My successful Greenlight PVP procedure

It has been seven weeks since my procedure. I feel that I have had a very good result, and I wanted to share my experience.

Eight weeks ago, I simply stopped being able to urinate. This was a festering problem for years. However, I had never reached the point where I was virtually unable to go. My previous Urologist never said that I had a problem this severe. Of course, he never did an ultrasonic examination. I went to the ER and was sent home with a Foley catheter. A week later, I found & saw a new Urologist! He examined me via ultrasound and told me that my prostate was almost three times normal size (about 81 mm). He did not see or feel evidence of Prostate cancer. He said I pretty much had no choice but to have some sort of prostate reduction surgery. I did my research and picked this Urologist because he specialized in Greenlight PVP. He booked me into the hospital a week later.

Although I was fearful before surgery, my fears were unfounded. Anesthesia was uneventful. I felt nothing during the procedure, and woke up easily. Recovery was much less painful than I thought it would be. In fact, although I was given pain pills and anti-bladder-spasm pills, I ended-up taking none of them during my recovery. I had the procedure on a Thursday and wore a catheter & bag until the following Monday. There was bleeding into the bag for the first couple of days. I didn't let it bother me; it was expected. When the catheter came out on Monday, I was told I would start peeing normally within the next six hours. Three hours later, I peed naturally for the first time in weeks. Compared to the many decades which preceded this problem (I am 67 years old), it was a gusher! As time went on, peeing became more regular and normal (as in, normal for a 25-year old man!). The occasional blood in the urine diminished to nothing after a few weeks. At seven weeks (today), I feel no pain or discomfort or urgency when peeing. I go to bed at 9 PM (on workdays) and get up at 3:30 AM to pee. Compared to the last few decades, this is Heaven-sent. I'm sleeping much better. I no longer need naps during the day. There is no frantic urgency to pee, and I am peeing much less frequently and emptying my bladder when I pee.

I now regard my decision to have this procedure as one of the best decisions I ever made! I should have done it years ago. I hope the effects last for a long time. P.S. Retrograde ejaculation has not happened in my case!

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