REZUM--HAVE YOU HAD THIS DONE???????

i just had Rezum 15 days ago. June 3rd 2021. im still healing, but feel hopeful that ill be there soon. ill keep updating.

My father had this operation February 2021 and following the procedure, he had various catheter problems. He wasn't releasing the requested volume of fluid so the catheter stayed In place for a few weeks, whilst in place, subsequent infections occurred, blood in urine etc. Again the catheter was removed and had to be refitted after 3 days. He had his follow up appoint 3 months later and even after saying about the infections, etc, he was discharged. From the time of the procedure, his general health started to go down hill. Fatigue, reoccurring infections in various parts of the body, aching joints and muscle pain, night sweats, weight loss, swelling of his feet and hands and chills. This contained and gradually got so severe they suspected Cancer so was referred to a rapid diagnostic team. Scans followed and a various tests where they finally diagnosed him 3 weeks ago with rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia. Given the extreme pain he was in, this didn't ring true and 1 week ago he had shortness of breath where an ambulance was called. Again, his body was riddled with various infections and they couldn't get a grip of the situation with antibiotics. More tests followed and finally a heart scan. It now has been found that my father has subacute Endocarditis (infection of the aortic valve) and the doctors has said most probable cause..... the length of time the catheter was in, infections he had from it after the procedure. My dad and family have been through 6 months of hell from this procedure and now waiting to see what long term damage it has done to his heart. STAY WELL AWAY FROM THIS

I had Rezum done 7/8/21, its now 4 weeks post procedure and it seem to have worked as i am able to pee normally. I now have no sex drive, not able to get hard, so very upset.

Very angry and upset with the outcome as i would rather have continued with self catheterizing than loose sexual functions. now I'm depressed by the whole situation

Don't have it complete nightmare.

Many problems coming out now

I had it and have been in terrible pain for 2 months, eventually had TURP which in 12hrs amazing difference in quality of life

Had the procedure Oct 19. went well not too painful cath for 5 days. 2yrs and the symptoms are returning. might do.it again.

rezum done on 9/23/21.

ABSOLUTE AGONY!! Done with no anasthesia at all, except for the prostate block and ultrasound, which was very painful on its own. 6 injections and median lobe too. Catheter for 3 days, removed at home.

since then, 3 weeks now, im in agony. Extremely painful to urinate, im going about 20+ times a day, each time is more painful than the next. Barely sleeping, 3-4 hours a night and i spend the day in pain.

Finally got an appt with the doc who did it yesterday, totally unsympathetic. He was more concerned to tell me that he has "done over 100 of the rezum procedures and have never seen or heard of anyone recovering 3 weeks later. Everyone recovers within 2-3 days."

I referred to this forum and the thousands of similar comments here. Basically, it seems that initial recovery is about 2-6 weeks. He then told me "guess you have 3 weeks of recovery left then." He suggested motrin as an anti inflamitory and told me itll heal over time.

Maybe the final result will be good, time will tell, till then, go into this with eyes wide open. Very painful and very long and painful recovery.

unfortunately I experienced having retroejaculation after the Rezūm procedure. My urologist and PA both minimized the possibility of this taking place and pretty much made a joke of it. I have not only experienced that, but I have also been having severe painful urination every since having the surgery. when I say painful, I mean growling and grabbing onto something. they tell me it's due to bladder spasms. No they give me pills to help with bladder spasms. So much for trying to avoid pills. This has been a nightmare for me.

didn't work for me at all, matter of fact, it totally broke all penis functions, still pee a weak stream, stream will go hard left or right, super urgency, no more sex, (i was fine before procedure) cannot get an erection even with 100mg Viagra, all kinds of urination issues, burning, peeing one self (now over 30 times)

cannot go out and drink any more, and always have to pee when I sit for a while, and get up. Have to run to bathroom, and many times I leak quite a bit while trying to get to a facility.

I should have never, ever got this "procedure" it completely took me out of being "social" with a woman. Lost my wife, took a girl on a cruise, and had Viagra, though I was going to be good. She broke up the morning after we got home. The DR doesn't want to hear about it, acts like this is all normal and gets mad if I ask any questions. I'm sure I'll be wearing diapers soon.

No attorneys will bring a lawsuit either. What's going on??

you can contact me 252-241-9958 Rich P.

Thought I would Share my Rezum experience.

Had it done Nov 2021. Cost was $6k Can.

Procedure was in a clinic and I had twilight anaestesia. Catheter for 7 days.

Upon catheter removal, my flow was considerably better. After two weeks, I had better flow but I felt like I had a UTI...pain and burning during urination. Went to emerg and got antibiotics. Two weeks later, symptoms still persisted. Went to doctor, got blood and urine tested... and no UTI.

Urine flow started to get worse as time passed. Three months later, flow is terrible with increased frequency and physical discomfort. (Strong urgency to pee, increased frequency, less volume, and burning sensation in urinary tract near end of voiding.)

After three months, flow would stop uncontrolably midstream and some pain in urinary tract. On five occasions, chunks of brown tissue found in urine. Size varies from couple millimeters to over 1/2 inch. Some flow improvement immediately after but shortlived. Very nervous and in process of seeking medical attention. I will update.

I was all set to schedule my Rezum treatment today and went with my final questions. So I did not realize how many people have had issues and long recovery times. The main question which stopped me was whether there was evidence of ED (erectile dysfunction). I saw where a doctor was recently reporting that a study found that men who already had evidence of erectile dysfunction had progressively more after Rezum. But he claimed that those men who did not have issues before did not have any after treatment. The nurse I asked at the Urologists office said the there are reports of 13% erectile dysfunction after the procedure. With it being that high I am surprised that a word search on this thread did not bring up any results.

I have 64cc now and she suggested that I would get just 6 shots with 3 in each side lobe. I do not have any significant median lobe. So I suggested that to reduce the risk of nerve damage I would request just 4 shots (2 in each lateral lobe). So much less that I am reading but my volume is relatively low.

I will likely put it off for some time. My goal is to stop the flomax every night. I have just started self cath and was successful on the 3rd try. Just a drop of blood in there and burning for a half hour to an hour after with urge to go but already empty. So I have some confidence I am not headed to the ER with blockage. Worst case I find that it takes 20 to 25 minutes some nights to start the flow but this is rare.

Anyway, are there any reports here of erectile dysfunction after Rezum? By the way, I think the coude tip cut the urethra so I used the rounded tip. Maybe I should look for a really soft coude tip.