I have just received an email from Mike Degun, UK sales manager
for Laserscope, referring me to the following site:
http://www.nice.org.uk/cat.asp?c=76546
If you go there, you will find a consultative document on PVP. I

Unfortunately, urination  has held too high a place in  my life.  I
can't
I've been on flovax the last  yeas, then they added Advert this year,
the new urologist is that my urethra is being strangulated by my

I have been reading this newsgroup for about three years and first learned of
the PVP here.  I read all of Patrick's original posts and all those posts that
charged him with being a Laserscope salesman.  He persevered and was
vindicated.   I waited until the procedure was certified ...

I'm a 71 year old geezer who had the PVP procedure a couple of weeks
ago and am not yet sure whether it was of any help.  I see the
urologist tomorrow and hope he can reassure me that things will
eventually turn out all right.  I had the TUNA thing last year to no

Has anyone had experience with Dr. Shessal in Atlanta doing the PVP.
Thanks Grant

In August I decided to make one last attempt at an herbal remedy.  I orderd
3 bottles (3 months worth) of beta sistosterol from Young Again Nutrients.
Some of you may be aware that beta sist. is the active ingredient in saw
palmetto and these pills are said to be 3000 times as ...

I know the vast majority here advocate PVP, for good reason, it works.
My uro talked me out of it, he had good success with TUNA,using the
new Medtronic 'machine'.
So.....that's the direction I went.  It has been 1 month now. The first

Improvement has been slow but nothing spectacular.  Probably the biggest
improvement is that I don't have to strain to start peeing.  There is
still a hesitation, but if I wait, I don't have to strain.  The stream
is a little better, but nothing to brag about.  I don't have to go as

I live on Bainbridge Island, an island in Puget Sound, 7 miles due east
of Seattle. It is a small island [excellent ferry service to Seattle]
about 12 miles long and 6 miles wide. We have about 20,000 residents but
growing very fast.

I am scheduled for a PVP on 11/07.  I am rather apprehensive at this point
in time because I am not sure all my questions have been answered or, even,
what questions to ask and have answered.
I have been taking two Flomax per day for about two years, the last 8 months

Just a quick question. How much detail of the prostate does an IVP
x-ray scan show? In otherwords would it provide enough information to
show if a person has BPH. Thanks, Walt

Thanks to this web site I discovered PVP.
Thanks to all of you for changing my life
I am 77 and have had BPH for 5 years. Had Postraton and Targis to no
avail.

I will be having the PVP done on 11/06 at 8A.M.  What is the group's opinion
on my ability & the effects of my driving myself home (approx 10 miles)
after the procedure?  Thanks in advance.

Just finished talking to the Uro who does HoLEP. He says that any
surgery that removes a lot of BPH tissue will/can cause retro,
including PVP.
It sounded like the only reason that PVP may not cause retro is

Does anyone know the amount of tissue that is removed from the
prostate gland using PVP?
I heard it was 95% for HoLEP and was wondering if it is the same for
PVP.