Re: Any bad PVP experiences?

Thanks to everyone who is responding to my question. It has cleared up a few
suspicions.

The bottom line still seems to be that PVP is far superior to TURP.

However, as with any procedure it is not perfect every time or may simply
take longer to take effect.

Anesthesia often has adverse effects on patients. Dave C, is this the first
time you have had problems with an anesthesia? Have you had been
anesthetized many times before? Perhaps that is not as important as they
type of anesthesia that they use.

My URO talked me into trying TUMT a few months ago. The results are
marginal but the main problem still seems to be having to get up at night.
Not much problem during the day. The URO said that sometimes it takes up to
a year for full improvement. He has done over 50 PVP and said he has had
good success with them too.

Of course the advantage or disadvantage as the case may be, of TUMT is that
you do are fully awake for the whole procedure and get full appreciation of
the pain involved!! It was only momentary sharp pains and no problem what
so ever afterwards. I did wear a catheter for 5 days and got 5 full nights
of sleep. No bleeding. Only a couple times did I note the tissue being
ejected.

I had endoscopic sinus surgery a few years ago. That was the most
uncomfortable recovery I ever went through. I did a lot of searching before
selecting a surgeon that I would allow to cut that close to my brain and
eyeballs. A tiny slip during that procedure and you can be a vegetable or
blind for the rest of your life.



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