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

THERE is information on aquablation on the internet 3 study's  It may be better in a way but it is just another way of doing a TURP.  Information is hard to understand  Ken  

I did not have Rezum (I had FLA) but the same should apply - the surgeon told me to expect ups and downs for the first few months. I think you should go back to Rapaflo or maybe better Tamsulosin since it's much cheaper, and give your prostate a chance to heal and not ut too much stress on the bladder. Tamsulosin does not always cause RE.

Regarding RE, I have a friend who had Green Light surgery, he thought he had RE but said normal ejaculations came back after a while. He said he masturbated a lot with the theory that it would force it to come back, I don't know if that is just a coincidence, I can;t think of a reason that would help. If I remember someone else who had Rezum reported that normal ejaculations came back eventually, so don't give up.

As for your flow, the procedure only STARTS to work at 30 days. You will likely improve a lot in the next two months. You have post procedure swelling and quite possibly some shock to your bladder as well. My guess is that within 2 or 3 weeks, your flow will be much better than before the procedure. The variability in flow happened to me too. If you have bladder issues too, then they may never end - for me when its good everything is normal, when bad, its a bit of a strain but way better and more manageable than before.

As for RE - I had complete RE at the 4 week point and it got slowly better. Not like before, but not dry either. Your condition will probably be markedly better in a month.

I am sorry that you are having a problem.  Your prostate went through a lot so give it some time.  It is going to take time for the Rapiflo to get out of your body.  What Mike is saying is right.  It will take a few months to get back to normal.  I know a few years ago when my doctor told me to try Flomax.  It took me 3 weeks to get my ejaculation back.  Thank God.  Mike you and I have had all different procedure and we all look for the same results.  Give your body a change to heal.  Remember we are all made up of the same parts but we all heal at different rates.  Good luck and let us know    Ken 

A couple of things:

1) It sounds as though you might have a UTI - all of your symptoms could be explained by that. If you haven't been checked for one, I would do so ASAP. Usually they resolve within a couple of days with an antibiotic - but they have to culture it, so its a few days til they get the results back.

2) Rezum doesn't START working for 30 days and most of the benefits come between 6-12 weeks. I couldn't pee better than when I went in for 6 weeks but it got much better. 

You'll probably be much better soon - but check on the UTI - it could be your entire problem

I had the Rezum procedure done last December 2016..Let me tell you I thought the Doctor messes up on me I thought he must have used too much steam, or he must have let someone in training do the procedure while I was out.

I did not know the reason I was bleeding badly for days, it hurt to pee for days and weeks ,I was given Rapaflo ,that plugged up my nasal cavity and I could not breath so I stop taking it..

I figured I must have a UTI so I ask for medication for that. My Doctor said your the only one that is having this type of difficulty weeks after the procedure.  

We are all built different heal at different rates also some of are bodies do not like being prone with anything. I was saying to myself why did I do this surgery it was the worse.I even went out looking for a new Doctor to see if the last one did something wrong. Still after three months i had issues..I just well I guess i have to live with this.Now after 6 months I have no issues ,I sleep all night I do not have to get up to go to the rest room.NO PAIN AT ALL..I can go half the day without going to the bathroom..

After the surgery about 2 weeks I would wake up like a 17 year old with an erection and still do in the morning...( I would say  im alive im alive)

My body just took longer to recover from the surgery, but looking back now from where I was and then the rewards are great now as they say no pain no gain so to speak..My flow is good,I empty my bladder ,as before I would have to stand for 5 minutes it seem waiting to see am I empty.. My problems did go away for a moment but came back like full force but I was told scare tissue may have been discarding itself..

In all it was the worse I;ve experience but it turned out to be the best thing after it was all said and done.

I think im that one percent that may have issues when it comes to surgery afterwards.

That is wonderful to hear!

Everyone heals differently; part of it is likely a factor of initial prostate size, and extent and type of symptoms you had preoperatively

I keep patients on tamsulosin for 90 days after the procedure.

Most healing is done by day 90, but results can continue to improve beyond 6 months.

