Hello all

I'm a Prostate Cancer patient who had (and still has) prior BPH,
(72 cc), EB Radiation and then HDR Brachytherapy in mid July 2005,
where they basted my prostate to a huge blistering mass.
I left  hospital wearing a Foley Catheter for 4 wks and then did some
voiding trials to find I was still retaining 100-110cc, and had bad
urinary problems at night, like waiting for a start and then not
passing too much. For some reasons really bad frequency is 1 hourly
and otherwise 2 hourly.

I have self-catheterisation kits, but never used them for fear of
infection (which I've seen in others), plus I wanted to retrain the
bladder sphincter to do it's own thing ASAP.

I had another voiding test done of late and I was retaining 250cc!,
done early morning .

I eventually got to see the Uro and had a Flexi-Cystoscopy to check
for Scar Tissue and see if the bladder walls were OK. I noticed some
partial stricture of the Urethra in the Prostate section and the
Indian Dr. muttered "you would benefit from a TURP".
This was done around 10:00 AM, when I don't seem to have too many
problems urinating, except a feeling that there's
After the Lidnocaine had worn off, they gave me a Flow Test plus
another retention test. I was logged at retaining 103cc (close to
original.)
However, the Flow Test was logged at 14Q (which I don't understand.)
Could someone advise me what the 14Q could mean, and how does it rate
against "normal" flow?
(the Indian Dr. said "it was as expected.) ??

I'm booked for a pre-TURP consultation May 06, with the original OZ
Uro who did the Implant for the HDR Brachytherapy.

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