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Had Greenlight 3 days ago, and the urologist told me to keep the foley in until Monday . But when I wake up in the morning only after 4 hours sleep there is 1800ml of urine. What I want to know if the foley was not there to collect it, would this mean I would be waking up every hours to urinate. Normally without this BPH, a man holds in his urine all night and voids in the morning. But no void 2000ml in the morning. Does this mean I will be a bedwetter and wear depends. I like lifting weight, when can I go back.?
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I had a few nights were my volume while on the Foley was like 1600 to 1800 over night. Great thing was I slept all night with that Foley. Before the procedure I was up about 8 times a night and went 75cc to 150cc, After the Cath came out it was only that much during the day and 200 to 250 at night I was up 3 to 5 times for the first say, 10days.Then a week ago Thursday it all turned around. Boom! I was better over night in every way. I slept all night or got up only once since then and I now pee 500cc at night if I do get up. It is really fun to watch so i usually get up once to watch it about 2:30 am. During the day I am only going 3 to 4 time all day from 7 am until 10 pm bedtime. No more Urgency. Had sex 2 times in the last week and no blood in the ejaculate.
The FLA procedure has given me back my life as it was 20 years ago in 3 weeks. My prostate was 125cc insize and I had BPH for at least 8 years.
My Interventional Radiologist who did this procedure says it will continue to get better for the next 3 months. This doctor called me every night for two weeks to check on my progress. He would call after work when he was finished doing FLA procedures for prostate cancer treatment. This guy is unbelievable with his coaching and support.
Stop worring Mark and let all settle down. Dont take that foley out to quick. the inflamation will go down and you will get better fast. If you have urgency or burning when you pee or if you are now having any bladder spasms then get an RX from him for URIBEL. It will stop it all and is a real life saver in these procedures.
Good Luck. John
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Mark, Focal Laser Ablation is the procedrue that has been done for many years for prostate Cancer (PCa). It is for PCa that is 7 or less gleason score. It is done my Interventional Radiologist and it is done with a hair size diameter Laser needle that is guided my a computer and a 3 Tesla MRI which is the best on the market right now. The IR has real time eyes on the procedure as it happens. The procedure is typically mapped out and focused on the specific lesion when done. This allow for a procedure that has few if any side effects. No to little blood, very safe, allow for any other procedure later after FLA if needed, long lasting benefits, NO sexual side effects. It is done fast and then you go home. In the process of doing thousands of FLA procedures to PCa, it became very apparent that the use of FLA in the removeal of tissue in the Transitional Zone of the prostate alleviated BPH in most patients using the procedure.
To answer you question directly, urologist who almost 100% men go to, do not first have the ability to do this procedure. Second, it is competion to what ever procedure they are selling. They are not very knowledgable at all about the process and they are scared it will get traction in their market place. It is not barbaric like the process they will sell you and it deliever much faster better and longer lasting results. it is new only in the fact that it has not been labled as a BPH treatment by the market place. Insurance will not pay for it as the urology lobbing against it with the insurance compnanies has won the battle currently. I am 65 and I still work full job. I am on Medicare and I paid for my treatment out of my pocket 28 days ago. My results so far are better than I imagined I could have with this or any procedure. If you have interest and want to know who to call, I would highly recomend you call Dr. Ara Karman ian in houston and you can look that up for the number or I will pm it to you in a minute. he will discuss any of this and you situation with you and he will not charge you. Many on this site have used him and he is the absolute best in my opinion.
I have another poste location you can look up to read at
"Going with Focal Laser Ablation for BPH" on this web site. I have put other information there and on the other FLA threads of this site.
John
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Mark, I had Greenlight lazer 3-1/2 months ago. Out patient. Like you had foley cath in from Wed to Monday when I went back to URO to have it removed. Went home and about 3 to 4 hours later I had an urgent need to urinate. Lucky for me I thought ahead and had Depends guards because I didn't quite make it. Was pretty urgent for a while. Stayed around home for several weeks with just short trips.
Just had a little stinging when peeing around the 2nd week then went away.
I had no pain after surgery and went right home.
During the day when I still had the cath in I was always emptying the leg bag.
At night with the big bag sometimes I would have 1700 ml in the morning.
I then started drinking less water in the evening . That helped. I didn't have any blood to speak of after surgery or after the cath was removed. Now 3/1/2 weeks later with some pills to help my bladder relax I am almost back to normal.
I go back for another checkup in 2 weeks for a bladder scan to make sure my bladder is emptying completely.
Back in August I had a UTI with severe sepsis and was in hospital because or retention. Was self cathing 3 times a day then they did a scope and seen my prostate had uretha completely closed off. A few weeks later I got a serious bladder infection and was back In hospital and they upped the surgery to the next week. The hardest part was not doing anything for several weeks. I am a self employed contractor semi retired. I can't stand sitting around.
Lucky I have no retro ejaculation
I am 63 and will be 64 in 2 months.
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Mark, you were worse than I was and I had severe sepsis. The ER doc said good thing I didn't wait another day. I could of went into septic shock and had organ failure. As it was my kidneys hurt me for awhile after I went home and they checked them and said they wasn't damaged. Still hurt and had a hard time getting to sleep. Now I won't think twice about going to the ER. Saved me twice.
Keep us posted on your progress. My URO has done around a thousand Greenlight procedures. Didn't touch anything important.
Good luck
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