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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate BPH / December 2004PVP for BPH was a snap. :-)
I thought Wednesday would never come. As some of you know, I've contributed to this newsgroup and did my fair share of complaining about the side effects of Flomax and Xatrol, and also of DHT inhibitors such as Saw Palmetto and PROSCAR. Those days are now behind me! Wednesday, Dec 15th, I had a local anaesthetic--needles up the butt--to do the PVP (green laser) procedure at 10AM. Was out of the hospital on my way home by 3:15 pm. It was a breeze. I mention this in case any of you are hesitating, or confused about choosing between the various roto-rooter methods. If you have a chance for the PVP...my recommendation is, "DON'T WAIT!" As for the local anaesthetic, versus general or spinal, I opted for the local because I expected there would be absolutely no grogginess nor any hassles waiting for the anaethesia to wear off and I was right. I was able to start drinking like amounts of water and juice like crazy immediately and that helped to flush the bladder and speed my discharge from the recovery room/hospital. . All the best to everyone on this newsgroup. Spread, Happy to hear you made out so well. I can tell you are excited about how you feel but I want to tell you to take it easy for the next month. You did have surgury. Don't over do it. The prostate has to heal. 1. Don't lift 2. Don't strain. 3. Don't test the equipment. Walking is fine but anything that squeezes the muscles around the prostate should be avoided as it may cause bleeding and tiny scaring. Other than that, it is great to hear a good news story. Patrick >I thought Wednesday would never come. As some of you know, I've >contributed to this newsgroup and did my fair share of complaining about [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > All the best to everyone on this newsgroup. Spread, Best of Luck to you! I was one of the more difficult PVP cases. You have a better situation. But take Patrick's advice - Better safe than sorry. ( I was even told not to go up & down stairs too much) Ron > From: "TAP" <1LCrestview@comcast.net> > Newsgroups: sci.med.prostate.bph [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >> >> All the best to everyone on this newsgroup. Ron: thanks for reinforcing Patrick's recommendations. Also appreciate the suggestion about the stairs. It makes sense and I had NOT thought of that. So, will now be careful. I do want this to be completely successful so will heed the advice from both of you. Thanks. "Ron" <ron1@rcn.com> wrote [Snip] But take Patrick's advice - Better safe than sorry. ( I was even told not to go up & down stairs too much) > Ron Patrick: great advice. I plan to take it to heart. Thanks for the note of caution. "TAP" <1LCrestview@comcast.net> wrote [snip] Don't over do it. The prostate has to heal. > 1. Don't lift > 2. Don't strain. > 3. Don't test the equipment. > Walking is fine but anything that squeezes the muscles around the prostate > should be avoided as it may cause bleeding and tiny scarring. > Patrick WOW --- I didn't know you can have the procedure with JUST A LOCAL??? Mel >I thought Wednesday would never come. As some of you know, I've >contributed to this newsgroup and did my fair share of complaining about [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > All the best to everyone on this newsgroup. Great news-good for you-- where did you hve it done--Drs. Name thanks and let it flow Michael > I thought Wednesday would never come. As some of you know, I've contributed > to this newsgroup and did my fair share of complaining about the side [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > All the best to everyone on this newsgroup. Michael, another poster asked me to respond. Sorry. I must have read by this too quickly. My doctor was Dr. Baldwin. Scarborough General Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I'm a week into it, now, and things are very good. I am very impressed with this guy. "Michael Balarama" <mbalar@ev1.net> wrote [SNIP] where did you hve it done--Drs. Name > thanks > I thought Wednesday would never come. As some of you know, I've contributed > to this newsgroup and did my fair share of complaining about the side [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > All the best to everyone on this newsgroup. > ///////////////////////////////////////////// > Well many of us have been recomending PVP over any other form of barbarism from the medics |
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