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Living with BPH
by: TRK on Tue, Sep 09 2008
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My problems started at age 41. I am now 73. I went to many urologists and they all wanted to do something to me. One wanted to castrate me others wanted to remove it. I kept taking differn’t food suppliments and prescription medicine to stave off surgery.

I went until I was 67 before I had my 1st TURP which was a PVP greenlaser type. The effficacy started to fade after 60 days. 5 years later I found out the laser procedure had left me with a huge amount of scar tissue in the prostate and catherazation was next to impossible because of no clear path to the bladder.

I underwent another TURP of the conventional type. Afterwards the Urologist advised me that he couldn’t do a good job because of the time frame with the chemical used to flush away the refuse. The efficacy faded away after 30 days and I returned for a follow up. I was told to go home. There isn’t much we can do for you at this point because of the scar tissue and the risks of radical prostectomy.

If you really have to resort to surgery I reccomend staying with the conventional TURP. Now I am a mess that no one wants to deal with.
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  1. Sun, Aug 30 2009
    1. Limit your fluid intake, particulary after dinner or late at night. 2. Try to reduce the amount of alcohol and caffeine in your diet, and avoid...Read
  2. Tue, Dec 30 2008
    i had a TUMT in July 2000 after my flow on hitrin was down to 2ml. It failed within 90 days but with Flowmax and Advodart I have been surviving since ...Read
  3. Fri, Oct 31 2008
    I am so sorry to hear about your scar tissue situation. Keep the faith and keep going to other urologists for a third or tenth opinion!! Treatment of...Read

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  • Living with BPH - by TRK - (Tue, Sep 09 2008)
    My problems started at age 41. I am now 73. I went to many urologists and they all wanted to do something to me. One wanted to castrate me others wanted to remove it. [more..]

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