Hi all

Again, I'll try and be as detailed as I can.

Recapping,  it's two months earliest before the docs can measure me
for the results of the procedure.

HIFU took place April 10th. All the nerve ends in the usual suspect
areas down below were subject to some super-loud audio.The "normal"
after-effects could continue up to three months. Some patients more,
some less. Mine seem to have settled down as follows:

Pain:   As I've already reported, I had none of what I would have
expected as post-surgery type pains.    

Back. Fairly constant left-hand side where my waist 'connectedto da
hip bone' as I think the song has it.  But medium level only, not a
big problem. Historically I've had similar, so don't know it it's a
genuine after - effect at all.
         Groin. Very occasionally - two/three times daily maybe, a
sharp but very short electric-like shock in groin.

Pe.ing (what the gentry, and me sometimes, call 'voiding'). This has
most affected me in two ways. I haven't had the blocking which was
forecast. My voiding is sometimes OK, if not over-strong, sometimes
sporadic.  But it hasn't been blocked.
No, the first problem is frequency. If I go three times during the
night, I've done well. Four is fairly normal. Result, I am really very
shagged (US-translation -'fatigued'). (Note: this was the original
meaning of the word. It seems to have another one right now). A good
night's sleep is a distant dream. However, like MacArthur, it will
return.

To deviate, totally beside the point for a moment. Sometimes when I've
got up at night yet again I have been strongly reminded of when I was
a boy during the German blitz on London. During the "normal" air raids
the warning siren would sound, followed short or longer hours later by
an "all-clear". But when the Germans started peppering us with their
unexpected V1 and V2 'miracle weapons', the authorities weren't quite
sure what was going on, and at night the 'warning' and 'all-clear'
signals seemed to be falling over each other. As a result I can
remember getting up as in a dream several times, quite unable to
remember why I was up, but remembering it was the thing to do!  At
least this time it's the bladder -not the noises-off, which remind me!

The second pee problem has shown itself in the past couple of weeks.
That is "Urge Incontinence". From the moment I feel I want to go, to
the time I simply have to let go, can be about two or three minutes.
Say, three times during the day. The rest of my 'going' is of the
normal kind. I'm advised this can be another short-term passing
effect. My solution if I go out is a) to make sure I void first; b) If
I go out walking it's generally only to the local shops with my wife
-so I know there's a shop toilet in reach. But my wife walks very very
slowly. So I carry an incontinence pad for stuffing down my trousers
quickly if I'm caught out. Haven't had to so do yet. c) If I go
further afield, it will be in the car, where my faithful water bottle
is always in attendance ready for a quick stop at the side of the
road.
I'm looking forward to June 7 when I'll be seeing my surgeon and
(hopefully) learning more.

That's it for now, except thanks to Steve J and Steve K and Rosbif for
their comments two weeks ago re my wife.  I told her about their good
wishes for a bounce-back, and sure enough a week ago she started to
feel OK, and has generally been much better since.  A little bit of
support works in wondrous ways! And for Steve Jordan -I've now made a
first contribution to the UK site you mentioned.