@vtredwolf
Thank you for sharing your experience with aquablation. Please do continue providing updates. I had aqua done four days ago. After procedure went to hospital room with gravity irrigation through catheter. Stayed a total of two days as drainage was deemed a little too thick/red. Procedure was tuesday. Thursday went home with catheter. Drainage has been getting cleaner every day. Sometimes a little red “sediment” can be seen in the tube but no clots. The day of the procedure my catheter did clog. Because they were sending quite a bit of irrigation through the catheter i very soon began to expetience extreme pain from the pressure building up. The nurses scrambled to find a “flush kit.” It only took them a few minutes but it seemed like an hour. Not good when that happens. I had the nurse show me again how she did it and i ordered a couple to have at home since my catheter would be in seven days. My irrigation rate at home (just from drinking no big bags going in) makes a clog less worrisome but i wanted to be prepared to avoid a possible trip to an er if the catheter clogged. That happened after a rezum treatment a few years ago. Only other issue so far was constipation for four and a half days so i recommend starting to take mild stool softeners right after the procedure. I waited two days. I too will provide updates once my catheter comes out in a couple days. So far i have not experienced any pain following the procedure except for some irritation in the tip of my penis from the catheter.
A little more background. My prostate size prior to procedure was 80 grams with a large median lobe projecting into and obstructing the bladder. If I would go too long without voiding my bladder would fill up and push down on the obstructing median lobe and I wouldnt be able to go. Fortunately when this happened I had a catheter available and I was able to drain my bladder without having to visit the emergency room. Very much looking forward to no longer having to worry about that, or finding a bathroom every hour, getting up many times at night, leaving a large amount of urine in my bladder after every void, etc. Not to mention removing the obstruction will save my bladder muscles from eventually wearing out from dealing with the obstructions causing permanent problems. Aquablation works for all prostate sizes. If you are struggling with urinating issues, seek help from a provider that offers aquablation in their network.