I had my Aquablation done on Dec. 18, 2025. I'm 75 and otherwise in good health. My experience has been less than stellar: they let me go home the same day. On the 2nd day, I was in such pain that my wife had to take me to the emergency room. On the 2nd day, all was going well, still had my catheter on, and the next morning I woke up with an empty bag. Whoops. Back to the emergency. This time, since I was supposed to have the catheter removed the next day, they removed it.

Somewhere during all this, I started with hiccups, which, after 3-1/2 days, got to be old. (Yeah, it reads funny, but it really isn't. The first night was hard to sleep. The next night, I was able to sleep, but my wife said my snoring woke her, and I was hiccupping between snores. Back to my hospital (but not emergency this time), I went on a different anti-acid drug that seems to be working.

Meanwhile, I kept on telling anyone who'd listen to me that the pain on urination was very bad. The kind of bad where you could not talk in any way. Finally, one PA said I should have my urine tested. It was, and I did have a UTI. Now I'm on antibiotics and have one more day of that. Pain has gone down dramatically.

The pain is now minimal, probably what I should be having after the treatment, and I've not seen any blood in about a week. My main issue is that if I have go, there are times when I HAVE TO GO NOW!!. I'm wearing pads, but I don't think they can catch it all if it comes to that. I've only had one pre-spill, and it was fortunately caught.

Now it's just over four weeks, and I'm hoping to start doing more things. I'm delighted to have found this group, and I thank Mayo for having it. I've been wanting an experienced group to talk about this. My hospital doesn't have anything like this. (Kaiser Permanente in Southern California. If anyone has any words of advice for me, Please do.