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Turp coming up in Jan. how much body hair is shaved?

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barry5353
barry5353

Pre op appointment is Jan. 4th. have lots of questions.

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  • tim07875
    tim07875 barry5353

    Posted

    Had my TURP 10/13, no hair shaved at all.
    • barry5353
      barry5353 tim07875

      Posted

      thanks for the answer, are you in the US?  Looks like it depends on the Doctor.
  • Lion62878
    Lion62878 barry5353

    Posted

    Our bodies are different and my experience with TURP has not been good because the symptoms did not go away and the urologist want to do another TURP or bladder neck incision??? Right now I wonder If I needed the TURP in the first place. Given a second chance I would go for PAE because side effects of TURP are not good on sexual life. To cut the story short, For relief I am taking pumking seed not the oil while I think about going for PAE when I get the hospital fees. Pumpkin seed does give me relief but the problem is the taste and also taking it for long makes one feel nauseated at times. You might have to mix pumpkin seed with something like raisins or dried figs to make it tasty.So my advice is give some considerations to alternatives before your go for TURP.
    • kenneth1955
      kenneth1955 Lion62878

      Posted

      I wish men would look into other stuff before he has a doctor cut away at his body. A turp is to much to do too a man.  Please guys get other information   Ken
    • Lion62878
      Lion62878 kenneth1955

      Posted

      You are right but I resisted TURP for a full year and I had to give in because the symptoms were worsening with no improvement despite that I was on Tamsolin and later on Avodart. Unfortunately no improvement in symptoms after TURP. I do not know what to say next time I meet the same Urologist because when I tried to explain to him that there was no improvement 3 months after the procedure he could not take it.
    • kenneth1955
      kenneth1955 Lion62878

      Posted

      I would ask him did I really need a turp.  See what he would say.  Im glad I trust my urologist.  I had a urolift in April all was great.  He never said a think about a turp.  He told me that he thinks it is to  much done to a mans body.  He does not do it anymore.  There are to many other proedures to pick from.  Hope things get better for you   Ken
  • barry5353
    barry5353

    Posted

    It is all over, had the surgery on Jan 20th, I am doing great, came home after 2 1/2 days.  Cannot pickup anything over 5 lbs, and cannot drive for another week.  No hair was shaved.  

    Doing great, can already tell this was the right chose for me.  Already only getting up once at night.  

     

    • kenneth1955
      kenneth1955 barry5353

      Posted

      I'm glad your doing good and I hope you picked the right procedure.  To many side effects for me.  And I hope you don't have alot of bleeded ing a week.  I will say a prayer for you..Ken  
    • barry5353
      barry5353 kenneth1955

      Posted

      It has been one week I had no blood this morning and only got up once last night.
    • derek76
      derek76 barry5353

      Posted

      That is the way it should be but the sucessful patients probably do not post here.
    • kenneth1955
      kenneth1955 derek76

      Posted

      I am glad that he is not having alot of bleeding and I hope it helps him. But it has been posted on here that there has been a few that have alot of bleeding and other problems that they wish they had never done it.  But we all do what we feel is right for us.  Ken 
    • derek76
      derek76 kenneth1955

      Posted

      Here we get the ones wth problems from all procedures enen Urolift and PAE.
    • kenneth1955
      kenneth1955 derek76

      Posted

      Yes I know.  Every man is diffrent and not all procedure work the same on every man.  There has been alot of men that have had many procedures and I think you are one of there that the first one did not work.  We have to get all the information we can and hope we pick the right one with our doctors help.  But we may the final decision.  Have a good day Derek  
    • derek76
      derek76 kenneth1955

      Posted

      Both of mine worked with quick recovery but they did not stop my prostate from continuing to grow. It would seem that PAE is the only one that will/should do so,
    • kenneth1955
      kenneth1955 derek76

      Posted

      Yes that is the only procedure that will do that. But sometime it does not work.   Take care  Ken
    • barry5353
      barry5353 kenneth1955

      Posted

      I do want to let all know that I am 62 yrs old, in generally good health, I am drinking the recommended 4 pts of water each day and think that is why my recovery is going so well.  I also drank alot of water in the hospital because my catherter had to be flushed once and I was sure that wasn't going to happen again, it hurt. badddd.
    • derek76
      derek76 barry5353

      Posted

      Four pints is not nearly enough, who rwcommended that?

      I was drinking 3 litres after my PVP and was told to cut it down to about 1.7l litres.

      American studies refer to research into the ‘8x8’ rule, which promotes drinking at least eight 8-oz glasses of water a day (1.9 litres). This is much more than  the ‘about 6-8 glasses’ (1.2 litres) of fluid a day advocated by the UK government.

    • barry5353
      barry5353 derek76

      Posted

      it was in my post op instructions,  I was always told to drink half of your body weight in oz of water.  That is more than enough for men.
    • derek76
      derek76 barry5353

      Posted

      So if I weigh 168 lbs how much water should I drink?
    • derek76
      derek76 barry5353

      Posted

      Right allowing for the difference/confusion in US and UK weights and measures that seems to be 2.2L and about what I drink.
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