Turp experience and questions

I self cathed for about 3.5 years before getting medial lobe resected with TURP. Had foley cath in for 2 days and took it out two weeks ago. First 10 days were fairly easy with minimal bleeding. Lost my first scab 3 nights ago and bleeding heavy at night. Still taking 5 mg Terazosin. The rose wine pee is quite unnerving. I saw plenty of improvement, my pvr was solid 200 ml for 3.5 years of cathing. My max recorded was 500 ml. I have voided 400+ so far before the bleeding started. I am going to be as inactive as possible.

Me experience with turp and bladder neck incursion has been dreadful. First 2 month i had pain, yes 2 month. Next 2 month ive got urgency to urinate and some nights cannot sleep. Woke up more than 30 times last night, this isnt an over statement. Urgency is constant and I cant live my life. I am at month 4 now and I doubt it will get better without other procedures. Also suffering from retrograde ejaculation which makes you inferior and feel like crap. Wish I never had TURP

I an 55 and had my TURP 10 days ago, so far so good. Great flow, urgency and pain are both miles better than pre-surgery. A bit of discomfort in the perineum, but nothing a regular tylenol cant handle.

Ironically, for the weeks leading up to the surgery I was completely focused (and worried) about improving my urinary symptoms. Now they are out of the way, my brain has switched to worrying about RE (which I wasn't even thinking of before). I have read both extremes - a handout from my specialist saying it makes no difference, all the way to horror stories about how ruins the fun. Can anyone comment from experience on this?

I think there will be a lot of people like me reading research on the best treatment for BPH so thought I would share my own experiences from a couple if years back based in UK. I had been suffering from BPH for a number of years with weak flow and difficulty urinating and was on medication that initially proved helpful but less effective over time. I then went in for a hernia operation which involves a catheter insertion and suffered urinary retention post-op. (Note I subsequently discovered this is not uncommon for men with enlarged prostates so consider this if you have BPH and surgery scheduled for a hernia!) Anyway, to cut a long story short three attempts to manage without a catheter were unsuccessful due to urinary retention and I accepted I needed surgery. I did a lot of research on options and risks, spoke to my sister who is a GP and with the consultant at the hospital. Although I did look at Holep/Greenlight etc I agreed on a TURP. I'll cover the details if the TURP in a separate post (to avoid making this on e too long) but jut to say it was a complete success. After living with a catheter for 6 months I can now pee like a 20 year old and the quality of my life has been transformed. No surgery is without risk and this is especially true of this type of surgery. However TURP remains the gold standard because it generally has the best success record and longest term benefit. If like me you have BPH and find meds aren't working I would give this serious consideration.

Hello,

Had a Turp exactly one week ago. I have a complication I am not finding a lot of info on.

Done as an outpatient, and the day after they removed the Catheter. I had a small stream then and a couple very small since but it seems like I am blocked up. I have to use a catheter to void. A couple times I got maybe a few ml and others a drop or two but usually nothing without a cath. I am not seeing anywhere that this is very common. I guess I am just looking for any insight or encouragement from anyone who knows or had this kind of situation. Doc says after some healing and the inflamation comes down I should have a good flow again.

I appreciate any comments.

Alan

I had a TURP done about 3 years ago. It took about 4 weeks for the bleeding to stop. I felt fine after that but I played safe and didn't engage in strenuous activity or bike riding for about 3 months. I did get a urinary infection during the first couple of weeks but that was cured very quickly with trimethoprim. I have had no further problems. Of course the prostate does grow back so I am hoping that the problem won't recur.

Greetings Everyone,

On my sixth week after TURP and so far, had the same challenges that have been written about. One thing that worked really well for me was drinking about one gallon of homemade and Ocean Spray cranberry juice every day. I noticed my urination became much easier and the spasms lessened. almost no blood in the urine after the first week. No blood clots after the first two days. I still have the short fuse syndrome.

One strange thing is that my urine has developed a very strong smell over the past week have not changed my diet, so I am wondering if this is from the blood clots, which have not passed yet.

Any feedback is appreciated