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Transperineal biopsy recovery time?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Apr 13 6:10am | Replies (21)

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@gerryp Hi Gerry, it would help everyone tremendously if you provide an update after visiting the urologist. As stated above several times, what you are experiencing is not to be expected. I had nothing like that. Best to you my friend.

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Good morning @oldgreenpaint. And the answer is “Friable Prostate”. I went for my 3 appts, they took a urine culture, had me try to void and measured the remaining urine in my bladder. I failed that test, so asked to be able to try to finish peeing. After the second void, I just marginally passed the urine retention test. Docs weren’t happy and wanted to put a catheter in for the weekend and irrigate my bladder. They reluctantly agreed to let me go home without the catheter as long as I would go right to the ER if I couldn’t pee. The blood and difficulty peeing continued until finally just this morning. I bled a little overnight, but so far today, urine looks mostly clear and it’s much easier to pee. I’m 66, and I’ve had BPH for more than 15 years, and I guess BPH makes the prostate more fragile with more vascularity and therefore more subject to random bleeding. And call also be a sign of prostate cancer - so I’m waiting for the biopsy results which will probably come in on Monday. I think the biopsy made my prostate very angry, and the doc said they took 16 cores on an already fragile prostate. Hence all the bleeding. I had this happen one other time about 15 years ago, and my urologist did a cystoscopy and diagnosed a friable prostate. Never had that issue again until last Tuesday following the biopsy. I have another appointment tomorrow to retest everything and am hopeful that I won’t need that damn catheter. Thanks for following up.