I'm at about 10 weeks since aquablation.
I'm not waking up any less often than I was prior to surgery. About twice a night. Urination was more comfortable prior to the procedure.
I'm 75 years old. PSA was down to about 2.5 with finasteride but shot up to about 9 after I decided to stop taking it about 6 months prior to the surgery. Drug side effects were bothering me.
I had a very large prostate, doc removed about 40% with aquablation. Then 2 miserable days in the hospital.
Doc had a strong assumption that I had developed cancer, which is why I agreed to the surgery. Got the size reduced while avoiding a standard vika the rectum biopsy. (tissue was checked after aquablation, no cancer detected).
But as I said I'm not getting up in middle of the night any less frequently than before the procedure.
However, I need diapers, which shocked me and is uncomfortable. And costly.
I'm finding a quantity of a mucus like substance in my urine almost evert time I urinate. Doc said it's "left over" semen, whatever that means.
Sometimes the mucos hardens at the tip, and starting urination is a bit painful until the force if the urine breaks the "seal"..
I can't control where the urine is going to flow, so I either sit like a female, or pee into a cup.
Using a cup helps me see the quantity and check the color.
At about 7 or 8 weeks color became closer to normal.
Early on I noticed chunks of tissue in the urine. That has slowed considerably, but I still notice it frequently. Small gray or white bits floating in the urine.
So far I question if this was worthwhile, except I have stopped the tamsulosin and finasteride.
Doc told me to see him in 2 or3 months suspects I will be doing much better by then.