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I had HOLEP almost 100 days ago, still feeling burning sensation when peeing, urgency and frequency. My doc said that I´m TOO SENSITIVE to pain and my bladder needs to be REPOSITIONED before it gets better. Feling so tired cause I didn´t sleep well at night. I learn that, when you see videos of docs showing happy people saying - Oh, I had HOLEP, and didn´t feel any pain - maybe you´re being deceived. So people, be very careful when you decide to go for ANY prostate surgery
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I never had the urgency or burning after HOLEP. Only the incontinence. Like I said previously, I am 7 months post HOLEP and still have incontinence. I have gone from 6-7 diapers per day to liners. Still have the stress incontinence. I took a couple weeks off from the pelvic floor exercises and started doing them again yesterday. I will do them every day for a couple of weeks to see if I can completely stop the incontinence. My surgeon is young and hasn’t performed many HOLEPS. My prostate was blocking urine flow and I could not void my bladder which backed up my kidneys. Waiting to see a nephrologist next month to see how much damage I may have done to my kidneys. I trusted military doctors for too long and should have had this procedure 28 years ago when I started having trouble with my prostate. I never felt in control of my own health until I got away from the military hospitals. I am now voiding so I know I am not backing up to my kidneys as I did for 28 years. I usually get up 2 times at night to empty my bladder. Everything seems to be working properly except the incontinence which he told me could take up to a year to get under control. We all seem to heal differently and at different rates. Good luck.
Had HoLEP July 7, 2025. Over two months since the operation, I still have pain localized in the perineal/anus area when starting urination. I've noticed position has something to do with it. If I crouch when I urinate. there's much less pain. More concerning to me is the feeling of having to move my bowels that is present mostly when I'm sitting. This has thrown off my typical bowel habits before surgery. My surgeon, an expert in the surgery, told me my symptoms are not atypical. She prescribed a prednisone pack which did help for a while reducing the pain. The feeling of having to move my bowels varies. I've found it important not to strain when eliminating since doing so increases the pain when urinating and the feeling of having to have a bowel movement. I'm just going to wait it out, and keep my fingers crossed.
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It isn't the procedure that is the problem it is the doctor. I had HoLEP January 21 2025 and I had NO pain. I was 81 years old at the time with a prostate of 201. They removed 3/4 of my prostate. Did you ask the doctor before the procedure was done how many procedures he had done?