Driving and going to the men's room after PAE

Thx Ken, it really is an amazing procedure. I know the FDA will make this available for men that are suffering from BPH, the research is going well and should be on a fast track to be available to others. I just couldn't believe it, i actually got back into my car heading to my 3rd. Stop and it suddenly hit me...I didn't use the men's room on my last two stops and I still don't have to go. That's been my M.O. for the last 8 yrs. I literally stopped my car and took inventory of what was happening before I gave thanks.

I think that is great.  I picked the urolift had it done over a year ago.  Flow is no problem and I can hold it for hours.  Most of the time I only go twice a day.  It depands on how much I drink...Life will be much better and no side effect like some of the older procedure that some doctor push.  Take care and happy Father's day  Ken  

And to you my friend...cheers, I pray you peace!

I am about 4 weeks post-PAE and my fellow Patient blogger is 6 weeks post PAE we are noticing changes in ejaculatory force and volume.  Specifically, these have diminished greatly from pre-PAE.  It almost feels like the smooth muscle part of the ejaculation has forgotten how to do it, or is not quite coordinated.  We are not experiencing retrograde ejaculation, but more of a weak force that ends up more like oozing than ejaculating.   We have Wonderful improvements in urine stream, emptying, etc, but surprised about this new change and hoping it is temporary.   We would love to hear from anyone else experiencing this and whether it will improve or not.

Thanking you for your help

Kind

Regards

Chris

Dr. Bagla, at his Institute in Virginia. He performed an amamzing procedure. His Institute as well as his staff were magnificent in caring for me. And you're so right, usually when I go somewhere the bottles in the car with me because i couldn't drive anyplace without relieving myself before I exit the car. Or at least making sure where the mensroom was. Drove to an event today, watched the event made it back home without going to the mens room. My son kept saying "Dad there's the mens room, I smiled and said thx kido but Im good. When we pulled onto the garage I'd usually sprint to he John, I just sat there. OMG the PAE has worked. Thankful and prayerful for this blessing. I mean I have had to be taken to the emergency room by ambulance at times, my BPH was massive and just to make it someplace without using the men's room is a huge accomplishment and victory.. towards getting my life back.

I know the feeling.

SS, Thanks, were you part of a trial study, or did you or your insurance pay for it?  My Insurance (group) will not but it is appealable.  The cost quoted locally was $9500 wo insurance.

Also, as far as the proceedure, were you in twilight zone like with a heart cath?  And how long did you have to wear a cath afterwards/

Lastly, you mentioned massive size, mine is over 160 thus making options limited and far more chance for complications.

Thanks again for sharing.

Scott

I went through 9 hours of testing at Stanford to see if I was able to join their study and everything checked out fine except my prostate was too large for their study. So I turned to Dr. Bagla after speaking with him and discovering that he'd performed PAE on someone who Prostate size was 600. But what was great about being tested for everything known to man at Stanford clinical research, I discovered that I did not have cancer in my entire body and that was awesome to hear. Insurance paid for it. No heart catheter, he completed my procedure in 45 minutes and said it was an amazing success. I chose to wear the catheter up for 5 days, after going to the emergency room so many times... that was a simple decision for me.