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junior82967
junior82967

has anyone else had this op ?????

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  • colin27427
    colin27427 junior82967

    Posted

    I was on here back some weeks ago as i was having trouble passing my water.It was like i was peeing razor blades and in pain. I went back to the clinic a few times and until i saw a urologist my problem was solved. He did a rectal and scheduled a systostipic. and that is not the proper spelling. Its went he takes out the cathater and places another instruement up your penis and checks around. He did take a piopsy of my bladder but noticed on his camera that my prostate was enlarged. As soon as i got a good report on my bladder we scheduled a turp for next week. I am a snow bird and the insurance was sitting on it so i decided to go for it and pay up front.They gave me an excellent rate and i am happy to say the insurance did get back to me after the operation with full coverage. I was in the clinic at 9 am and out by 2 pm as my wife drove the car. I a little bleedind for 24 to 48 hours but no pain as i did not want anything.After a week i was raking out side around the yard and planting grass. I am only lifting light things. I did loose 15 pounds since all this started over a month ago.Its was Jan.3 that my problem started with a low psa. count I was surprised to say the least that it was actually my prostate causing all my problems. Hope this success story helps. cheers colin
    • howard50192
      howard50192 colin27427

      Posted

      Good news colin I'm so glad things went well for you.

      kind regards

      Howard.

  • robbiekw
    robbiekw junior82967

    Posted

    a mesg to all men ..

    i need to have some type of procedure done.. i have to pee every couple of hours ... day and night ... my god it's frustrating ..

    however . my burning question (no pun intened)  to all who've had some type of procedure done is:

    Any problems with the dreaded ED ?  

    do you have a normal (each is different) sex life again .. i've read stories about nerve damage from inexperienced docs. ..or ones that aren't careful enough ..any and all comments welome !! 

    • mike88486
      mike88486 robbiekw

      Posted

      I think the only procedure that doesn't have a risk of ED is prostatic artery embolization.  
    • wally5
      wally5 robbiekw

      Posted

      Try to stretch your bladder and dont go to the toilet too quickly. That is what my one urologist are saying as the bladder gets too strong if you dont give it a chance too stretch and shrink enough. wait till it is full and then make it as empty as you can as quickly as you can when you urinate.

      I had the turp and I wish I never had it done as I just have no enjoyable climax. I will warn everybody too postpone it as much as possible as my life is a disaster after the TURP and I was one of the happiest people in the world. And after its done they will give you viagra and testosterone if you tell them that you dont have an enjoyable climax and to be honest  ive never had a good climax after the TURP. My urologist told me to get another urologist but he was the one who told me before the TURP that ive got nothing to worry about as the sex and everything will be the same. Now that I tell him its not the same he dont want me to see him again but he was the one lying to me.  

    • peter09839
      peter09839 wally5

      Posted

      Hi Wally

      I am 100% in agreement with you. I wish I never had the TURP operation as my marriage has been adversely effected with the sexual problems you have identified. If I had known about this website 18 months ago I would have been better informed to make the right decision. All the very best. Peter

    • howard50192
      howard50192 peter09839

      Posted

      Just as a matter of interest to both you and wally5, if your life was so ok

      then why have the Turp ?

    • howard50192
      howard50192 robbiekw

      Posted

      I had on November the 21st 2014 and I have no problems at all, no ED & no retro. I guess like many hundreds of others I have been lucky.

      kind regards

      Howard.

    • howard50192
      howard50192

      Posted

      should have read.

      I had a Turp on November the 21st 2014 and I have no problems at all, no ED & no retro. I guess like many hundreds of others I have been lucky.

      kind regards

      Howard.

    • howard50192
      howard50192

      Posted

      this is from the NHSdirect web site:

      Pros and cons

      The main advantage of having a TURP is that it is effective in relieving the symptoms of prostate enlargement and improving quality of life.

      In one survey, around 9 out of 10 men said they were happy they had chosen to have the surgery.

      A common disadvantage is that men lose the ability to ejaculate semen out of their penis during sex or masturbation, although they still have the physical pleasure associated with ejaculation (the climax). This is known as retrograde ejaculation and can occur in as many as 9 out of 10 cases.

