I want to share my information in the hopes that it will help others with similar problems; plus I have one question (at the end). I am 75 now and started having difficulty urinating about 6 years ago. My urologist at the time prescribed Alfuzosin 10mg once a day. That helped a lot, but after 2-3 years I started to have difficulty again. My urologist did a cystoscopy and said my bladder had lost some flexibility and prescribed Oxybutin 5mg once a day. This worked until early last year when I started having problem again. My urologist retired so I had a new one that did another cystoscopy and said my prostate had grown and I should take the Alfuzosin twice a day along with the Oxybutin. This worked until the end of 2022 and then I started to have problems again. In addition I started to have chest pains and saw a cardiologist that did x-ray, EKG and stress test. His conclusion was that my heart was fine but that the Alfuzosin was probably causing the chest pain. So my urologist recommended the Rezum procedure. I had the procedure done on 1/26/23. It was extremely painful. More than I expected. I was on a catheter for 5 days which was also extremely uncomfortable especially at night. I bled from my penis around the catheter the entire 5 days. The catheter was removed on 1/31/23. The nurse told me to drink a lot of fluids to keep the urine flowing to prevent a clot which might cause me to have be re-catheterized. It has been 5 days and I can hardly urinate at all. My urologist prescribed the double dose of Alfuzosin for another 30 days, but it is not helping. All I urinate is a teaspoon or two at a time every 45 minutes. This is a manageable problem during the day but a bigger problem at night. It's impossible to get a good nights sleep, and last night I was awake for 3hours trying to urinate a little to relieve the pressure. Finally a lot of blood came out and I was able to urinate a little. I am still bleeding and still can't urinate more than a teaspoonful at a time and it stings each time. Plus, my urologist had me Cipro 1000mg/day for 7 days. My hemorrhoids acted up and I thought the Cipro was making me constipated, but after stopping the Cipro my problem continued and I realized that my perineum was swollen and irritated probably from the swollen prostate. So, I was bleeding from both ends. This is where I am today. My question is this: I can live with the bleeding and pain and discomfort for the 6-12 weeks that they say it will take to recover, but how long will it take before I can empty my bladder. This is my biggest problem. At this point I can't say that I would recommend the Rezum procedure to my worst enemy.