Surgery with Dr Azsmann

[Earl]

Hi all,
Well it's been a day over six weeks since my surgery . Its been , as you all have warned me , a roller coaster of a recovery .I have done a poor job of giving you all updates. It has been much more painful than I thought recovering but it is healing slowly because I am now taking very little pain meds and none at night . I was tired of feeling drugged and traded some pain for a sane mind. The fourth week after surgery was the worst because it began with me pulling out my pain pump tube. I had no idea how much good it was doing until I removed it. I have bad days and days that are not quite as bad . I'm finding that I'm a little more active that my unoperated side is showing more pain . I was hoping I wouldn't have to have that surgery . I don't seem to have the bad side effects that worried me before surgery such as incontinence and numbness. I do still have some numbness on the side of my penis that the surgery was on. I'm hoping it improves and I probably will wait for the left side surgery until it does. Although more painful than before sex is possible and hopefully will improve too . Dr Hibners paper on recovery says that few show any improvement until four months following surgery.I have a ways to go to reach my presurgery pain level. I have some new pain too since surgery but it seems to be slowly improving . I will say that the Botox,sclaritization ,and steroid injections given all at one time in October of 2012 have caused me problems that continue to bother me. I have some remaining fecal(gas) incontinence and urine dribbling as well as cold sensation on my scrotum that began with those injections and continue . I was worried surgery would escalate those problems which I am glad to say did not. I had zero of those problems prior to my injections. It was my hope that after the Botox wore off In 3 or 4 months that it would improve but it didn't and It's now been almost 8 months .I am to see Loretta the PT at dr Hibners office on June 25 so she can teach me and my wife what I need to do to heal .
I hope all of you are staying positive and finding answers . I appreciate very much your encouragement and support !!
Earl

[nyt]

Thanks for the update. Take it easy and slowly as recovery from this takes a long time. Be gentle with yourself on both the good and bad days. You and your family will continue to be in my prayers as you recover from this surgery.

[Violet M]

Hi Earl,

Sounds like you are doing reasonably well at the 6 week mark. I had some worrisome new problems post-op but they eventually faded so as you already know at 6 weeks it's too soon to draw any conclusions. I hope things continue to improve for you.

Best,

Violet

[Earl]

I'm having to lay around and wait till the danger passes from a blood clot in my leg because of my lack of activity while recovering from my surgery. I'll be on blood thinner for 3 months . Coumadin . Next time I would request being on blood thinner following my surgery . They act like I'm a ticking time bomb and asked how close to the hospital I live . A clot from the knee to the thigh .

[Violet M]

That is bad news indeed, Earl. I trust they have explained why it is so important that you follow all of their instructions on this because it's definitely not something to mess around with.

Take care,

Violet

[Earl]

At this point I feel cures and even improvement is a myth

[Violet M]

Hi Earl,

Did the blood clot finally resolve so that you can move around a little more now? I guess you are now about 6 months out from PNE surgery and things aren't going just perfectly. If it's any consolation, I was not able to start going off my pain meds until about 9 months post-op and lots of people have reports the 10 month point seems to be significant when it comes to improvement. So, I know there aren't any guarantees but maybe it's a bit too soon to draw any conclusions on the success of your surgery. I know it's hard to be on that roller coaster though.

Violet

[hopeman]

Earl.


Did Dr Hibner cut your SSL and repaired SSL.

Did you develop pelvic instability after cutting SSL

Hopeman