I've been having probs peeing for ages and finally decided to do
something about it.  Yesterday I went to the hospital to see a
consultant and he tells me I need a TURPs operation.
Suddenly in 24 hours I've become a prostate obstruction expert thanks

His Chinese herbs (read grass from the roadside) now cure BPH too
apparently.
Also good to see the Google group admins doing their jobs.  Ha ha.

The comparison of different of kinds of chronic
prostatitis             treatment
1.Antibiotic treatment
    The prostate's surface is surrounded by a fat encircle. It is a

I used to frequent this news group 2-3 years ago.  Then it was very busy.
Laser vs. TURP was vigorously discussed.  There were many anecdotal
descriptons of laser experiences - who the best surgeons were how effective,
how long off work etc . . . .

I'm possibly going to have a TURP in the near future and I'm wondering what
they normally use for general anesthesia if that's what they decide to use.
Thanks

The new upgrade to PVP " the HPS Laser". Is it as aggressive a surgery as
Turp? By that I mean does it take out as much tissue as Turp? Has anyone in
the group had surgery with this new Laser?   Dean,

Plus, I began having daily on-again off-again headaches ever since I
completed a few days of taking the Flowmax pills, and I hardly ever
have headaches.  I'm taking a variety of other (herbal) pills and it
may be one of those that is causing the problem.  Therefore I've cut

do you have information about fasting and BPH?
is it useful or useless?
thank you very much for sharing your informations.

The comparison of different of kinds of chronic
prostatitis             treatment
1.Antibiotic treatment
    The prostate's surface is surrounded by a fat encircle. It is a

Had my Turp on May 9, 2007 and have had no problems urinating. However,
there has been uncontrolled leakage, usually just before I get the urge to
urinate. Uro says it will pass in time but did not says how long.
Anyone else experience this?

I am so happy to see that there a flavor of civility and kindness is
back on this newsgroup.  I hope we can all get back to sharing
information about bph, what works and what doesn't work.  That's why I
joined the newsgroup a couple of years ago.  There is so much that we

I had a prostrate infection many years ago and had fever and PSA was 69.5 or
so.  After antibiotics, it came down to 20 and after many years to 6.
Two biopsies proved negative to Cancer.  These were taken many years apart.
Now, I am still having infection and some times doctor ...