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Optilume balloon therapy for BPH

Men's Health | Last Active: Feb 10 8:37am | Replies (61)

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@christopherhurst

I had Optilume on the 27th of August for BPH, and for me, it has been a nightmare, to say the least. Terrible bleeding for months. Horrible pain. Leaking, even now, so that I have to wear a pad to soak it up. And even worse, my flow is terrible, and I am still on drugs, which I did the procedure to get off of. Even almost five months later, I can still not exercise much at all and have gained weight on top of everything else. Last Monday, I saw another surgeon at the University of Washington, and they told me this procedure was a big mistake. I have called the company multiple times and gotten no help or assistance of any kind. They just read the brochure to you and said everything would be great. I wish I had never done this procedure. The new surgeon said it will typically take at least six months to heal the damage to the prostate that this procedure does. Then, we can go about trying to correct the damage. That is what has happened to me. I wish the company would provide some support or at least converse with me.

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Odd to me. The paclitaxel keeps the split lobes of tge prostate from growing back together. My urine was clear of blood and clots completely at week four and I considered myself healed at week six. I do know that the factory rep must accompany the durgwon oh the first ten procedures the dr performs... Maybe the placement of tge balloon catheter was not quite correct or moved at time of inflation wit about 90fr or 1 1/4 inch. If it's not placed a secured while inflating it could cause a tear in tge bladder neck.. I'd be surprised if you've not had a systoscopy by now to find out what happened.