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On 1st Jan this year awoke with blocked bladder at 3 am. I couldn't talk properly and couldn't get out of bed, very shaky on my feet. Got to walk in health centre with my wife and waited to be seen. Eventually, a doctor examined me and immediately called a nurse for a catheter. He emptied 1.3 Lt of urine with the catheter. Obviously, I felt much better.
He took my details and told me the Urology department would contact me in 2 days time. Nothing from them so went to hospital and ended up in A&E because now I was feeling quite ill. A young woman came to see me and told me she is a junior urologist and she will change the catheter, which she did very painfully.
She assured me a letter would arrive with details of an appointment in a couple of days time. No letter.
The shaky legs and slurred speech returned so my wife took me back to A&E, where they suspected I had sepsis. My wife had to leave me in a hospital bed, where I stayed for 5 days and 3 more catheter changes.
The nurses looked after me really well as I was pumped with antibiotics and put on oxygen.
The last catheter that was inserted is a 3 way catheter and the pain was incredible. The doctor told me the catheter had to be changed again for a 2 way catheter and I could leave the hospital and return on 12th March (this week) for a cystoscopy. I told the doctor my urethra feels badly damaged and I refused to have it changed.
Things were good until yesterday; I started to have urges to pee, which eventually became so strong it made me poop and dribbles of blood escapes from the side of the catheter at the end of my penis. - there is no blood in the catheter bag.
These urges are still coming every hour, but I am all out of poop so I am having dry spasms with just a bit of blood to show for the effort. I think I can make it till Thursday when I get the cystoscopy but the lack of sleep is not good for me.
I will be 80 years old this year.
I'm sorry if this seems like something from the Keystone Cops.
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kenneth_42676 chris15677
Posted
my doctor put a french 26 3 way in my penis after a TURP and it was hell on earth for 3 weeks , so i know your pain my friend.
i would advie you to see another urologist as soon as possable .
good luck ...
chris15677 kenneth_42676
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Hi Kenneth,
thanks for that but the pertinent question is: Did the turp put things right for you? Or would you prefer to live with a catheter?
I am in a kind of panic mode right now because I've read several bad things about turp, which makes me nervous so I'm looking for positive results from people who have had it done. Maybe people on here will respond - I hope so.
Best,
Chris.
HowieF chris15677
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I hope you don't mind me "jumping in here" as I know your question was directed to Kenneth. One thing to consider. Foley catheters seem to generate urinary tract infections. Only a few weeks ago did a urine culture test come up clean. No infection. First time since October, 2019. I was told that Foley catheters cannot remain sterile, especially when your urine blasts out along the outside edges of the catheter (into your clothing, floors, walls, etc.) every time you have a bladder spasm. Looking back, I would never recommend to someone staying with Foley catheters for the rest of their lives but, of course, that is just my opinion. However, you can't "not pee" either! So it's either Foley's or CIC or some other procedure so you can pee and IMHO, not Foley catheters for the long term.
TURP seems to be what my urologists were comfortable with and, being in an HMO, I didn't get a real choice of urologists. So, I went with TURP and I'm glad I did even though full recovery may still be a long way off with the blood clots still in me. Make sure you discuss ALL of the possible negative effects of TURP with your doctor. Including incontinence issues, retrograde ejaculation possibilities, etc.