My experience afyer TURP surgery has been very tolerable
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I am a 52 year old latino and had TURP surgery 1 week ago tomorrow at the San Antonio VA. So far, i have had no painful urination nor bladder pain. I read many comments prior to having this surgery and i was completely scared to death of this surgery. It has been turned out to be very tolerable with only slight discomfort. I had a spinal anestetic because it kept the area numb for up to 4 hours after the operation. If i would have chosen to be put to sleep, I would have felt pain immediately after waking up in recovery and would have needed to rely on pain meds as opposed to having no feeling at all. I did spent 4 days in the hospital because of blood not clearing enough and doctor deciding a couple extra days in hospital was best to keep me from having clotting issues. I have experience no burning or painful urination and thus far I am peeing alot from half a cup to 3 cups within a 10 minute interval. I dont believe i am emptying my bladder but it is an improvement over before surgery. My follow up is next month and hopefully my bladder retention has gone down to empty or close to it. Overall, this operation's side effects have been minimal. I hope to be back to work 10 days after the surgery which is next Monday. My conclusion for most, this operation will go smoothly.
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CaptainAl paul0120
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Pleased to hear that it went well and best wishes for a good recovery.
uncklefester paul0120
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Sounds like you're doing well. Back to in 10 days is pretty good. Is that with your doctor's blessing?
paul0120 uncklefester
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Yes, he told me prior to surgery 10 days would most likely be sufficient based on my job of car sales, so the job isn't very physical.
lester90053 paul0120
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john74514 paul0120
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Iam hoping after a month to see the doc do get a better positive result..so that iam back to normal.. iam diabetic as well so the doc advised if you can control your sugar levels.. you dont have to see me at all...hum but it keeps fluctating.iam scared.
Waffalobill paul0120
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kenneth1955 paul0120
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paul0120 kenneth1955
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kenneth1955 paul0120
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paul0120 kenneth1955
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Kenneth I am happy to report that it doesn't seem my sexual function was destroyed. And now actually going through with the surgery and seeing the results, and unless you have experienced it yourself, I have to believe your opinion may be outdated and if confronted with cancer or BPH, you would reconsider your thoughts. Thank you for your post and I wish you well, at 61, you are still considered a young man
kenneth1955 paul0120
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Paul. I'm very happy for you that a TURP worked but there are some men that it does not and they end up having another one done. Some doctors push a TURP because that is all they know. Thank you for calling me a young man at 61. I had a urolift done 2 years ago when my prostate closed. Also have a stricture just before the prostate My doctor never brought a turp up. And he knows me If for any reason I get worse or get cancer I would never consider a TURP. No doctor will ever be giving permission to do that to me. My prostate is staying right were it is . If I have to have a couple more implants that will be ok. But I have a paper that if I do have to have surgery that my urologist has to do he is only to do what he tells me and nothing else. I do not give total control to any doctor. Thank you and again I am glad all worked out for you Ken