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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate BPH / April 20057 weeks post PVP still having problem with flow
I am seven weeks post PVP still having problem with urine flow. Is this normal? Seems like most of the posts indicate quicker relief. Am 8 weeks post PVP. Flow is good. The biggest thing that I face is when I get up from the recliner or from laying on the couch to read--then have this big time urgency to go right now!!! That one hasn't cleared up yet. URO says that kegels should help, but not so far. Do have retro because the bladder neck was incised. Waiting to see if that improves or remains as is now. > I am seven weeks post PVP still having problem with urine flow. Is this > normal? Seems like most of the posts indicate quicker relief. Buford... Did your URO say anything about the bladder neck obstruction? My understanding is that the bladder neck may obstruct flow even though the urethral channel is cleared with PVP. In my case, on cystoscopy he stated he would do a bladder neck sparing PVP, but when he did the actual procedure, he found more bladder neck problems and then incised it. My flow is good but I do have retro. Not sure whether that will change or not. > I am seven weeks post PVP still having problem with urine flow. Is this > normal? Seems like most of the posts indicate quicker relief. The only thing he said about my bladder was that it was small and he stretched it. Buford, From what my urologist has explained, it can take several months for things to improve. You do not say what the problem is that you having with flow. I assume you mean poor flow all the time. I have heard that in a few cases the prostate will bulge into the urethra following pvp, requiring a little more surgery to correct. What has your urologist said about this? Dave I have a follow up on 4/28. He said if I was still have a weak urine flow he was going to have to scope me again to see what the problem was. I do fine taking Flomax but it is just like before surgery, if I quit taking them it is like shutting the water almost off. At 7 weeks Post-PVP I was still in a heap of trouble.....pain, frequency....urgency. After about 9-10-weeks improvement started setting in. In 90 days I was out of the woods. Don't be distarcted by the PVP recovery hype from Laserscope or its cheerleaders. This surgery can take quite a while to fully recover from. It is traumatic. Think of what's happening with that laser....'vaporizing tissue.' It is not entirely bloodless. Each person recovers at a different rate. Good Luck, Marcus > I have a follow up on 4/28. He said if I was still have a weak urine flow > he was going to have to scope me again to see what the problem was. I do > fine taking Flomax but it is just like before surgery, if I quit taking > them it is like shutting the water almost off. Thank you Marcus. |
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