After 10 years of managing BPH with lifestyle change and taking Flowmax, I finally decided to go for Aquablation. I wanted to share my experience and answer any questions that someone might have.
Procedure was pretty straight forward, started at 8am, done by 9:30am. Came out of the room with catheter taped tight to my thigh so that bulb inside the bladder is pulled tight against urethra inside the bladder. Felt that pressure all day, but it was tolerable. They kept flushing bladder with large bags of saline. Urine was initially coming out dark red, but later changed to pink. Stayed in hospital overnight and next day, tension on catheter / bulb was released. That felt good. Flushing continued, towards the evening (2nd day) they decided to send me home because flush was relatively clear. Other than pain while urinating ( a lot on first day) everything else was good. In the hindsight, I should have spend good bit of time with Dr. to discuss how to manage pain. I figured it out how to manage it with the limited pain killers that were given. I could have avoided lot more pain if I was advised on how often and how much to pain killer to talk. Other than that everything went fine in recovery. Today is the 8th day. I have almost no pain while urinating. I am off all the pain meds. I am moving around, driving a little, overall been careful what I do. Frequency of going to bathroom is still there, it is expected. Like once every 30 mins to 90 mins. I am still advised to continue to take flowmax for next 2 weeks. I will update how further recovery goes. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask.