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Prostate Artery Embolization for BPH. Anyone have it done?
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@riccja I have had the Rezum treatment which did not relieve me of my BPH symptoms. I am now considering the HOLEP. I have thought about the PAE but the thought of putting something in my blood vessel in an attempt to intentionally starve an area of my body still has me apprehensive. I worry about ischemia or necrosis to an unintended area of my anatomy as a result of the introduced embolus.
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@shark I researched all the alternatives to treat enlarged prostates, and settled on PAE as the least intrusive, with the least side effects. In retrospect, I feel I made the correct decision.
My procedure was a non event. No side effects, with improvement the first month to where my urgency and night time urination were almost gone completely. A big change from having to get up 4 times a night.
Saying that, I tried getting off the meds I was on before the PAE, I did that around the end of month 2. And it appears I did it too early as I needed to start taking them again. That was almost a month ago. I am scheduled for an ultrasound to see the size of the prostate, and also another cystoscopy to try to find out the cause of pain on urination I have had that started immediately after my last cystoscopy almost a year ago.
Every year they refine PAE into a better technique. The big plus to me is the no surgery aspect of it. Going in and reducing the size of the prostate by the different procedures they now have, is much more aggressive then PAE, and subject to more potential side effects.
Lets see how I feel about it in a few more months:)