Catheter removal is never a pleasant experience, I won’t lie. It doesn’t hurt, it’s just a very strange feeling for about 5-8 seconds. I had some dribbling of urine after this for about 10 minutes but it soon settled.
It took around 1hr 15 mins before I really needed to go to the toilet. I tried to hold it an extra 5 minutes when I needed to go just to re-train my bladder as it’s been on rest for 3 weeks.
Urination is quite painful. It stung and there are a few drops of blood at the end. I was told this is totally normal after catheter removal. I just need to flush it through so I will continue trying to drink 6-8 glasses of water a day. Stream was excellent, powerful and took around 10 seconds to empty my bladder. Had to take a step back from the toilet!
Upon looking at my penis it does seem shorter after catheter removal. I’m hoping this is just a temporary issue after the trauma it went through today. There is a dull ache in my perinium, most probably at the surgical site and this is the most it has hurt through my recovery period.
Peeing got easier as I went through the evening however there is a lot of pain from the bladder area towards the end of urination and there are drops of blood and small blog clots once I have finished urination. The key is to try to relax you bum cheeks! Naturally we clench when we experience pain with urination (well I know I do!). I found relaxing and riding out the few seconds of pain at the end makes things a whole lot easier. Be sure to grab you penis and really aim it into the bowl! Before surgery I was used to just letting it trickle into the toilet as I wouldn’t even need to hold it due to the weak stream but now it needs careful aim due to the ‘firehose effect’.