@skipz Thanks for your reply.

After reading many of the posts on here, I get to wondering if I am deciding too early. My symptoms don’t seem to be as bad as many of the guy’s. I have had a few times that I could not start to urinate, or the stream was only a dribble where I was wishing to insert a catheter to relieve the pressure.

I get the feeling like I am spending too much time every day doing research. How much is too much? I am spending time researching when I should be doing other things.

I’ve mentioned to two urologists that if I am about to start to pee before I have the toilet lid up, or otherwise not ready, I should not squeeze my penis with my thumb and fingers to physically delay the flow. If I do I feel a ripping or burning in the area of my prostate and blood comes out with the urine. This has been going on for maybe 10 years. The bleeding lasts for about two days. Neither seemed to be concerned enough to want to find out where the bleeding was coming from. I’d like to hear if other guys have experienced this.

The nurse practitioner I talked with said the doctor has performed many HoLEP procedures. I asked if it was more than 1000 and she said no. After a few more questions she said about 4 per week and his complications after surgery is within the normal rate.

I guess the material removed by HOLEP is sent to pathology to look for cancer cells. I haven’t read that this is usual for Aquablation. I guess that the material removed with Aquablation would make it difficult to tell where the cancer cells came from.