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

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ChuckP
ChuckP

I had a nice conversation today with the President of the "Urology Times". He was telling me that there is a "New Procedure" that has been approved called the "REZUM SYSTEM".  The company that makes the system is called "NXThera, Inc".  You can google them up and lots of stuff comes up.  I called them for a referral and they gave me a Doctor in Minnepolis that has done it over 50 times now.  I called his nurse and she said he would call me back and answer my questions on monday.  As you guys probably know Doctors are not very good at returning calls but we'll see what happens.  Iam not very good at explaining how the procedure works but basically they take the device and put it up the uretha and vaporize the prostate cells which kills them.  It works with high pressure "steam" that at a certain degree will kill the prostate tissue.  My question for you guys is there anybody out there that has had it done to them and how are you getting along and are there "side effects", etc etc?????

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  • oldbuzzard
    oldbuzzard ChuckP

    Posted

    No retro for me at all. That part was fine on day 2
    • Smudgit
      Smudgit oldbuzzard

      Posted

      Dear Oldbuzzard ,

      Thank you for you informative contributions to this blog .

      I had a ten injection Rezum performed about 11 weeks ago and have excellent results on the urinary front .

      Sexually i was fine up until about week 8-9 when I noticed a diminished sensation when climaxing and then noticed little or no ejaculate . I was surprised as all had been normal two weeks before .

      Since then I am having mixed results with the climax becoming more like normal and some ejaculate and I feel like the prostate is in a restoration phase and I have hope that it may yet return to normal .

      I have seen you mention RE a few times and would like to know your experience on this .

      thanks

  • ray25595
    ray25595 ChuckP

    Posted

    Gents -- 24 hours ago I had this procedure performed at Metro Urology in Woodbury. MN. Metro is in the Twin Cities metro area as is the manufacturer of the equipment (Maple Grove) -- Metro was one of the very first facilities to be "greenlighted" to perform this procedure and today, as far as I know, it is still the only facility in the upper midwest performing Rezum. My attending doctor has been with MU since 1981 and has already performed hundreds of these. procedures

    My prostate is 40% enlarged and, it seems for at least 6-7 years, I have been up 3-4 times nightly and urinate numerous times during the day -- certainly more frequently than the typical man my age.

    My uroligist and family doctor have, over the years, prescribed every medicine known to man with very few/no  satisfctory, long-term results.  Recently, more or less out of desperation, I visited my urologist fully expecting that he would be prescribing some new "cocktail" of meds or, worse, recommend one of the other more invasive/radical procedures some have mentioned earlier on in this thread -- which I was not about to submit to. Surprisingly, two minutes into the discussion he offered a totally new procedure (Rezum) that was being performed with a great deal of success by one of his longterm colleagues and performed on an outpatient basis at their Woodbury facility.

    The night before the procedure I stumbled upon this site and, after reading it from start to finish, I was seriously tempted to cancel the appointment and, dueing the drive to Woodbury, I was still not sure I would see it through. As ot this sitting, however, I am happy I did not cancel.

    As advertised, the session was 30 minutes in duration -- I drove home afterward and stopped for lunch with my wife enroute.

    Without doubt, the most painful part of the process was the adminstration of the local anasthetic as it is injected directly into the prostate. The "vaporizing" of the prostate tissue itself was very tolerable and,for me at least, nothing like the sensation/pain others here have described.. Severl hours after the procedure I had absolutely no pain -- I did take 2 EX Tylenol in anticipation of pain when the local wore off but that never happened and I have taken nothing since.

    I have a few days lefi of the anti-biotic prescribed befor/after the procedure. The other side effects you can anrticipate are listed elsewhere. but I am experiencing none of them.

     I am needing to self-catheter (no bag), however, and that is somewhat of a pain and inconvenience but if the results are as advertised, it will all be more than worthwhile.

    In the "for what it is worth" category, I was up twice last night -- not the 3 or 4 times as previous so off to a good start.

    Happy peein' to all.

    • ChuckP
      ChuckP ray25595

      Posted

      Ray;  THANK YOU very much for the info.  Sounds like things are going extremely well for you.  Praise the Lord.  "Please" lets keep in touch.  I would love to hear from you over the next few weeks and months to see if you continue to have these great results.  Again, I truly thank you.   ChuckP
    • tonyynot
      tonyynot ray25595

      Posted

      Well I'm 9 days out from the Rezum.  5 days with catherer and now 4 days without.  Monday morning I was getting ready to take out the catherer and was sitting on the john when a bolt of lightning hit 20' in the back of our house.  Yep, scared the s..t out of me.  Fried 2 ac's and some other stuff.  Anyway, since procedure and discarding the catherer, not much help, maybe worse for now.  Hopefully will get better.  Sorry for the delayed response, but the lightning knocked out my internet access.  Will continue to post.

