ugh, ive had the worst gas pains after surgery and hvant been able to walk....and now I cant pee at all! This so unlike me that can usually pee at the drop of a hat. I feel like such a failure. (hehe) But the more serious side is that if i cant pee on my own, they are going to send e home with a catheter..more ugh.

14 hours ago, giddygiddygiddy said:

I had the same issue...I’m now a week postop. They did a straight catheter on me to relieve me, but then after that I was able to pee on my own. Anesthesia does some weird things...

Ah, thank gawd Im not the only one. They used a catheter to "drain" me the first time (in Swedish they used the more colloquial term "tap" as in, "tap a keg." hahahhaa...) and then when I still couldnt pee after that, they set one in to send me home.