I was going to post a new question-topic about "burning" pain while urinating 2 weeks after my TURB but after having read the posts in this thread, I see 4 weeks is quite common so I'll just tough it out.
Rosie, I totally agree with you about the doctor's not relating to the post-op pain. Before the surgery he said: "I'm just going to go in a pluck it right out". I asked him if it wasn't better to go a little deeper to get a more accurate pathology report. He said: "Good question, I'll decide when I get in there and look around." He also told me he was going to inject a chemo drug into the bladder after surgery. I said: "To reduce recurrence and "re-seeding"? [See, reading these posts has given me the right questions to ask.] He said: "Right".
Well, they sent me home afterward with a bleeding penis and some gauze taped on (that lasted about 30 minutes) and a catheter, and some Percocet and told to "drink lots of water" He also said that he went so deep he was afraid to use the chemo drug for fear that it would pass through the bladder and into my abdominal cavity.
They really don't give you much in the way of what to expect your first few days. Luckly, I found this web site and was able to read what others had gone through and that made it a lot easier.
In the doctor's defense, I will say that when I called him on the weekend after the surgery (desperate), he answered my page (sounded like he was at a party) and said that I could call him anytime even if he wasn't on call. As I said before, I ended up in ER on Sunday, recatheterized and wiser as to what to expect after surgery. Experience is the best teacher, I'm sure someone has said.