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gary37907
gary37907

I would appreciate hearing from anybody who has had a successful PAE, from anybody who has had an unsuccessful one or from anyone who is knowledgeable of it. I'm starting to focus on PAE and I know their is a wealth of knowedge on this forum. I've heard good things about it. I've heard that it is covered by insurance, but not sure about medicare. I'm 67 years of age and other than BPH I'm heathy. I recently had a clear prostate MRI (negative for tumors suspicious lesions), my prostate is about 79 cc's with meidan lobe hypertrophy projecting into the bladder. My PSA's fluctuate between high 2's and low 3's. I'm slowly learning to CIC, (scares the sh-t out of me). Done it twice and it ain't fun. The way my BPH is progressing I may have to start doing it on a regular basis soon. Anyways I would like to get all the info I can about PAE so I can rule it in or out and start looking for provider if I determine it's the right procedure for me. Thank you.

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  • alanatcroydon
    alanatcroydon gary37907

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    I had a PAE in June 2018 in a clinic in Katowice Poland. Total cost inc hospital stay 2 days (1 before and 1 after) PLN 12500 (about GBP 2500) plus my travel costs. I paid that. Dr Ludyga, the intervationist radiologist) has done lots of these. I have just come back from a 9 month check which cost GBP 175. He has pronounced it clinically a success and, as patient, a success with night time trips to toilet reduced from 3 or 4 to just one. I stopped taking tamulosin as it interfered with my sexual function. My prostate was 130 gms before op. I am 76 and weigh 71 kgs. The big advantage for me was that it was non invasive, with tube poked in through my thigh while I was sedated for 2 hours

    • chuck68670
      chuck68670 alanatcroydon

      Posted

      Alan, I retrack my previous question on your PAE being a success. After reading this post (found it late) it certainly appears to have been very successful.

    • stan98754
      stan98754 chuck68670

      Posted

      Hi Chuck,

      I strongly reccomend to make MRI 3 T first. And consult these scans t with expert like Dr. K in Houston .

      If you suffer by IPP ( intravesical protrusion of prostate ) , e.g. ,big median lobe is blocking bladder neck like pressure valve , with 80-90 % PAE will have no effect.

      Then you have some options - according to my experience the best are REZUM, and FLA. If you need more details just PM me. I collected data from cca 30 patients and evaluated in Excell table. Stan

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