My prostate aquablation Q and A
My prostate aquibation
Here is the beginning of my story about my prostate aquibation and the recovery I am making so far. I am a 75 year old male.
Prostate size was 150 grams. Surgery was done at Wellstore Kennestone Hospital in Marietta GA in the Greater Atlanta area. The hospital care and experience was excellent.
It's been two weeks and four days since my prostate aquablation surgery.
Stayed overnight in hospital for the blood hemorrhage flushing and home the next day with catheter . Catheter came out four days later ,was not painful . My doctor took me off Flomax and proscar the day after surgery which I'm glad he did because of drugs did not agree with me but kept my urination flowing.
My recovery so far has been urinating blood which is getting less red and more lighter cranberry ,with bladder spasms which have been getting less in discomfort as the days go by. I am able to control the annoyance of the bladder spasms with Tylenol . I am getting up between 5 and 8 times a night. I was getting up between two and three times a night before the surgery. I am urinating 22 times a day 64 ounces. I am drinking about 75 ounces of water per day. Before that I was urinating 8 to 10 times a day approximately 30 to 35 ounces but went less fluid intake.
My first question is how long before getting up so many times per night will drop back down to 1 or 2 times per night?
My second question and also possible answer to other people's question is.
After the two week and 4 day mark my wife and I had oral sex.
No problem with erection, a good but somewhat sore orgasm. But no ejaculation, which I was also having on Flomax for a month . So if anybody is wondering how long you should wait, two weeks and 4 days worked for me so far.
My third question is, anybody who has had this before me with reverse ejaculation did it eventually go away or was it permanent and how long did it take before it came back if it did.
My 4th question is how long did it take before your flow started getting better than what it was before surgery . I'm urinating more in frequency but not much faster.
Thank You
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Question: Online I see prostate aquablation as treating benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). This is a forum about prostate cancer. Was this used as a treatment for PC or are you just checking in with the forum since there's overlap? I hadn't heard about aquablation being used for PC.
After RALP my flow was better once the catheter was removed, but we all know results differ tremendously. I too was drinking as much water as I could. I still drink a lot more than before the surgery 2+ years later.
@jojo99
I had not heard of this before, but it made me wonder if they are using water to get rid of tissue are they using the same thing to remove a Prostate? It struck me as sort of an awkward procedure.
Aquablation is an alternative to TURP and is used to treat BPH. I haven't found any discussion of it as a treatment for prostate cancer.
@jojo99, I moved your post to the Men's Health support group. You will find additionally discussions about aquablation therapy and the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) here too, for example:
- Aquablation: Post-surgery expectations
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/aquablation/
- Continuing To Learn About Aquablation
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/continuing-to-learn-about-aquablation/
See all: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/mens-health-1/?search=aquablation%20&index=discussions
@jojo99, how is recovery going?