23 days post turp - saw uro today

The clots depend on the amount of bleeding. Since my surgery Nov. 30th, I have yet to pass any clots. Couple very small pieces of tissue. Bleeding stopped in a couple days. Doc only removed a small amount of material he left after surgery in June. that surgery I passed a ton of clots and material.

Rick,

I think you are right on schedule, just do what the doc tells you to do or not do.  "No lifting or straining" is what I was told.  Im 70 rys old, just over 8 weeks post turp 11/08/16 with the same surgery you had and doing very well.  All functions are back to normal, so good to sleep the night thru.  I wish you to have the same outcome as I, couldn't ask for a better outcome. 

Rick, I am post Focal Laser Ablation 18 days. I am doing well and plesse with the results. My Doctor gave me a drug called Uribel. This turned the pee blue but ti really stopped the urgency, frequency and the stinging of the urninattion. You take one every six hours or as needed and it works great. My Doctor is an Interventional Radiologist but the Urologist should know of this drug. You can google it. I had none of the side effects mentioned on the web. It was truely a life saver. I only got up twice last night and the volume was 350cc and 450cc. It was really good. It seems better at night than in the day which is just oposite of what I had with BPH. My doctor also removed prostte tissue that was pushing up into my bladder and causing retention. All that is gone now. Good luck to you. I promise that Uribel will help you. 

John

Hi Rick, So glad to hear the good news on your turp surgery. Rick ,did you have complete urine retention? Thats my problem,i cannot pee without doing CIC. 

My uro wanted to do a turp on me ,and at 87 i was must admit i was scared. Now after hearing the good news with you ,i might consider it? Did they do a urodynamics test before surgery,

Thanks so much Rick ,looking forward to your response?

frank,

Hey Rick,  twice a night only 3 weeks in, sounds good to me, I am sure you can expect better over the weeks and months to come.  They say the full effects can take up to a year.  My volume went up from average 250 ml to average 400, occasionally 550, at the 6 month mark (there was a sudden improvement last month).  My bleeding (Holep but very like TURP) was in week 3 after the op.  It is actually quite alarming (it doesn't take much blood to make the pee look red) so I really wouldn't be wishing for it if I were you.  I expect it will come next week when some scabs come off.  And the clots can be scarey too.  I really wouldn't be complaining about not experiencing them - I only ever had two really big clots, the rest were all tiny.  The pee-pain ended for me at end week 2, just before the blood started during week 3, clots end week 3, then suddenly all clear, never any more blood or clots.  Frequency improvements and volume improvements were quite slow to come (he had worked on top of my prostate, as for you), flow rate was brilliant from end week 3.  Different for everyone of course, my prostate was only 22cc so really small (yet inflammation was causing blockage). Overall, I am very pleased, especially to have avoided ever taking flowmax or finasteride/dutasteride.  I bet that you end up with a good result too given time. Try to avoid ejaculation for 2 months as per the TURP patient specification, it brings on bleeding but might cause problems for some men.  Give time to heal, don't be impatient.  I waited 7 weeks, first time was completely insensate (no feeling at ejaculation) which was worrying - had I waited even a little longer, later on sensation began to come back (now, 7 months after the op, I have 75% of it back, which I think to be a fair trade for peeing well with no likelihood of needing any more procedures, ever - I should never see my uro' again - will drop him one last note at anniversary of op to give final data ... I am not really expecting to ever get the last 25% of sensation back, but who knows - might do).  So I wished I hadn't bothered at 7 weeks, as it just worried me, the initial effect (I left it two more weeks in disgust, found 30% of sensation had come back, more and more has come since - it's taken some time though, albeit was quickly at 60%).  And I was only 49 then, so if I can wait that long, anyone can !

Anyway, best of luck, you don't seem to be reporting anything too bad.  Flowmax : don't take it if not needed, it can make later cataract surgery a little harder.  Enjoy the golf.