Since you are staying overnight I will wager you will be peeing freely
by the next morning.  They may well go without the catheter to start
with to see how you are doing.

No pain.  After PVP surgery I had to keep reminding myself not to
overexert.  However I did have a catheter overnight.  As I said before
my flow was not all that great the first day but steadlly improved
from there on.

TUMT was a hell of a lot more painful.  The worst part was when the
Dr. injected some kind of pain killer into the prostate.

The rest of it rather boring.  I told the gal who was running the
machine that in Arkansas we would be legally married.  Didn't faze her
much.  She had performed 500 of them.

Will be watching to see how you do.  Wednesday I take my wife in for a
Rotator Cuff operation.  That will take a lot longer to heal.

Michael-
                While most GL PVP are done as a day procedure, I also
stayed over nite  due to other non-related urology medical conditions
I have so they could observe me- The biopsy is routinely done on
everyone who has a GL PVP AS part of the GL PVP procedure-It is sent
for examination & the results are available within a few days- It
really is not a second procedure since they are already in the
prostate with the GL lazer probe , they take a piece of the prostate
tissue during the lazer procedure for the biopsy from the lazer probe,
before they "burn off' the rest of the prostate tissue causing the
BPH. It is an easy way to find out your prostate tissue results.It is
rarely done separately before a GL PVP as its considered
unnecessarrily invasive when it can be done as part of the GL- Also
your surgeon is doing the PVP because he has determined you have BPH &
that GL will fix that so, a seperate pre GL biopsy (in spit eof higher
PSA but still BPH) is just not called for-

The GL will literally burn off all of your prostate tissue- It will
leave a hollow prostate with no blockage to prevent urination- Ihad a
cathether put in as part of the GL & they removed it about 4-6 hours
later- I was able pee painfully right away & don't get scared but your
urine will be red from the blood in the prostate from the GL & after a
few days it gets less red- Yes, until you pee on your own they will
not discharge you but as I said there will be no enlarged prostate
tissue blocking your ability to pee, so peeing should not be a
problem-

Pain after surgery was 4 on a scale of 1-10 but only when I peed- wHEN
i DIDN'T PEE, PAIN WAS 1-

Pain was on a scale of 3-4 for about 2-3 weeks when I peed (it felt
more like a burning sensation) and 0 when not peeing after 2 days-

Peeing contest accepted anytime, anywhere --:}- Good luck & the GL
should make you much better & relieve many of your BPH symptoms
immediately- Any more questions, feel free to ask- Jerry