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Interview 09  

Interview 09

Age at Interview: 57
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 54
Background:

Brief outline:Diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1997. Had a prostatectomy in 1997, external beam radiation and short hormone treatment 2000.


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Describes what it was like to have the catheter in at home.

 



I came home with the catheter that stayed in for - I'm not sure how many weeks it was - it was at least 6 weeks, it could've been 2 months. 

The catheter is like a balloon, they put that down the penis and they inflate it. The balloon is at the end and they inflate that and that stops the catheter coming out. To take it out they put a syringe down and burst the balloon and then just pull it out; and it's just an "Ow!" 

You have one of a night on a stand and you put the bag on the stand, which is nice when you're getting older, you don't have to get up in the night. And then of a daytime, you have one that you strap onto your leg and I used to wear that in the daytime no problems at all. The worst part I had was going to the toilet.

The pain doesn't come from round the penis but from the bowels. It's really difficult and I've got a very high barrier for pain. I came out and my wife was upset because of it. Gradually it got better and better and they gave me that Lactalose to help, which it did, and then I had the District Nurse coming in every day to change my dressings and she was very nice as well.
Karol Sikora - Prostate cancer
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