    • wally5
      wally5 howard50192

      Posted

      The physical pleasure in my case is definitely not the same and if 9 out of ten people are happy then I think my urologist could have told me about the one out of ten that are unhappy. I also dont really believe the medical  surveys. I honestly think that if you take my case:, I was 49 and I was still sleeping through the night without having to urinate, and then my doctor did a bloodtest and send me to a urologist as my psa was too high. 3.8. The urologist visit was no longer than 20 minutes and he told me to book into the hospital for the turp as I have an enlarged prostate. I wont ejaculate anymore but the sex and the feeling will be exactly the same.  I asked him if there was any other way to deal with it as I just couldnt imagine myself having a climax without ejaculating. Just the idea was bad to me. He told me that those other things dont work and everything will be exactly the same he also told me to hurry up. As I didnt know wheather it was prostate cancer or what, I did the operation . So I trusted him as he is a specialist but believe me nothing could be further from the truth when I had my first climax  a month after the TURP. What I find so strange is that surveys shows 9 out of 10 men are happy but Ive talked to 4 people who had the TURP and all 4 are not happy at all. When I told my urologist I will bring him the only 4 peolple that I know who had the TURP and they can tell him they are not happy he ddnt even respond. So I have a problem  with socalled  surveys because I think there are a lot of important things to know like age , good sex life before the TURP because If me and my partner only have sex about once in six months then a climax is priobably not something very important in my life.

      All I want to do is to warn the so called 1 out of ten to avoid such a disaster from happening because if I knew that I will never enjoy a good climax the way I did before the operation then I would never have done the TURP. Think about it . No good sex after 49 and if my urologist tryed something elsebefore the TURP then  I might have at least a few extra years of good sex.

    • peter09839
      peter09839 howard50192

      Posted

      Hi Howard

      Nearly 2 years ago I told my GP that I get up 2-4 times to pee and can't sleep through the night and could not pee on the plane even after 5 hours and with a full bladder. He examined me and said I have an enlarged prostate and gave me pills (fenestiride and Tamsulosin). I took those pills for 18 months. I went back to my GP and said there is no improvement and he referred me to a urologist. I had sone tests done on my bladder pee volume and check if empty with a scan and a scan on size of prostate. The specialist suggested the problem is the size of the urethra pipe gets smaller due to build up just like water pipes and the prostate was enlarged. He said the TURP operation would clean up the urethra pipe and sample of the prostate would be taken for biopsy and check for cancer. I was told about the RE and sex problems that effected a small number of patients who have the operation. I decided to go ahead with the hope of improving the duration of peeing at night and on the plane and also to check for cancer. After the TURP it was confirmed that my prostate did not have cancer but the peeing at night continued and I haven't as yet flown since the operation. The sex problem is greater than I anticipated and echo wally5's experiences. The main concern is the percentage or RE and semen production after the TURP operation. I believe it is a very high % and very common.An NHS report by British Assoc. of urological surgeons on TURP stated greater than 1 in 10 for poor erections (impotence in approx 14%),and no semen is produced after an orgasm in approx.75%. This figures are rather disturbing and for me the fact that I still get up in the night to pee 2-4 times there has been little improvement from having the operation. Regards Peter

    • derek76
      derek76 peter09839

      Posted

      The build up in the urethra to slow down flow is something that in 20 years of prostate growth and seeing many urologists in that time is a new one to me.  
    • wally5
      wally5 howard50192

      Posted

      I had the TURP because  my urologist told me to have one and when I asked him if there is any other alternative he told me "no those other things dont work, and dont worry the sex and the feeling will be exactly the same, you just wont ejaculate anymore." I had the idea from him that it was rather urgent. You know Im not a doctor and I didnt know weather it was cancer or what. That is why we are going to doctors and specialists is to hear what is  the problem and what to do about it.  And thats why I think that it should be the responsabilaty of the urologist to inform a patient very well about all the methods before they do an operation and not only of the one that he can do or the one that will be the best for his bank balance

      After the operation is done and Ive realised thet I will never ever enjoy a good climax in my life again then Ive also realisd that there is nothing that I can so exept to warn other people about it. Ive heared a urologist on a TV program the other day about prostate procedures and he said that it is important that patients should be fully informed.   

    • derek76
      derek76 wally5

      Posted

      They would not do a TURP if you had prostate cancer.
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