       

    • oldbuzzard
      oldbuzzard tonyynot

      Posted

      It's been 5 weeks for me now and its only been in the past couple of days that I'm back to where I was before the procedure. I'm actually probably a bit better than that now. Doc told me that for a typical patient, they don't nitoce improvement for at least 3 weeks and that most of the benefit shows itself in weeks 6-12. He thinks my procblem was more bladder related (two sprays were very close and he thinks may have shocked it into non response) than prostate, but either way, I'm on the mend and probably better than when i went in at 5 weeks. A long haul to be sure - i'll keep everyone posted.
    • ChuckP
      ChuckP oldbuzzard

      Posted

      Thank You "Oldbuzzard" for the update.  I have been thinking about you.  As I have said before you went thru alot of hell with this procedure.  I hope and pray that it works for you.
    • k49701
      k49701 ray25595

      Posted

      Hi Ray, I realize your post is 3 yrs old, and the odds of you seeing my question are slim. I live in Twin Cities and am wondering who performed your surgery. Thank you, Kenny in Champlin

    • raygar13
      raygar13 k49701

      Posted

      Dawn Scarzella in south florida. key points to the procedure. finesteride 2 weeks prior along with antibiodics 5 days prior. catheter 3.5 days. 15 injections. no bleeding no pain. ipss 22 to 8. not a a beginner but not an expert at rezum. 2 injections to medium lobe. I am not perfect but much better and more in control of urination urgency and leaking. any questions let me know

  • HillcoGunsmith
    HillcoGunsmith ChuckP

    Posted

    I'm scheduled for Rezum next week, but I'm concerned. I am a corporate pilot and I'm worried about working with this going on.
    • oldbuzzard
      oldbuzzard HillcoGunsmith

      Posted

      Here's what the company told me about the clinical trial when I had problems - most people took 2-7 days to be able to funtion without a catheter. No one took more than 10 days. I took about 3 weeks and at 5 1/2 weeks I'm functional, but depending on the day, not always as good as I was the day I went in.

      I'm clearly an outlier - the 2 percenter you never think you're gonna be when looking at the odds of a problem. My Doc says that most of the improvement comes in weeks 6-12. If you can function at work with a self cath, you'll be fine, even if you end up with results like mine. They make small, pre-lubed disposable ones that you can be pretty discrete with if the worst happens - but almost everyone is at least funtional within 7-10 days.

      One piece of advice - the procedure was quite uncomfortable and at times very painful - quick enough, but if I had known I would have asked to be twilighted for it as it was more unpleasant than I was led to expect.

    • ray25595
      ray25595 HillcoGunsmith

      Posted

      Sir -- I get your apprehension -- totally normal. As I said in the previous post I made, I made the mistake of checking out this site the night before my procedure and, based on what I read, I was tempted to call and cancel. However, I have been dealing with this peeing issue for years and was at the point where I was up 3-4 times/night on avearage and decided it was well past the time to do something -- anything -- to get it resolved. The one thing I knew was I was not going to have any cutting/slicing done and I sure wasn't going the "Roto-Rooter" route as some have done. When I visited my urologist of the past 7 years he gave me the quick "middle finger" exam (my prostate was 40% enlarged) and promptly said there was a totally new procedure (ReZume) they were performing in their clinic and he highly recommended it -- I trust this man (how could you not trust a guy who has middle fingered you numerous times in the past?) so I signed up on the spot. Without doubt, the worst part of the procedure was the administration of the anesthetic -- done with a long needle. The procedure itslf was, for me at least, almost totally painless. As others have indicated, from start to finish it took less than 30 mins.

      This is the start of my 10th day and I am still using the cath, although I can start a short flow by "pumping" as others have suggested and I do feel like I am on the cusp of breaking through the jam/dam. I am able to go 4-5 hours between sessions and I am now up only once nightly -- huge improvement. -- I don't know how long your typical flight segments are but I would not be concerned about bringing the "eqpt" on board as, as others have said, it is very discrete, pliable, etc. 

      I don't know what you are flying but -- is there a potty on board?  If so, you are in business as this process takes less than 4 minutes.  If not, you can self adminster right in the captains seat -- or in the FO seat for that matter -- a bath towel to sit on might be a good idea as well as a Gator-ade bottle -- with a tight fitting cap -- to drain the catheter into. Who's to know? If you have male co-pilots, I'm sure they will be sympathetic to your cause -- if you have female co-pilots, that presents another whole set of challenges but -- when a man's gotta go he's gotta go!

      I am an AARP volunteer teaching the Safe Driver class to the old farts.  I have had 2 eight hour classes this past week done in the standing position which, for me at least, brings on the "urge" much more quickly than when in the sitting position (another thing you have going for you).I made it to break-time with no problems at all -- all the essentials fit neatly into a sealable sandwich bag -- including one of my wife's compact make-up mirrors for "just in case scenarios".

      Good luck with the procedure -- many more happy landings and, as always, happy pee'in.

    • HillcoGunsmith
      HillcoGunsmith ray25595

      Posted

      Thank you, sir.  I fly a Gulfstream, has a great potty.

      I'm hoping to speak with the doc tomorrow about twilighting, or whatever for the pain.

      I don't know how enlarged mine is, but I'm 62 and usually get up 2 times per night.

      I'll keep yall informed.

    • HillcoGunsmith
      HillcoGunsmith ray25595

      Posted

      I had the Rezum done and cateter out at day 5. I feel great, just waiting for the effect to kick in.  The procedure was pretty painful for me, but was so quick that I could handle it.

      Sleeping with the cath was a pain, but it's out now.

      I was getting erections in the middle of the night! Weird.

      Hope it all works out for you....

      Jim

    • edo_85551
      edo_85551 HillcoGunsmith

      Posted

      i had the cathater in for 4 days I didn't think it was that painful . The funny thing is that I have had the same reaction which you are having . I'am 64 years old and still get a Boner at night . Imagine that !!

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