u/biglittlebanana

Just an update. In my previous post my surgery went really well.

Shortly after that I had a setback. When they instruct you not to drive or overdo anything, stick to that. At about 10 days I decided to go for a drive. That was part of my instructions, "short drive". Well my definition of a short drive is different than what I should have.

Pressure inside built up and was very noticeable. Later I passed all the surgical "scabs" that aren't supposed to let go for 3 weeks. Then the bleeding began. Next day passed a blood clot approximately 1" 1/2 long, with a few other small walk ones. The rest of the day and the next, that pressure continued and the feeling of "really not feeling good " kept getting worse. Then my flow slowed down and got noticeably less and less.

I was ready to go to the emergency department for a catheter to clear the obvious blockage that was happening. But thankfully it let go.... Clots passed and the pressure started to go away. Spent the next week doing absolutely nothing.

Today I got the go ahead to go back to work but with limitations for another month.

When they instruct you to do little or nothing, listen to that and do exactly what they say. Do yourself a big favor and recover properly. Drink the massive amount of water they want.

Everything besides that setback has been good and relatively easy. FYI, try not to get aroused, it lets the blood flow to the prostate and since it's pretty raw there to start with, it becomes uncomfortable. To me it felt like warm/burning sensation around the taint area, which is where the prostate is, and that feeling sticks around for quite a while.

Surgery may not appeal to everyone, but I'm not regretting it. We all have a life to live and for me this will give me a quality of life that I want without medications. At least for the foreseeable future.

I just had my TURP surgery this past week. Just wanted to share my experience.

I've been waiting on this for a while now, rescheduling and so forth has delayed it for a few months. Which didn't help any of my anxiety about it, but overall my experience has been good.

Start with the hospital staff throughout the experience were great. That was a big thing.

Woke up and wasn't feeling very much pain at all, more uncomfortable than anything, but they gave me some meds into my IV which settled that. They had the catheter in and was flushing out my bladder. That flushing continued overnight, but if the bags of fluid ran out, the pressure in my bladder got a bit worse.

The night and flushing went smoothly, the next day they were ready to remove the catheter... FYI they used a very large catheter, needed to be in case of blood clots. That was painful but extremely quick. Really quick. After that they wanted to be sure I could empty my bladder multiple times and they checked my bladder via ultrasound each time. Another FYI, that very first time peeing.... Again painful, enough that I needed to lay down and rest. But it passes pretty quickly and over the next day it gets less and less every time. Be prepared for your urine to look like fruit punch, I found this a little unsettling, but it cleared up quickly through the day.

I was only in the hospital overnight but it was great to get home and my first night at home was good. Up often and each time there was less "burning" .

Drink lots of water. Rest and recover. I'm happy that I did it, even though it's only been a few days.

One of my biggest fears was if I could still get an erection... Well, nocturnal erections is a great sign that no nerves were hit. FYI, getting a chubby with a catheter in, isn't great.. lol

Lots more pressure when urinating already, which makes it burn a bit but I expect the burning to pass soon.