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Aquablation: Post-surgery expectations
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Hello, This is my first post. So I had Aquablation procedure back on Jan 7, 2025. So far it has not been what I had expected. I stll have pain urinating, going to the bathroom double what I use to, get up three to four times a night, uncontrollable surges to go to the bathroom and on top of that retrograde ejaculation. I thought I was having only a Aquablation procedure but on the day of my surgery and in my post op report it stated Aquablation and Turp. So are the combine procedure or is turp separate process or is it used to remove tissue from after Aquablation, Right now total a bit confused with what was done, As I had idea what Turp was and had to look it up after my surgery as we never discussed it during office appointments nor prior to surgery.
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This seems very unorthodox to what I know and expedrienced. I have had AEI (arterial embolization) which did not correct my symptoms due to a very large prostate and so took the next step of Aquablation on 12/4/2024. The results are mixed as I still feel pain during urination and if I exercise (primarily hard running) I have significant blood in my urine. Have an appt. with the surgeon this week to discuss. However, prior to the aquablation I had conversations with two surgeons regarding this procedure vice Turp. My understanding is that these are two different approaches. Turp was described as a more standard cutting procedure and aquablation was a newer and essentially a "power hose" procedure to break up and remove part of the prostate. Most importantly for me was that aquablation had less significant chance of the retrograde ejaculation vice Turp. If there is a takeaway for me is that the recovery time is much longer than advertised. Recommend a discussion with your surgeon as well as get another opinion. Hope this is helpful.