Physical Activity after PVP was Re: 7 weeks post PVP Florida Update

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> "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > "Derry Argue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank) wrote in
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> > > > I strongly recommend the PVP procedure but advice that
> > > > limited physical activity, after the the procedure, be in
> > > > effect for at least 3 weeks.
> > > > Frank
> > >
> > > Frank,
> > >
> > > What do you classify as limited physical activity? I can't
> > > really imagine a day when I wouldn't be doing something
> > > physical!
> >
> > No lifting objects over 10 lbs.(4.5kg), or walking faster than a
> > normal pace 3 to 4 mph (5.6 or so kmph) no sexual activity,
aerobic
> > exercise, climbing hills, those sorts of activites.  Or anything
that
> > might cause bleeding in the prostate while it is healing.
> >
> > Jack
>
> Jack, did your Doctor tell you this before hand or did you discover
> this on your own?
> My Doctor told me that after the catheter was removed, that I could
go
> back to what ever I did before the procedure......NOT!

He told me in post op about an hour after the PVP whnn he came to see
how I was doing.  As I recall his words about the bleeding were more
like, your prostate will take at least 3 weeks to heal so don't do
anything for three weeks that will aggravate it, like and then he
named a bunch of things,  most of which I mentioned above.  I remember
one of them was long car or plane trips.  If I had to, on a plane be
sure to walk up and down the asile of the plane or  lay down in the
back seat of a car and stop every two hours and walk.  He also said if
I "goofed up" and did something to cause the bleeding to be more than
just pink color in the urine, to be sure and rest or lay in bed for
part of the next couple days.

Jack