Well…the happy day came today when I got the damn catheter out and with it some good news…they need to test you before it comes out so they filled my bladder through it to the point it was painful and then sat me on the side of the table, told me to breathe in and out and just yanked it out…lots of pressure but not a lot of pain and I was able to pass all of the saline they injected into me and passed the test…ha,ha….and the PA explained the concern that my surgeon’s nurse had about me doing too much with the cath in….it could tear the urethra and then I’d be back to surgery again and could die….but now, I can start to ramp up my activity…still no heavy stuff but I did go out and cut down the dead perennials and swept up the dirt on the back sidewalk and cleaned the mat at the back…and did laundry that I’m waiting on to finish in the dryer…damn, it feels good to be able to just do stuff without that bag…but now I’m going to take it easy since my daughter came out and gave me the evil eye for doing too much…the PA looked at me and told me I’ll do just fine getting to not peeing myself and it should happen soon…it’s not too bad right now even so I think I’ll get there before the UK trip…all in all, a good day…