Last Friday, July 10th, I had my TURP plus laser procedure. My main
discomfort, and it was pretty bad, was the constipation I developed and did
not get relieved itself until the end of the 4th day. I never had to take
any of the Percoset the doctor prescribed for me, so I guess the anesthesia
was the cause of the constipation.

I never had a problem like that before, and reading of other guys'
constipation for way more than that was not very comforting either. The
doctor told me to avoid straining under all circumstances and prescribed
Colase to soften the stools up. Once it passed, (with the help of a laxative
I asked the doc if I could take), I had one less thing to worry about,
because subsequent BM's were no problem, but the leader of the pack was a
real "hard head"!  I can make fun of it now, but I was **really** scared of
having to go to the emergency room to do whatever to clear it out. I have
not had any real bleeding since being discharged from the hospital, but did
have a few drops in the first day or 2.

The doc has me on Pyridium which supposed to ease the stinging, which I
don't really have except maybe only a twinge once in a while, and that's not
in the area where the surgery was done, but is at the tip of my tool where
the catheter entered. The Pyridium sure turned my urine orange, anyway. He
gave me enough of that for 5 days and Cipro for about 2 weeks, plus the
Colase for 30 days with 3 refills.

Anyway, so far, my frequency and urgency seems no better than it was before
surgery. I have actually been getting up during the night more post surgery
than I was before. My urine flow is much better than it was, for sure.
Although I was not fully emptying my bladder before surgery, I never really
thought that I had difficulty peeing. The flow was never powerful, but I was
having to go very often and urgently when I did.

I guess I need to give it more time. I have a follow up visit with my Uro on
the 27th and will see what he has to say. My bladder may be so toughened
from not being able to empty out all these years, that I have not much
ability to hold much urine in it.  When I fist consulted this Uro and asked
him if I could take a bladder relaxer like Vesicare, he said that until he
scoped me, gave me the flow test and sonogram for post voiding urine
retention, that was totally out of the question because urethra' restriction
from the BPH would not allow the bladder to empty at all if it were under
the influence of a drug for over active bladder. Well, I did "fail" all the
tests, and he said I needed to have the surgery.

Any words of encouragement from you gentlemen that may have gone through all
this already?

Thanks,

Bob