23 days post turp - saw uro today
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Saw my uro today for my first follow up since turp on Dec.14th surgery. I asked the doctor about my current state of urgency and frequency. I am going about every hour during the day and i get up twice a night to urinate. He advised me I am doing great at only just past 3 weeks, we also went over the pictures of my prostate before and after surgery. He advised me he did some work to my bladder neck also. He advised me to stop taking my daily Cialis and to also stop the Mybetrigg he prescribed to me right after surgery. I have been released to go play golf again and am reassured that time and patience will do the rest. No signs of cancer tissue and the bleeding has stopped when I urinate. I also asked him about taking an drugs like Jayln or Flowmax at this point, he advised me the blockage was removed and that would not do me any good. So I guess I just have to continue on the path to let me body heal itself at it's current state. I asked him why I have not seen any shedding of blood clots or tissue during this time, I have been reading about a lot of guys saying they have gone through time post surgery. He advised me that obviously that is not a good situation to have happen and be happy it has not happened to this point, but it still may happen in the future. I will see my uro in 3 more months for the next follow up. Thanks to all for your comments and I have enjoyed reading everyone else's storys of the adventure of going through post turp recovery. Be good everybody.
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lester07305 rick47445
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kenneth1955 lester07305
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j12080 lester07305
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This is an update of the procedure I had with the 3 TMRI guided FLA Twenty days post op and set some new achievements. This week my volumes have increased dramatically. I went from 75-100 range to now I am going 250 to 500 each trip. Flow is really good. I am enamored with the flow as I have not seen this in years and it is hard to believe it.
My nighttime trips have gone from eight a night down to two a night and last night was a FIRST! I did not get up to pee all night until 6:16 am. I am pleased but also know that I can expect some relapses over the next month or two. WHY? It is just what sometimes happens “ebbs and flows” with any procedure is the natural recovery rate
Dr. Kara man ian told me that the period I am in now is called “reforming”. He said it is where the prostate is taking on a new shape as the laser voided area are clearing out the tissue and collapsing inward to form a smaller and new shaped prostate footprint. Those of you that ask for and received my MRI before and after pictures can look at those and see where this might happen. Dr. K says it will just get better over the next 60 days. He is still encouraging me to ejaculate but I am not ready just yet. I can still feel the swelling and I don't want to deal with a disappointment right now as I am so happy. I will wait until next week. He says it will be fine. I know that the recovery protocol for TURP surgery is to wait 2 months to ejaculate in that procedure. He assure me that all the sexual equipment is there and in good shape. I know the erection part is fine and I was experiencing that since day 3 post op.
Dr. K once again told me that they usually do not take out as much tissue as they did with my prostate and the recovery is easier. I did not tell him but I did not think my recovery was that difficult??? I think I was surprised that the retention I was having from the large prostate pushing up into my bladder was relieved so well from the tissue removal. Emptying the bladder feels so good as it had been a longtime since I had felt that relieve.They removed the protruding bladder tissue, they removed a suspicious spot that was in active surveillance for the prior year and a half and the removed three channels along and on three sides of the urethra to free up the stricture that was pinching my flow down to nothing with the BPH.
joe78408 j12080
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alan1951 rick47445
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