Thursday night and early Friday morning I had increasing difficulty urinating. My enlarged prostate had reacted to anesthesia, pain killers and whatever and swelled so that my urethra was pinched closed.
As it began to close down, I stopped taking the pain killer pill. The pain wasn’t bad and I felt sure that the blockage of urine was being made worse by the pain killers. (Who knows whether it was the pain killer or a delayed response to the anesthesia and pain killers administered during surgery.)
From around 9 PM until 4 AM I was basically unable to urinate. I would try for 15 minutes; dribble a few drops; go back to bed; and within 15 minutes have another urge to pee. I was considering going to the ER to have a catheter placed to allow the urine to drain from the bladder. Fortunately, by 4 AM I began to be able to urinate and conditions improved continually.
Later in the day, the recovery nurse called to see how I was. She recommended calling my urologist (Dr. Kozlowski, NMH) and discussing the issue with him before the major surgery coming up on the 12th.
He said the only thing to do is to leave the catheter in for a number of days after the surgery. He instructed me to have him notified when I am admitted for the surgery.
May 7th, 2008 at 6:46 am
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Post Exploration, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.
May 7th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
I will be adding some links. So check back.
June 24th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Hello! Is this reaching you in Chicago or the lake? I’m looking at my summer calendar to see when I might drive up to visit for a few days, don’t know whether week days or week ends suit you as can’t tell from your website whether you are trying to get any office work done. It looks like the following are about the only times I can come because of other travel plans…these dates can wiggle a few days if it works for you:
July 6-9 (drive up the 6th, drive back the 9th), or
August 7-10 (same routine)
I am going to come alone and Cam is using the same dates to go to the east coast to visit several of his friends.
Hope you are at the lake and getting stronger every day. Sounds like your walking routine will put you in the best shape of your life.
If these dates don’t work at all for you, let me know what does and I’ll see if there is any way. Mid October is currently free, as well.
Take care, look forward to hearing from you.
Sarah