Rich,

My experience immediately after my pvp could be considered bad:

The general anasthetic left me in a mentally deranged state for a day. The
evening after the pvp I thought that if I allowed myself to fall asleep I
would never wake up again so I tried everything not to fall asleep the first
night. Funny looking back at it but it certainly upset my wife at the time,
not to mention me.

I had to wear a catheter for 7 days because of the degree of bleeding. Also,
I did not get the immediate improved flowrate that I had been expecting, so I
went though a few weeks not knowing what the final outcome would be.

My nocturia worsened for a few months and I also had  "urgency" that would
come on at a moment's notice and make me run for the bathroom.

I found I had retrograde ejaculation and diminished sensation of orgasm. Both
have now resolved.

However, at two months there was significant improvement and at three months
I was overjoyed with the results. Also my nocturia had almost gone and the
retro had diminished.

Now at over 5 months it is difficult to remember the slow urination and the
dependence on Flomax for almost a decade and the stupid urologists who told
me nothing could be done about it and that I would eventually have to
catheterise for the rest of my life.  Every now and then it hits me (usually
when I am peeing effortlessly) how normal everything is now. I cannot
remember the last time I woke up during the night to pee.

Even now there seems to be continual improvement of bladder function. After
pvp my bladder held 200-250 cc. Now it is 300-350 ccs which is fine with me.

At five months post-op I am a very happy customer.  Looking back, I can see
that the healing takes time, or at least it did in my case. From reading this
forum it seems that some people walk away from the procedure with instant
results and rapid healing, but this was not my case. However, in talking with
my uro during follow-ups, my case was typical in his opinion.

If you are considering pvp I believe it pays to find an experienced urologist
who has performed at least 100 procedures. Then ask him what problems he has
encountered in performing this procedure.

All the best,
Dave

I have been following this group for quite a while.  PVP is continuously
praised.  I just wonder if anyone has had or has heard of any bad
experiences.   One post said something to that effect but did not give any
details.

Others report good results with TURP but a few have with what might be
called horror stories.