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Thanks everyone I knew I could rely on you all. DH would be probably be horrified if he knew I'd discussed it here but I'm glad I did.

My DH has just in the last couple of days had his flip flow catheter removed after it was inserted 10 weeks ago. He had a complete shut down of his bladder whilst we were abroad on holiday (that's why he had a flip flow valve and not a bag as bags are not fitted as a rule on the continent) last Friday he had a TURP operation which has removed part of his prostrate. In hospital two nights and now back home. He is 63 and the catheter did get a little uncomfortable from time to time (not sore just uncomfortable) but he continued to do usual activities I.e. Gardening,driving having baths ,carrying the shopping etc. the problems we had were more with his mental state as he struggled to accept that he had to have the catheter ( they did try half way through to take it out but he still couldn't urinate so it had to be replaced) he now seems to be well on the road to recovery. He also continued with his part time job as an HGV driver two days a week. Hope this helps and your DH is ok and recovers quickly.

I think the worst thing about it (my DH tells me) is the horrible feeling of needing to pee when you see the loo. He said it was horrible and quite uncomfortable as your mind was telling you, you need to go when obviously you didn't/couldn't.

Lots of people young and old live a normal life with an in-dwelling catheter and some people use self intermittent catheterisation.

When I worked with people with disabilities, many of them had permanent catheters and just got on with their normal lives.

Thanks gillybob that's reassuring.

I know this only too well nina. About 3 years ago DH was admitted to hospital with kidney failure caused by the prostate. He was in hospital for 2 weeks (which drove him crazy)and was catheterized for a further 10 weeks awaiting an operation. During this time he worked full time as normal. We have our own business and taking time was not an option. He has a very physical (Engineering) job and the doctors were horrified that he was working so hard. My DH has other (more serious) health issues and wouldn't let anything bring him down. He probably shouldn't work at all (well certainly not as physically hard as he does) but that's another issue all together.

Anyway in answer to your OP I don't see why your DH couldn't carry on as normal. Just as long as he doesn't do anything too strenuous he should be fine. Good luck I do hope everything turns out okay.

Sorry to hear that nina, poor man.I know nothing about this, but there is sure to be somebody on here who does. Hope it won't restrict his life too much for the future.