PVP results +/-

Hello my friend.  If I were you  I would never like them do that to me.  There are alot of men on here that have had bad out comes with many of the procedure.  Start with something less invasive.  PAE is good to start I don't know way your doctor told you that he can't do the uro-lift.  There are many doctors that have pull the median lobe away for the bladder neck opening.  Maybe he does not know how to do that.  He would rather cut away at the prostate.  There is also REZUM  that may work for you.  Cancel the surgery and give yourself some time and get all the information you can about the other procedures.  Any procedure that you have to cut at the prostate will change your sex life.  You have a chance of loseing it all together and if you can you are going to end up with retro which sucks.  I can tell you first hand when I had it with a pill that i was taking the orgasm was flat and not having anything come out was like you did nothing at all.  How old are you my friend.  Doctor have a way of down playing the sex part and retro.  They tell us we are not having kids so we don't need it.  But it goes with the orgasm.  Which may be flat as hell.  But it is your discision.  I pray that you make the right one. PS.  Once you have your prostate cut you will never be the same  Ken 

I had this 13 weeks ago - had also grown into bladder - complete success - no bleeding except a weak cordial colour 1st couple of days - pain during urination settled down after 6 weeks - frequency after 8 weeks - since then urgency has been settling down.

Apart from the pain weeks I'm completely satisfied. Should be able to counter the pain in this day & age.

Remember we are all different cases & doctors differ too in experience & expertise.

I'm in Adelaide Sth Australia. (Dr Spernat).

Good luck GM.

Ignore all this crap from people you don't know.It is a simple procedure, my catheter was out in the morning, minimal spurt of blood at begining of urination for a few days and life back to normal on day two. Don't do any heavy lifting and take a stool softener and you will be OK.

It is now the NICE procedure of choice in the UK, Sadly groups like this are for the failed patients as the others have no need to post as they happily live their lives.

I only stick around to try to get some sanity in the group. Quite frankly I've read enough stuff from trolls who probably did not even have the operation.    

I had PVP about 6 months ago and I'm pretty satisfied with the results. Having a catheter is never a pleasant experience, but with PVP it is only for about 24 hours, much better than the week I spent with a catheter inside me 6 months earlier when I woke up one morning, totally unable to pee. Taking it out was not a pleasant experience, but the sharp pain was over in a very few seconds. In my case, there was very little bleeding, really little, except for one time, a couple of days after the catheter was out. I have no idea what caused the blood on that occasion, but the urine was quite red. I took it in stride and I almost never saw blood again that first week and never again following that. Perhaps with a dipstick, some miniscule amount of blood might have been picked up, but not visually and not on my underwear.

I definitely have retro ejaculation, but I can't say it really surprised me since I knew that was a possibility. My orgasms and erections are still strong. Now I don't even think about that "problem" since the orgasm sensations are still quite strong. Perhaps some of the retro is due to the fact that I asked my urologist to destroy as much prostate tissue as possible. He said afterwards that he had lased about 60% away. That would leave much less prostate tissue making prostatic fluid anayway.

I had a problem with overactive bladder for years and that problem has persisted. I take Ditropam XL at night and Myrbetriq in the morning. I also went through a 12 week therapy with PTNS and, since it has helped somewhat, I continue that therapy with once monthly treatments.

Are things perfect now? Not really, but things are pretty manageable and I do have a strong urine stream with no starting and stopping any longer. In the absence of any other treatment that is perfect, I am content that I had PVP done. I know some other posters here have had a different experience, but I'm satisfied. If, a while after PVP, you still have urinary symptoms, remember that it may be overactive bladder and that there are moderately effective meds for that.

I hope this long post is of some help to you.