Mr Archer, a former deputy chairman of the Conservative party, extra for a week soon after the operation, which was completed last year, he “became a baby again”.
Explaining in detail the “extremely painful” actuality of residing with a catheter, he said: “The subsequent seven days were the worst.
“This is the period when the tube [which is inserted into a patient’s penis] and bag remain in spot, and have to be drained each and every two to 3 hours.
“During the week, you really don’t really feel like consuming but you have to drink tons of water, which only helps to fill up the bag and adds to your discomfort.”
He continued: “You turn out to be a baby again and [later] require to wear a large nappy to make positive that if you cannot get to the loo in time you will not water the carpet and almost everything else on the way.
“And just like a youngster, you have to understand to management by yourself.”
The graphic account comes almost three years soon after his wife, Mary, provided a similarly total account of her battle with bladder cancer.
Speaking about her very own surgical procedure then, the 69-12 months-old explained: “It is a highly sophisticated plumbing job. I had to wait for the joins to heal and they then examined it for leaks.
“It is a formidable operation for the surgeon, allow alone the patient.”
Her husband concluded his account of his 6 week recovery from the operation by advising any man more than the age of 50 to undergo a prostate examination.
He extra: “I have joined Men United and am proud to support Prostate Cancer United kingdom, because if I die ahead of the age of 88, the diagnosis won’t be prostate cancer.”
Jeffrey Archer: "You turn out to be a infant again" following battling cancer
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