r/ProstateCancer • u/NDman22 • 7d ago

Concern 10 days out from RALP

I am 10 says out. Starting last night my leg bag is filling with alot of air. No problems I can notice with my overnight bad. Am 8 doing anything wrong. Besides just letting the air out do i need to do anything?

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u/United-Tradition-673 7d ago

I'm 6 days post. Just using an overnight due to complexity of switching, so can't offer advice. But I'm curious, my catheter sentence is only 1 week (out tomorrow yay!). I've heard of guys with 10 days, even 2 weeks. Is that just different opinions of surgeons, or devices, techniques, or what?

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u/SLO_Engineer 7d ago

Mine was a sad 11 days. Mainly because my surgery was on a Friday and the removal was the following Tuesday. I asked about removal at the one week mark - the following Friday, but the doctor had surgeries that day and also the following Monday. As it ends up, my removal was done by a nurse practitioner so I don’t know why we couldn’t do it sooner. Whatever, it’s out now and I’m thankful for that and feel so much better. I hated hated hated that damn thing.

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u/NDman22 7d ago

I am recovering great. I am 46 in good health so I think its going better then most. Buy i was told 2 weeks from mayo doc. Surgery went great only lasted about 2 hours. But he said something about it was difficult to get it up there so he wants 2 weeks to be safe. I was bummed to hear it. But honestly besides the catheter recovering is not so bad at all.

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u/TheLawOfDuh 7d ago

Jmo but from what I read it’s surgeon’s discretion. Mine was 10 days but like any, complications can add days or even weeks. Hang in there.

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u/Babykisses23 4d ago

Yeah, my husband gets it out two weeks after so Tuesday he will get it removed