12 days post-op
I'm glad to see most of you are pleased with the holep results so far. After 12 days post-op my experience is nothing but negative. After being diagnosed with BPH about 15 years ago I had been managing it with medications with acceptable results. Getting up once per night was manageable. More recently though, ultrasounds showed I was not fully voiding my bladder and was retaining 200-300 ml on a regular basis. The urologist told me this could lead to serious problems in the future so I opted for holep. I spent one night in the hospital and the following day the catheter was removed and I was discharged home. Every day since my discharge I have had total incontinence. It is constant leakage with my bladder never filling up enough to even pee normally. The urine leaks out of my bladder as soon it enters from my kidneys. I have not seen any improvement in these first 12 days. Maybe it is just too soon to judge but I now question if I made the right decision to go forward with holep. I went from a very manageable situation to one which is now much worse. I'll just have to see what happens over the next few weeks but thus far it has been terrible and I am afraid to even leave my house. Quality of life has greatly deteriorated.