Pain in my undercarriage

[Teambaratta]

Hey everyone my name is rich and i have a question that im aure is super premature and like a DUH!!! LOL but im gonna ask anyway .. so nov 7th was my surgery robotic laparoscopic prostatectomy w extensive lymph nodes removal. I had a catheter and jp for 7 day now gone all incisions are some what healed up and no leaks .. my stomach still gets bloated but i think maybe from the food i eat and coffee , my undercarriage ( my package) , p and balls , penis and testes, sore almost all day pain about 4 to 6 level .. its sore when i urinate, sore when i sit on the throne , when i poop, if anyone has this experience i qould love some feed back thank you ..

[Hidden]

I was sore for some time after the same surgery but no lymph removal, "they" stir up a lot of stuff in there and it'll take a while to settle down! I still get minor pains after 2 years and 3 months but nothing to complain about!

Hang in there!

[YostConner]

It sounds like you might still have some swelling and/or bruising and/or "just mixed up" as Expiration2032 suggests. Keep an eye on it, though, and if it doesn't improve or gets worse, call your doc. If you have an infection, you don't want it to hang around too long.

[jimreilly]

I had some pain at that stage of the game, too; it gradually got less but it took some time. Keep in touch with your medical office about it, especially, as Yost says below, if it doesn't go away. I hope for you it goes away on its own, and soon!

[BrentW]

I had a laparoscopic RP in 2010 following failed brachytherapy. I was in pain for almost three years after the RP. My doc told me it was because the removal of the prostate requires them to stretch the urethra to seal the gap, and it takes the tissue a while to accommodate that. The pain was at its worst as I stood up, using muscles that had been converted to stiff scar tissue by the radiation. I had about a year pain free, then the pain came back -- this time because of the growth of further scar tissue. My doc ignored this for several years -- I think he was far more interested in chasing after my PSA number than any other issue I presented. This continued until I protested that it was getting in the way of my work. He put me on painkillers -- olfen and some other goody every day. I have been on those for about 2 years now and coping okay. Pissed off at the way my body was assaulted, though, no matter how well meaning the doctors.

[Hidden in reply to BrentW]

Yes it is a common gripe that doctors treat the disease first and foremost and not the entire person -- they don't seem all that concerned with side-effects. For example, they could arrange breast tissue radiation to prevent gynecomastia when they prescribe ADT treatment, but rarely do so and even, in my case, scoff at the idea.

[Teambaratta in reply to BrentW]

Wow im really sorry you had to deal with so much pain.. im glad you have some relief .. my pain is when i sit on hard surfaces , the toilet , and when i bend, i try to mot take any pain meds so i can feel where it stems ... thank you and i pray you soon can be relived ...

[Jimbodaddyshooter]

This too shall pass!

[cfrees1]

Brent makes an interesting comment. My new Med Onc always starts my appointments asking how I'm feeling, and I immediately say that it depends on what he tells me my PSA level is. But I think he's trying to get a point across to me. Most important is if I have any symptoms. That's the number one thing for him. Symptoms first, then scans, then PSA. Share all of your symptoms with your doctor.

[Teambaratta in reply to cfrees1]

Somedays i feel really mixed up and backwards because i never had a med oncologists and dealt with 2 different surgical urologist but now i have an appt with a med oncologists and my surgeon followup to see where everything is at ... thank you

[cfrees1 in reply to Teambaratta]

My Urologist lead my team for almost two years. He did my surgery and gave me my Lupon injections. I wasn't really introduced to a Med Onc until my PSA started rising while I was on Lupron. So I think different programs might do things differently. A lot of guys on here alway say that you need an MO, but that wasn't how it was handled for me.