Sorry for the delayed reply everyone. My surgery went pretty well as expected on Thursday. They kept me overnight for observation. And to constantly flush out my catheter.
My urologist said he had cut me pretty deep to try and get the base of the stricture cut out, to prevent it from coming back. We won't know if it really worked or not for a few months though, as strictures grow back slowly. But wow I sure did bleed a lot for it. Oh, and my bpm dropped to under 30 during the surgery. I have a recent history of this, and contracting vasculitis that once stopped my heart, so they were prepared for it. No major complications beyond that.
And then my catheter came into play. It's a three-way catheter that has the usual drain, and ballon tubes, but also has a third inlet tube. They hooked it up to four massive saline bags and let them drain into my bladder. The saline, with blood, just came right back out into my urine bag, and I never really felt it. By about 3am the next morning, my urine had cleared up to a light pink.
The only big problem I had is the nurses had to come in every-single-hour to drain my bag. I didn't get a wink of sleep thursday night. My pain was moderately high, but was easily managed with pain meds and lubricant for the catheter.
Well that, and I kept leaking just a little blood and urine past the catheter. By mid morning friday I was sitting in a pool of blood and pee. I managed to myself out of the hospital bed, and get cleaned up. I was also able to reposition the catheter, which was taped to my leg, so it is now tapped to my abdomen. This allowed my finally put a diaper on, which has been catching those leaks.
When my urologist finally came in to check on me I showed him my diaper so he could see how much I was leaking. He said that was normal, and the diaper was a pretty good idea. He said most people, including himself, would never think of that. So I was kind of proud of being diapered after that, and said yup my diaper is doing its job of helping improve my quality of life (doctors seem to like it when you say that)
I did also go into the surgery with a particularly tough urinary infection too though. I've actually had it for years, and it has never bothered me. My urologist wanted to get rid if it though, so I was put on the toughest antibiotics they had. After 24 hours of that, they finally discharged me and I went home.
I've been sleeping a LOT since then. My urine is now mostly all blood free. Though I am still leaking a little blood past my catheter. The tip of my penis still gets painful when the catheter dries out too. I have some lidocaine ointment though, and have to apply it to the catheter every few hours. Oh, and I forgot to mention. It's a 24fr size catheter, so pretty big and part of why it hurts so much. It's needed though, so as to help make sure my stricture stays gone and open.
The area around my prostate is also in pain. Generally just in between my legs, and a few inches deep. I'm taking oxycodone (my usual pain meds) for it, and managing ok. Each day I get better. Thankfully I have all of this week off too. I've picked up the game of thrones books to keep me busy and my mind off the pain. Seems to be working too.