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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate BPH / September 2004TURP 8 days ago
Hello to all. I'm 57 years old. Had prostatitis since my 30s and BPH through my 50s. Its been eight days since my TURP and healing is going well, Flow is excellent but frequency varies. Uro tells me this is normal. Not a lot of pain associated with the surgery. The only pain relief I take is Tylenol. Recovery will take another week or two. Getting bored staying home. Will be glad to answer any questions about the recovery unless you have heard enough already. Wishing good health to all. Phil Thanks for your post. This newsgroup does not get many TURP posters. A couple questions. What prompted you to choose TURP? Your uro? Your own research? Any reasons for not choosing other treatment options? How long were you in the hospital? How long with a cath? What did your doc say about recovery time? Limitations during recvovery? Off work? Best wishes for your recovery. Dennis > Hello to all. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Phil Hi Dennis and Group. > A couple questions. What prompted you to choose TURP? Your uro? Your own > research? Any reasons for not choosing other treatment options? My readings suggested that a TURP would be more effective than other treatments. My brother who is a nurse and other nurse friends told me that from their experience the best outcomes seemed to be with doctors who did TURPS and had lots of experience with the procedure. My URO has done this procedure 2500 times and I trusted him to do a good job (based on references and other contacts). > How long were you in the hospital? How long with a cath? What did your doc > say about recovery time? Limitations during recvovery? Off work? I was in the hospital for a little over 48 hours. My surgery was at 7:30 AM and I left two days later shortly after noon. I did as well as could be expected. I have heard that others stay longer. The catheter was removed before I left the hospital (a painless procedure). After catheter removal I was able to urinate freely for the first time in many, many years. There was little if any pain. If I feel any pain, I take Tylenol. There is some, but not much. There is some discomfort (gas), but that seems to be subsiding as the days go by. Recovery time is about two to three weeks. I will take all three weeks and maybe a little more. Some may need more time before going back to work if they do heavy lifting. I see the doctor in 6 weeks at which time I hope to be pretty much back to normal. Limitations during recovery include no lifting, pulling or straining during bowel movements. Still, wishing good health to all, Phil > Best wishes for your recovery. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > Phil > Hi Dennis and Group. > [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] > > > > >???????? is what other proceedures were you told about ? Were you told that TURP was better than PVP because my experience of PVP was a delight ......i was sitting in my own garden 6 hours after it and no catheter at all Thanks for the post. I'm 54 nearly 55 and am going in today for a cystoscopy to determine what has to be done in the TURP I'm going to have.Will schedule that procedure today for a Date to be SOON! Thanks Michael > Hello to all. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Phil How did the procedure impact you prostatitis (assuming you still had it at time of surgery - did you?) > Hello to all. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Phil James, Yes, I did have prostatitis at the time of surgery, or a least I think I did. Currently, I am not able to distinguish normal post-operative discomfort from what I might experience with prostatitis, so I don't know. Perhaps in a month ot two I will be able to answer that question. Take care, Phil > How did the procedure impact you prostatitis (assuming you still had it at time > of surgery - did you?) [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > > > Phil Thanks - My question is selfish as I am a prostatitis suferer looking at PVP as a possible aide. > James, > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > > > > > Phil OK. It's been about 15 days since my TURP. If I drink a lot of water during the day I feel little discomfort. The biggest problem is eating high fiber foods and keeping my hemmorhiods under control. I am stronger and can walk more than a 100 yards or so without a problem. I seem to have no frequency during the day but still some at night. I've been told that recovery may take a month or longer, but that I should notice a definte improvement after 4 weeks. So I have a little less than two weeks to go. So far, so good. The flow is excellent. Wishing good health to all. Phil > Thanks - My question is selfish as I am a prostatitis suferer looking at PVP as > a possible aide. [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > > > > > > > Phil > Will be glad to answer any questions about the recovery unless you > have heard enough already. We haven't heard nearly enough yet, it would be great if you could post as often as weekly and tell us how you're coming along. I think most here are interested in the recovery process and the final results. TIA |
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