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Best procedure for BPH instead was drugd
The drugs for my BPH symptoms are stating to cause problems I was looking into aquablation but I was told Medicare would not pay for it if you have prostate cancer no one around here does TULSA. Can anyone recommend a procedure with fewest side effects I know I don’t want TURP
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Any of the laser procedures are good. Green Light, HoLep, etc…what is your cancer status?
Phil
I had Aquablation as part of a clinical trial for cancer. After 90 days PSA down from 9 to 3. As for BPH, flowing like Niagara Falls. But to your point, your doctor should be able to classify the procedure is for BPH and not cancer. I will say it took exactly 6 months to have the leaking stop
I had TURP 17 years ago. There was the operation, a night in the hospital, adjustment to peeing with a catheter, blood gobs for a day or two after it was out, but then great relief. It was highly uncomfortable, but by far not the worst thing I've been through, and when it was over, it was over. And I was much better. Sifting through the debris also discovered the first hint of PCa (T1, just enough to keep watch on it). I'll admit, retrograde ejaculation is something to get used to, but (to me) not that big a deal. So I'm curious about your situation: Why not TURP?
P.S. - a bit of fun - My TURP was at Scripps in San Diego. My hospital room had a huge widow overlooking the North Course at Torrey Pines, with a view of hang gliders and the Pacific in the near distance. Nothing but sunshine, naturally. To this day, it was the nicest place I've ever "lived".
To answer your questions my cancer is a 7 nothing has changed in 4 years I have heard to many bad things about turp leaking ED. I have as sold on aquablation but my Urologist said Medicare would not pay for it because of the cancer