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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate BPH / September 2004Ten and one half months post PVP:
It has been awhile since I have posted to this group although I didn't get the quick fix promised by Laserscope. I am now ten and one half months post PVP and have just recently started sleeping threw the night without having to get up to urinate, its been many years since I've had that luxury ,how wonderful it is !!! I didn't think it would ever happen again. Laserscope stated in their advertising in the summer of 2003 that you would be able to sleep threw the night after 6 weeks. So I say to those who hasn't had a quick recovery, that although recovery for some of us is slow there is a light at the end of the tunnel so be patient and your time will come. I'm thankful for Laserscope, PVP and this newsgroup for PVP seems as if it is the best option for most of us and I'm praying that your outcome will be great but it might take longer than expected. Dean, >It has been awhile since I have posted to this group although I didn't get >the quick fix promised by Laserscope. Do you mean ALTHOUGH you didn't get the quick fix promised by Laserscope or do you mean BECAUSE you didn't get the quick fix promised by Laserscope ? > I am now ten and one half months post >PVP and have just recently started sleeping threw the night without having >to get up to urinate, its been many years since I've had that luxury ,how >wonderful it is !!! I didn't think it would ever happen again. Laserscope >stated in their advertising in the summer of 2003 that you would be able to >sleep threw the night after 6 weeks. SNIP >I'm thankful for Laserscope, PVP and this newsgroup for PVP seems as if it >is the best option for most of us How can you justify this absurd statement ? Have you an accurate and detailed knowledge of all of 'us' ? Have you considered the possibilty that if you had had a traditional TURP then you would have reached your present happy condition in a small fraction of the time ? Regards Hi Greg, I don't think that the questions you put fourth deserves an answer. I have read several of your posts and you come across to me as an arrogant angry person who needs to get their self straighten out. Hopefully this is a false impression. The NG is a discussion group not a place for anger. Dean, > >It has been awhile since I have posted to this group although I didn't get > >the quick fix promised by Laserscope. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Regards The apt term here is: "Significant Monority." A significant minority of PVP patients will take significantly longer to recover from the side effects of the surgery than Laserscope suggests or describes. Expecting a short recovery time can exacerbate the adjustment to that reality. Honesty is often the best medicine. Marcus > It has been awhile since I have posted to this group although I didn't get > the quick fix promised by Laserscope. I am now ten and one half months post [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > is the best option for most of us and I'm praying that your outcome will be > great but it might take longer than expected. Dean, Do you think "recovery from side effects" is the correct description? I think it is more like "realization of symptom relief". From what I've heard here and experienced myself PVP patients almost always get a much improved flow rate. What takes time is for the bladder to recover its ability to hold larger amounts with less urgency. Jim W. > The apt term here is: "Significant Monority." A significant minority of PVP > patients will take significantly longer to recover from the side effects of [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > be > > great but it might take longer than expected. Dean, Hi Jim, You are right on. My bladder has improved just recently and I hope for more improvement in the future also retro which I've had from the beginning seems to be reversing itself. Dean, > Do you think "recovery from side effects" is the correct description? I > think it is more like "realization of symptom relief". From what I've heard [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > be > > > great but it might take longer than expected. Dean, Jim, ditto for me. george > Do you think "recovery from side effects" is the correct description? I > think it is more like "realization of symptom relief". From what I've heard [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > be > > > great but it might take longer than expected. Dean, Hi Marcus, " No truer words have ever been spoken" Dean, > The apt term here is: "Significant Monority." A significant minority of PVP > patients will take significantly longer to recover from the side effects of [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > be > > great but it might take longer than expected. Dean, good for you-what is your age...where and who did it.. thanks Michael > It has been awhile since I have posted to this group although I didn't get > the quick fix promised by Laserscope. I am now ten and one half months post [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > is the best option for most of us and I'm praying that your outcome will be > great but it might take longer than expected. Dean, Hi Michael, My age is 67, PVP was done at " Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital one day surgery Center" Ashland Kentucky. I was there at 7 in the morning and walked out at noon, never had a catheter in me was able to urinate the first time. Surgery was done by Doctor Stephen L. Edge. Dean, > good for you-what is your age...where and who did it.. > thanks [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > be > > great but it might take longer than expected. Dean, Jim W. hits the nail on the head when he says, "What takes time is for the bladder to recover its ability to hold larger amounts with less urgency." Yes, it seems that almost everyone posting here has immediately experienced an improved flow rate following PVP surgery. However, that which yet remains unclear to me is the issue cited by Jim. My problem is frequency and urgency and I've read mixed reviews. Some individuals report no improvement in this area while others such as Dean report major improvement over time. Any additional information and/or first-hand experiendes focusing on this issue would be most enlightening for those of us still on the fence. Do you know for sure that your frequency and urgency are due to BPH? After a thorough exam, my uro feels my problem is not my prostate but rather overactive bladder. He had me try Detrol first (didn't help) and now Ditropan (helping somewhat). He said he didn't think PVP would help me. > Jim W. hits the nail on the head when he says, "What takes time is for > the bladder to recover its ability to hold larger amounts with less [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > this issue would be most enlightening for those of us still on the > fence. Yes but for those of us with restricted flow those medications would shut us down - so PVP is a prerequisite for using them. Jim W. > Do you know for sure that your frequency and urgency are due to BPH? After > a thorough exam, my uro feels my problem is not my prostate but rather [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > this issue would be most enlightening for those of us still on the > > fence. Rob, Before PVP I had frequent urgency (several times a day), weak flow - sometimes no more than a 4 minute dribble, often had to return in 10 min to dribble a little more, rushed to the toilet many times feeling as though I was one second from wetting myself only to stand and wait for very little to happen. PVP Dec 16, 2003 (Dr Te). Immediate fire hose flow. At first I had the same urgency but with one big difference - when I got to the toilet there was no waiting, just instant relief. It was a little scary knowing that the urgency was more real then in the past. I had gotten used to the fact that no matter how it felt I probably couldn't have wet myself - and now I knew I could. My bladder apparently responded well. Within a fairly short time I could "hold it" when I felt the urgency. I can now hold as long as I want and empty out 400 - 500 cc in 10 - 15 seconds. The key to success is the Dr you choose. Once they do urodynamic testing, ultra sound, sonogram, and scope they should be able to determine the status of your total condition and probability of success. If you don't get good vibes at this point, or if your guy is willing to operate (PVP or otherwise) without doing the testing, think hard about it. Al > Jim W. hits the nail on the head when he says, "What takes time is for > the bladder to recover its ability to hold larger amounts with less [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > this issue would be most enlightening for those of us still on the > fence. |
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