urolift procedure didn't work
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HI, I am healthy non smoking 65 year old, very active physically and overall healthy. I had the urolift procedure done May 23 2015 at which time the surgeon installed 5 clips. Prior to surgery I was on 8 mg of flomax which made it possible for me to urinate.I did wear a catheter bag for awhile then. After surgery I was on 4mg of flomax for approx. 1 month. I was able to urinate adequately for about 8 weeks. Never but once what you would consider a flow. At about the 9th week I started slowing down again until it got to the point (about 11 weeks) where it took me 8 minutes to start peeing and then it took two more times in the next half hour to finally eliminate somewhat completely. Now in the 14th week of post op I'm on 8mg of flomax right back where I was before surgery.I am now considering what options are available to me now.
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whitebeach bill58162
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Don't know where you are but before anymore cutting and surgery I would suggest PAE. I had it three weeks ago and it has worked.
bill58162 whitebeach
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bill58162 whitebeach
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alan1951 whitebeach
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mike04186 bill58162
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Sorry to hear about that, I was told that having a TURP is the way to go and I'm having mine done of Friday. I know all about the retrograde etc but I'm more concerned about long term health benefits now. I was going to pay for a Plasma Button, and he suggested that I have the TURP, that has to tell you something. Good luck with it all. I'll keep you posted on my results. It is clear from reading these posts that we are all different and react differently to procedures. I hope that you find a solution. I don't think any one of the surgeries is 100% guaranteed, the prostate grows like a wild weed.
Mike
bill58162 mike04186
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mike04186 bill58162
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Hi Bill, I wanted to have the Plasma Button done and was going to pay for it, however, once the surgeon did an exam on me, he said it was a TURP that I needed. So he called a fellow surgeon and I went over to his office and was examined and surgery will be done this Friday. Head over to Google and type in Plasma button and look for a video, I watched a few of them on there, as well as the TURP surgery. I chose the Plasma Button because of recovery time, much less than the TURP, however, the TURP seems to be the 'go-to' procedure to get the job done correctly, if I can say that. I suppose because its been done the longest and has more history to it than the newer procedures, that they understand it better over a longer period of time.
I just want to go thru this situation once and do not want to end up going back in for another operation, and from what I have read, if there is difficulty with other procedures, the patient ends up having to go thru a TURP to fix things. But I'm sure that others will have different opinons on this topic. Its great to hear others talk from experience dealing with the prostate. Best of luck.
kenneth1955 mike04186
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Lion62878 mike04186
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kenneth1955 Lion62878
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kenneth1955 mike04186
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carl11484 mike04186
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I'm 48 an doctors are telling me the TURP is my last option.
But I did some research an I've had 2 other urologist say that I can benefit from a urolift.
Just make sure your ok with the sexual side effect of the TURP. Once it's gone its gone.
kenneth1955 carl11484
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kenneth1955 bill58162
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bill58162 kenneth1955
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roland89296 bill58162
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I am sorry to hear about that. I had my Urolift done three months ago and feel great, no problem. Hope it works out ok for you and that you feel better. Roland
kenneth1955 bill58162
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mikemh bill58162
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kenneth1955 mikemh
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bill58162 mikemh
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bill58162 mikemh
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mikemh bill58162
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I am now 10 weeks plus post Urolift and my problems are not getting better. Recently I have had more soreness and the stream seems thinner. A few days ago I almost had a catheter put in, but managed to get enough out. I am two weeks into a four week course of antibiotics in case I have a prostate infection, but there is no improvement.
The consultant says that it is too early to investigate with a cystoscopy as that might make things worse. I have an appointment with the nurse in two weeks....
It is a real struggle and very disheartening. The consultant says that none of his other patients have had such difficuty as me.
kenneth1955 mikemh
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bill58162 kenneth1955
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mikemh kenneth1955
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How did your cystoscopy go? I am still having problems. Got worse after ejaculation. Today I have constant urge and peeing less than 100cc at a time ....
kenneth1955 mikemh
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