I called my urologist Friday morning to inform the nurse I was having this bad shooting pain and burning when I urinated and that at nearly 55 day into this I am not any better I am worse. She said to get right in as they were closing at noon on Friday and I may have an infection. My urine did not show an infection but the urologist has put me on levofloxacin for 10 days. The urologist did not say much or really want to talk to me, he just said its too early to expect an improvement I need to wait. See you in 30 days.

This may turn out to be the case, but I must say, how is it that after nearly 60 days am I not better to some degree? How could I now be having this pain and discomfort.  All of this improvement is just going to happen over night? Cause I am only 30 days after from that magic 90 day mark they keep talking about.

Thanks for the input and advise - John

Dear JCL.  I feel sorry for you going through more then you have to.  Maybe this procedure needs more trail to improve it.  No man should have to go through 90 days of pain after going through problems of not being able to go to the bathroom.  I would think you should have some improvement by 30 days.  That is why we have these procedures done.  I hope these get better for you soon.  I never have a problem not hearing or seeing my urologist he all ways makes time for me.  Right now my prostate is the only thing that is working right.  Went through a bunch of test last week and this week the same.  Checking for caner  Have a good day if you can    Ken 

JerseyUrologyGR - have you had patients at 60 days post procedure still not improved and having the challenges I am?

Tomorrow will mark 60 days post Rezum. You may have already read from my previous posts that I have not benefited from having the Rezum procedure to date - in fact I am worse then before the procedure even at 60 days in.

I am still suffering from this weird pain even after receiving antibiotics a week ago from my urologist. Flow sucks!

I am still suffering from a numbed feeling during intercourse and have really not had much interest in sex since the procedure. I was suffering from retro-dry ejaculations so I stopped the Rapaflo and 2 weeks later still dry.

However yesterday day 59 I tried the pipes out and got pure bright red blood. This was fresh blood. Not think brown old blood. So I have no idea what that means.

Maybe I am still healing and nothing has been absorbed so I have benefited and in this next month things will begin to change, This is my hope. But part of me says that at 60 days to not be even a slight bit improvement is  sign that this procedure was not right for me and may have caused an even bigger problem or more problems than I was experiencing.

Have any of you that had this done  - had this take this long and still not have a benefit (60 days) in?

Thanks

You are still in the healing period, but most men will have had some improvement certainly by now.

I would consult your doctor and have them check a flow test and a bladder scan.

I was an unusually slow healer (couldn't pee at all for over 2 weeks, couldn't pee well for 6), but at 8 weeks I was doing well and better than prior to the procedure. By week 5 all of the blood was gone, I never had any pain after 4 weeks and what I had was what my doc told me to expect (urgency and burning while peeing).

Either the procedure wasn't performed properly, something isn't healing correctly or both. At 60 days you should be pain and blood free and you should be peeing better than before. I don't know how they diagnosed you (maybe you said in an earlier post), or whether you doc has much experience performing Rezum. But if he doesn't have good answers, you might want to consider finding another doc who has done a lot of these and get his/her advice on where to go from here. You want to avoid scar tissue and fissures which sound like possibilities at this point. But I would find out:

1) Was the procedure done properly? Or is your problem due to something done that shouldn't have been.

2) What exactly is causing this? You probably need to go through a painful scope so that a doc can look at your prostate and bladder and see what's going on. Could be as simple as an untreated infection. Did your doc culture your urine, or just prescribe an antibiotic by guessing? 

They had me come in last Friday and they did check my urine for an infection. The result was that I do not have a bladder infection, but I could an infection in the prostate and this is why he was going to prescribe the antibiotic. When I told him of all the issues I was having he said its just too early to expect results I that I needed to be patient. This urologist was actually recommended to me by Rezum. I emailed the company and asked who was the most experience urologist in pinellas county and this is how they recommended. I was originally seeing a much younger urologist that was to perform the procedure but he did not want to do a prostate block or offer pain meds which I found unacceptable so I email Rezum's corporate office and they got right back to me and said who to use and they did recommend my younger dr. has he had no experience and was being trained in the procedure.

They did a bladder scan last friday and said I was empty and to be patient It was still too early for me to expect to see much if any improvement. This urologist came highly recommended by Rezum themselves as the most experienced urologist with Rezum in the pInellas county area.

I do and have called, but its just a nurse that calls back and she just says be patient which I guess really is all I can do. Thank you Doctor!