable.

Bill