Return of the Man-Bag

It’s back. The loathsome urinary catheter has returned. Yes, after celebrating it’s demise on October 14 it has come back to torture me for another two weeks. Here’s why: The prostate is located directly below the bladder. The urinary tract runs from the base of the bladder, through the middle the middle of the prostate […]

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Healing

It’s been 4 weeks since my surgery and my body is healing merrily as I grit my teeth and endure daytime TV and cabin fever. I’m still unable to sit for an extended period of time and driving is out of the question so I spend most of my time lying on the couch or […]

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Goodbye to the Man-Bag

After fourteen glorious days of fun and games, yesterday morning I was finally released from the evil clutches of my urinary catheter. There’s not much to be said for carrying around your own man-bag of pee while recuperating from surgery, much less wrestling with the hoses, bags, fittings and leg-tape as you try to heal. […]

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