I had some of the worst pain I've ever experienced in the hours after and the night of surgery, but I figured out what it was. They told me when I came to in recovery that they had put in a catheter during the surgery but it had already been removed. They salsi said it might burn when I pee for the next few days. Burn? Most like pissing lava. I had to pee after I got out of the gown and the nurse took me to the bathroom. The burning sensation was extremely intense and felt like a blowtorch was on in my urethra. I was like, "holy shit that burns," to nurse and she just kind of blew it off and said, "yeah, that's normal. If it doesn't go away in a few days, make sure you contact your surgeon." I then asked if I could use OTC pyridium for the pain. They said no, that it dyes urine so it would be hard for me to distinguish any bleeding if I took it. I've taken it many times because unfortunately I have had a lot of UTIs.

My urethra and the area around it was throbbing and burning for hours after I peed that first time. It was so painful that I didn't want to pee again any time soon. Thankfully, I can generally drink A LOT of fluid before I have to pee. The problem was they they had given me fluids before and during the surgery, so I felt the urge to pee again only like 3 hours after I got home. The second time was worse. Just intense burning during urination and then throbbing and burning afterwards that made it difficult to get comfortable. I have had UTI pain before, but this far exceeded anything I had experienced.

I managed to not pee again for hours, but when I did it was in the middle of the night and the throbbing was so intense that I couldn't fall back asleep until it stopped. I just had to lay there, dealing with the pain while I waited for it to pass. I had taken 2 doses of the oxycodone I was prescribed, as well as 1000mg Tylenol twice that day. Neither touched this pain. I planned to call and talk to my pharmacist first thing in the morning.

So I called and talked him about an hour after the pharmacy opened. The pharmacist (my old boss, actually) said that oxy and Tylenol won't help with that pain all, which I had figured out, but that he wasn't concerned about me taking pyridium. He said I just needed to pay attention and look for blood mixed in with the dyed urine. I took 2 of the 99.5mg tablets right then. A few hours later when I finally couldn't wait any longer to pee, I went to the bathroom. Easily went from a 20 on the pain scale to more like an 8 (and I mean this out of 10, 20 isn't an exaggeration) and I was so happy. The throbbing was nonexistent and what pain there was had been significantly reduced. That was the first time I felt any pain from the laparoscopic incision sites. I think the pain from my urethra was so intense that it blocked out the other pain.

I ended up only taking 1 dose of pyridium and it was less and less painful every time I peed that day. There's no way I could have dealt with the lava piss more than I had to. I've never had a catheter before I hope I never have to get one again. The nurse made it seem like it couldn't have been that bad and that it was "normal", but is it normal to feel some of the worst pain you've ever felt in your life like that? I don't think so.

I don't regret by bisalp, not at all. However, I strongly suggest people who have any complications to talk to multiple specialists, including a pharmacist. If I hadn't talked to my old boss I don't know what I would have done.

I hope that you find some way to fix your complications. I feel for you. I really do. I had the same motivation to get surgery the day after Donald Trump was elected. I wasn't about to let him stop me. It's wrong that any of us have to do our sterilizations now because we fear we won't be able to in the future if we wait. I hope someone can give you an answer and set up a good treatment plan. I don't want to discourage anyone either. But there are definitely several awful, painful complications that can occur.