Re: Biopsy complications

Rajinder Nijjhar wrote:
Hi,

I just had ten biopsy samples taken and they use cream. Now, I felt like going to toilet but as I was walking home, I resisted and went later on.

Generally, it is a mistake to wait too long, but sometimes you don't have a choice. The problem with "holding it in" is that it can exacerbate hemorrhoids.


Could this toilet pierce through the holes created by biopsies and cause infection in stomach or bowl area?

I am not a physician, but just from my reading and personal experience I find that extremely unlikely. The holes are very small, and since they take some time to heal, your doctor would have taken measures to prevent your having a bowel movement for a whileif he thought it might be a problem.

In most cases, the doctor will have you take an antibiotic for a day or so after the procedure.


What precautions should I take? I am travelling tomorrow overseas?

He felt my prostate gland, there were no nodules or signs of cancer. Ultrasound pictures also show clear.

Ultrasound almost never catches prostate cancer.


But PSA is 7.2 for the past two years. One time it was 69,5 and I had high fever. It was infection and antibiotics solved the problem. PSA dropped 22, 11, 6 and now 7.2. Sometimes I get difficulty of passing urine but my medicine Cardura (4 mg) helps it. I also use garlic and it helps too. Any other suggestions?

You may feel some discomfort in your recturm for a few days. If so, call your doctor. he can prescribe a suppository which will help with that.

Your history doesn't really give much indication of what to expect from the biopsy, so you will just have to wait for the results. Statistically, speaking, the odds are that you just have benign prostatic hypertrophy, which can make it difficult to urinate, but is not cancer. If you have a lot of trouble urinating, it is possible surgery may be necessary since inability to urinate can lead to serious complications such as kidney failure. But it is fairly easy to treat, either by meidcation, or where necessary by relatively simple surgery through the urethra.


Rajinder




If you have more questions, you should try either alt.support.cancer.prostate or the bph support group, the name of which I don't have handy just now.

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