Kara
07-25-2002, 01:58 PM
July 25th 2002,
Today my bladder is well. Actually my bladde and urethra have no feeling at all. When I feel pain, it's due to the other organs around my new bladder adjusting to this new bigger bladder. I've been drinking lots of water and I have been going to the bathroom every 3-4 hours. There is no pain, no urgency, no frequency, no retention pain.........I would say today was was a perfect 10 for my health. My doctor is filling out my LDT paperwork. I'm sad about not having a job, but I am not ready to go back. He told me today that I had 3 surgeries in one day, MAJOR surgeries. The ilium being cut is major and takes months to heal, the cystectomy is major and takes months to heal, the creation of the neobladder is major and takes months to heal and all of the scar tissue he took out around my bladder will take some time to heal. So he said I was accurate in not trying to push myself back to work.
So most pain that I will be feeling is surgery pain and not related to the new blader at all, it has no nerves to feel pain.
He said as the months go by that I heal, I will have some phantom urgency and other IC symptoms buthe says with time that will all be gone and I am considered IC free....
Thank You all for being so supportive!!!
Love,
Kara biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif
Today my bladder is well. Actually my bladde and urethra have no feeling at all. When I feel pain, it's due to the other organs around my new bladder adjusting to this new bigger bladder. I've been drinking lots of water and I have been going to the bathroom every 3-4 hours. There is no pain, no urgency, no frequency, no retention pain.........I would say today was was a perfect 10 for my health. My doctor is filling out my LDT paperwork. I'm sad about not having a job, but I am not ready to go back. He told me today that I had 3 surgeries in one day, MAJOR surgeries. The ilium being cut is major and takes months to heal, the cystectomy is major and takes months to heal, the creation of the neobladder is major and takes months to heal and all of the scar tissue he took out around my bladder will take some time to heal. So he said I was accurate in not trying to push myself back to work.
So most pain that I will be feeling is surgery pain and not related to the new blader at all, it has no nerves to feel pain.
He said as the months go by that I heal, I will have some phantom urgency and other IC symptoms buthe says with time that will all be gone and I am considered IC free....
Thank You all for being so supportive!!!
Love,
Kara biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif