Report on January 18 PVP with Dr Lin.
Up until February 18 the recovery was going along just fine with no problems
.  On Feb 18th I passed blood just before going to bed.  I went to bed and a
couple of hours later I had to go.  I found that the flow was completely

I am going to see a new urologist in a week and a half......one who
does do the PVP procedure. I am urinating 10-14 times a day and am
quite uncomfortable.
I was wondering, I am 54 and am in reasonably good health, how long

About two weeks ago, my urinary stream slowed to about 10ml/sec, urgency
increased although frequency did not.  Called Dr. Lin, who was in Taiwan
with his ill father, was told it was probably some scar tissue, made an appt
for today.  Just returned, and yes it was indeed scar ...

After many years of BPH, I will have my PVP on next Wednesday. I am 68,
50 grams, had a Thermatrx procedure 3 years ago.  It helped, but now it
is time to get a real fix.  I have researched all sorts of procedures,
and selected a Dr. who has done 26 PVP procedures. (Dr. Maggio, ...

One week post PVP and I void like a thirty five year old with minimal
discomfort.
To those who have had more than one PVP
1) How long before the second had to be performed?

Although PVP was not mentioned, this link gives a wealth of BPH material
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/PatientResAllCateg/Enlarged%20Prostate%
20(BPH)?OpenDocument

Gentlemen:
PVP took place Thursday.  Today is Saturday.  Have a urine bag
strapped to my leg and will have it out on Monday. The operation took
about an hour to do.  With recovery etc it took about 4 hours.

I have been experiencing lower back pain alot that will not subside.  Also
shooting pains down inside of legs.  Been taking the med for at least a
year. Wondering if the back pain is associated with the meds.  Also a
persistant dull pain in the perinium area between testicles and ...

My last DRE revealed a "grainy" pea-sized, nodule on my prostate and
a PSA >1    . So my urologist suggested I have a biopsy which,
thankfully, revealed no tumor in any of the 16 samples taken.
I was, however, surprised to find that the pathology report failed to

Over the last 8 years my dad (67 yo) had PSA going up and down, between
12 and 24, now around 15. 3 8-core biopsies were negative, but they
were performed by the same doctor. Free PSA was measured twice (7% in
1999, 15% in 2003), but both times with PSA > 10, so I'm not sure how