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tom512836
tom512836

Hello. my name is Tom and I'm from the US.  (Hope that's OK)  I'm 77 and 20+ years ago I had a disasterous TURP.  A real butcher job.  I was hemoraging for 20+ days, I was completely incontenente for 4-5 months, retrograde ejack, etc.

On top of all this I could tell the doctor wanted dump me as a patient as fast as he could.  In spite of all this I finally regained control and recovered. (NO THANKS to the SOB that operated on me.)

Fast forward to 2016.  I saw symptoms returning over last few years and were held at bay by Flomax and Avodart.  But this year meds started to fail and a few weeks ago I went into complete retention so for 2 weeks I was married to a foley catheter.  Yesterday, Thursday April 7, I had the green light laser treratment.  It was an out patient procedure.  I left for home around 2:00 PM with a cath that's going to be removed this coming Monday.

When I came home yesterday my prostate area was in god awful pain.  I took ONLY ONE of the pain pills prescribed for me.  I could see by the color of the urine in the bag(s) that I was bleeding. (Which was to be expected)

Here's the strange part:  Around 10:30 PM last night I realized that  ALL pain and discomfort were completely gone and this morning, April 8, the urine is just a light yellow with NO TRACE of blood!

IT IS AS IF NOTHING EVER HAPPENED YESTERDAY!  Have any of you ever heard of this (seemingly) rapid recovery?

I'm a little concerned about what will happen Monday when the cath is removed.  The surgeon says I'll need pelvic training/rehab due to the damage to sphincters caused by first op.  I got them to work the first time with sheer determination.  I hope I don't have to go down that road again.

Are any of you are familiar with this speedy recovery situation?  I'd love to hear about your experiences/suggestions.

Thank you.

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  • lester90053
    lester90053 tom512836

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    You are lucky. My Green Light 4 years ago was as bad as your TURP. It took me almost a year to recover. About a year ago I was in an auto accident and retention returned for 8 months. Then I started urinating again at about 75 percent of normal and it has remained that way.
    • lester90053
      lester90053 kenneth1955

      Posted

      Ken,

      When retention recurred they wanted me to undergo TURP. I opted for a case of 360 intermittent catheters, Fortunately I have not had to use a single one.

    • kenneth1955
      kenneth1955 lester90053

      Posted

      I feel your pain. Went into retention a month ago.  It was caused by my blood thinner.  Had 3 blood clogs around by prostate one broke.  Was in the hospital for 3 days had a 24 hour flush after surgery to burn them.  .  6000CC of saline going through my bladder ever 2 hours.  The bladder spasms were the pits.  Take care  Ken  
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