Sorry for tmi. Had surgery yesterday and could not pee so they put in catheter. Took it out this morning and still can't go. Help?

It takes time for those muscles to "wake up" after anesthesia for some people. The catheter also can cause things to either swell or temporarily paralyze. These things DO resolve, it just takes a little time. Narcotic pain medications make it difficult to urinate as well. Just do what they tell you to do, be patient and stay positive. Drink your fluids as much as you can, as being well hydrated will help wake things up. Walk walk walk, which also helps wake things up. And see how little pain medication you can get away with and still have a pain level no higher than 3-4 on a scale of 1-10.

I also found that after I had my children and couldnt urinate that sit over the toilet with a bottle of warm water and sort of letting it trickle over the lady parts that it helped to relax and stimulate it to work. It was always much easier in the shower with the warm water trickling down too.

I had the same problem. Ended up staying in the hospital a second night because of it. I despised that Catheter! I finally went and they sent me home but I will never take peeing for granted again. It really stressed me out so I know what you are going thru. Hang in there! I promise you will pee eventually!

I had trouble too....squat on the floor in the bathroom with a cup under you. Just stay there til you get a little drop, then keep repeating. Eventually I went, it just took a couple of hours of doing this back and forth. It sucked! Sorry you are having trouble too!

Sorry for tmi. Had surgery yesterday and could not pee so they put in catheter. Took it out this morning and still can't go. Help?

I had the same problem! It eventually stopped though, I'm not really sure what the deal is with that.