two year follow up after green light
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I thought maybe it would be helpful to share this.
I had the greenlight surgery two years ago.
The recovery was unpleasant, mostly because the surgeon led to me to believe I'd have less pain and less bleeding, for less time, than actually occurred. So it was pretty scary.
But after a month or two things calmed down.
Two years later, flow is good. Urinary urgency seems pretty normal. I'm up 2, maybe 3 times a night, but that's a huge improvement. I think I had a night with 15 trips to the bathroom, prior to the surgery. Basically, the problem is fixed.
The cost, not counting the unpleasant recovery, is retrograde ejaculation.
I'd do it again. But, I do think the surgeon should have provided better aftercare info. There should have been a video showing what normal bleeding vs worrisome bleeding actually looks like. And, there should have been a range of time/pain still considered a normal recovery. My suregeon, at one point, told me my symptoms would be "minimal", his word, at a time when my urine stream was red and the pain was eye-popping. I would have tolerated the recovery period better if I was less scared that something was wrong.
Hope this helps somebody.
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lrp1 r21958
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Hi r21958. Not the green light surgery, but PAE. My doctor told me that pain was minimal but I suffer excruciating pain when urinating. I only was able to put out drop by drop during one month and after I have to recover from the incredible pain in urethra. No medicine was able to subside pain, including opioids. Bleeding was another concern especially when I was pooping.
Unfortunately I have to do PAE again, but next time I´ll go to Lisbon, Portugal, with Dr. Martin Pisco, I hope.
vaughn43529 lrp1
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I had greenlight surgery 2 years ago. Prostate had uretha almost completely blocked. Had 2 emergency visits and hospital admissions in 6 weeks. I ended up with severe sepsis.
Had greenlight after infection was cleared up.
Dr did not hit any nerves. No pain after surgery. The second week had minor burning when urinating. No bleeding. Biggest problem was incontanance for a couple months. Wore pads when I left the house.
No retro and decent erections. I'm 65 not 18.
I guess I am one of the lucky ones.
That sepsis is nasty. Was told if I would of waited another day to go to ER I could of died.
keith42667 r21958
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Thanks for sharing that R21. I've been self-cathing for about a year and a half. I was offered GL right before I began. It was the recovery from the surgery that scared me away. That and the fact that I felt I was helping buy the Uro a new set of golf clubs or something. He was going to have me in surgery without trying anything else; not even doing a cystoscopy. I didn't want the retro either but at 67 doesn't bother me that much. You often hear on these message boards - and it does stand to reason - that you don't hear from anyone on here who is happy with the outcome... not that you are not. But I do appreciate the feedback. All this is new to me and I'm still using a "watch & wait" strategy. CIC is working well for me. I haven't had one UTI serious enough to have to do a round of antibiotics since the prostatitis I had when this all started for me.
derek76 keith42667
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I have often posted of my recovery and that of two friends who were early GL patients in the UK. Day surgery and one left without a catheter and went back next day for a flow test and a retention check.The other went back the next day to have his catheter removed and then took a 600 mile train ride home. My catheter was out the next morning (75 grm prostate) but I was kept an extra night as I still had retention and also a train ride home. All of us were back to normal life, no pain no bleeding after day two apart from a little squirt of blood from the urethra at the start of urination. Day three I went to the races and was out for over six hours with people saying I thought you were having an operation on Friday. A procedure I told them hardly an operation.
One had very quick regrowth and had a second procedure three years later. Mine regrew to 135 grms over the next nine years when I then had a Thulium/Holmium procedure.