Kidney stone post PVP and two good doctors with differing opinions
- From: "ddebar" <debar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 10:04:39 -0400
About two years ago I had a PVP done on my very, very large prostate. I
live in Manassas VA but ended up traveling all the way to Florida to have
the operation done by Dr. Lin. Dr Lin explained to me after the surgery
that because my prostate was so large and bleed so much, that he had to
operate in the blind "by feel." The blood obscured his view. He told me
that he cleaned me all out and that he expected I would have a full recovery
and full functionality. All of doctor Lin's predictions came true and
shortly after the operation I was sleeping thru the night and my penis
worked normally, including normal ejaculation and sensations related to
same. I'm VERY pleased with the results of the PVP that Dr. Lin did on me.
This past week I had a kidney stone removed by Dr Sehn. (Dr. Sehn is the
rather famous doctor who sewed John Bobbitt's penis back on after John's
wife Lorena severed it from his body.) Dr. Sehn remarked that the operation
was difficult for both me and himself because It was difficult to navigate
his way thru my large and very ragged prostate. He said it looked like a
bomb exploded in my prostate and that the procedure was only half done. He
told me that he found it interesting because it is the first time he has
seen the inside of a prostate after a PVP. He was shocked how ragged mine
was and how I still bleed so much. I told him that this may be true but
that I'm happy with the results because I can pee well and sleep thru the
night. He told me that TURP would leave me with much smoother walls. I
told him that a TURP would practically guarantee that I would have had
retrograde ejaculation and because I had a PVP I function normally. He
agreed that was true, but it was because the neck of the prostate was not
removed and a lot of the gland was still within me. He went on and an
explained that his objection to PVP is that it is over hyped and the science
is not proven. He granted that as long as I can pee, he understands why I'm
pleased with the results. He said that from the patients point of view PVP
does seem appealing but as a surgeon he still prefers TURP.
In about six weeks I will need to see Dr. Sehn again and have another stone
removed that is still in the kidney. It turns out that insurance will only
pay for one procedure per day. If Dr Sehn had done both on the same day I
would have had to pay for one of the procedures myself (about $5000).
So I have an ugly prostate that bleeds when it is touched. To me that's the
doctor's problem not mine. I don't have to look at it and as long as
everything works, I'm happy.
Dave
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