Has anyone had an experience similar to the following:
After the catheter is removed, urine flow is very good, no pain except
for near the tip after finishing urination?  It almost feels like a cut
inside on the urethra near the tip.  When I urinate it doesn't hurt,

I would appreciate a little help for my girlfriend's dad. Forgive me if I
don't use the
right words, I am not too knowledgeable in prostate cancer.
He is 71, he has practiced sports all his life, lean and healthy until 6 or

Gutbuster, Sorry to be thick but how do I do that? Regards Magna

How long after a PVP does it take to get improvement?

Lee and  Phil,
What are your symptoms Lee, Phil what were your symptoms??
BTW Anyone else not able to reply to existing posts (I'm in the UK)??
Up to a week ago I could reply ok to the messages on this group but

The Jan/Feb AARP magazine lists Prolieve as an alternative to PVP,
apparently non-surgical. Has anybody had any experience with this, or
thoughts about it? AARP says 60% get relief with this.
Jesse

Phil, what were your symptoms?
BTW is anybody else (uk guys?)having trouble replying to existing
posts? Since we had the Groups "new" for a couple of days last week, I
get the message "unable to retrieve ...." so I have to fill in  the

Since the acronym "laser" contains the word "radiation" in it, I'm wondering
if there have there been any conclusions regarding the long-term effects of
exposure to this radiation during PVP surgery.
Specifically, when grams or tens of grams of tissue are removed (vaporized)

Quick survey of this newsgroup??  Are you affected by the following:  Beer,
Wine or Fried Food? If so, let us know.   Or, if none of these, but
something else aggravates your BPH, please specify what aggravates your BPH.
I'd be happy to tally on behalf of this newsgroup and report ...

Please excuse me if I have posted in the wrong group and feel free
todirect me to the correct group.
After a video urodynamics study (about 1 year ago), it was found that I
have a very poorly functioning detrusor which results in

Basically the urethra is a "tube", that transports the urine from the
bladder, on its journey it passes through and is surrounded by the
prostate, continues through the penis and out. When the prostate
enlarges it exerts pressure on the urethra, and causes the lumen to

PVP is a relatively new surgical procedure that reduces the size the
Prostate by essentially boiling and vaporizing excess tissue. It appears to
be, at least, as successful as other BPH reduction procedures and probably
more so in many instances, as the blood loss is kept at a ...

Scheduled for a "flow test" next month.  Can anyone tell me what is
involved in the procedure?  Thanks. chockman

Shortly after my PVP [11/10/04], I set out to post my personal post PVP
experiences, in the hope, someone might benefit.
This post concerns a subject not readily found in the archives.  Either,
it's a subject not easily discussed - or, I'm atypical.  Sexual performance

Have a look at www.Laserprostate.co.uk  on "the operation" section
there are some clips of the channel through the prostate. It is just
that not a separate pipe.