Recovery Timelines

• My husband had the op after 2 wks he had catheter out and was back to normal walking hrw a day they only thing he can't do is lift any thing heavy but we get round that. But we are all different after 5 day he walk round house 3 times every hrw  then increase it each day till walking out side good luck for ur op and we're hope it all goes smooth for u

I think recovery time can be dependent on how physically fit and active you are to start with. I am a reasonably fit 70 yr old and had my operation 8 days ago and within a few days I was able to look after myself. Yesterday I was out walking for an hour.  Today I removed my catheter (with hospital phone supervision) and went out for a short walk (didn't want to go too far in case of incontinence, which fortunately I seem to have escaped). I guess I have been one of the luckier ones but surgical techniques are improving all the time so there is certainly room for optimism.

Hope all goes well for you too

Cheers

Dave

Hello Dave DAR55 

That's a very positive post and I wish you well with your recovery.  As an aside I had an indwelling catheter for 10 months but I don't think I could have removed it myself under instruction with all the hospital staff in the room - so well done with that one!!

Cracking post - thank you.

Best wishes - Brian.