{"id":75,"date":"2020-10-14T13:19:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T12:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/?p=75"},"modified":"2020-12-09T12:25:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T12:25:08","slug":"up-and-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-journal\/up-and-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Up and about"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>29th November 2019, St Anthony&#8217;s Hospital, Surrey, England<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-life-experience\">Life experience.\u200b<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>The last 24 hours has been a bit of a rollercoaster.  When I woke up yesterday, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-information\/needles-anaesthetics-cannulas-catheters-and-urine-retention\/\" target=\"_blank\">I had 1.5 litres in my bladder<\/a>.  Apparently, that&#8217;s quite a lot of urine retention &#8211; so a nice nurse had to lube me up and put a catheter in.   I can wholeheartedly confirm that it smarts a little bit when your cock has been in a mincer.  I say smarts, in the same way that walking on a landmine would smart a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They took the catheter out this morning &#8211; so I\u2019ve been for a nice walk round the hospital.  I showed some old people my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/penile-cancer-information\/redivac-drain-bottles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blood and waste bottle<\/a> \u201cooooh that\u2019s lovely dear\u201d.  I\u2019ve had four poos, and two wees and I\u2019m about to lovingly apply some cream to my love stump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So as Fridays go, it\u2019s probably a 6\/10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a nice picture of my hospital bathroom, and no I don\u2019t really fit in the mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4.jpg\" alt=\"I'm up, and I don't have a catheter in.  I can pee again!  In a bathroom at St Anthony's Hospital, Surrey, England\" class=\"wp-image-86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>I&#8217;m up, and I don&#8217;t have a catheter in.  I can pee again!  In a bathroom at St Anthony&#8217;s Hospital, Surrey, England<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>29th November 2019, St Anthony&#8217;s Hospital, Surrey, England Life experience.\u200b The last 24 hours has been a bit of a rollercoaster. When I woke up yesterday, I had 1.5 litres in my bladder. 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