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BigGuy wrote:I ran tubes from it and the catheter to a bag on my lower leg. Of course, there was a drain valve on that bag. I could "relieve" myself by opening that bag and standing there nonchalantly. I didn't have to find a tree to stand behind, because nothing was exposed. Unless somebody was standing right on top of me, they'd never know what was going on.
Before the surgery I couldn't take a car trip of more than an hour without a bathroom stop. And forget sitting all the way through a movie. Now all I needed was to make sure I was using a big enough bag, and I could sit through the longest movie while sucking the the straw of the biggest super sized drink the theater sold.
If I had to live with the bad, I was darn sure going to get all the mileage I could out of the good.

johncanfield wrote:Thanks everybody, you all are like an extended family.

Note to all of the guys - I was surprised to discover that the Family Practice association is not recommending a PSA test but Urologists are recommending the test. There are false positives and a rising PSA doesn't necessarily indicate cancer but I strongly recommend guys 50 and older have an annual PSA test and a digital exam. My PSA rose from the high 3s to just over 4 but a digital exam revealed an abnormality. I've been hanging out on a forum with a prostate cancer section and I was amazed at the number of guys in their 50s with worse numbers than me.