Enlarged prostate - Experiences from others who suffer and options going forward

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Slick

Guru
I was trained to self-catheterise a year ago and while I can do it, when needed, it's been a powerful incentive to manage my liquid intake and output so that I don't need to.

Obviously everyone is very different but I can only imagine that probably means you aren't drinking enough?
 

All uphill

Still rolling along
Location
Somerset
Obviously everyone is very different but I can only imagine that probably means you aren't drinking enough?

No, I'm very careful to drink enough, but I make sure that I never drink large quantities quickly. I don't drink beer, so that helps.

The other thing I have to avoid is sitting still for too long; I need and want to move around in the evenings rather than flopping in front of the TV.
 

All uphill

Still rolling along
Location
Somerset
The day finally arrived for my prostate to get dealt with.

Ms AU heroically delivered me to the hospital way before dawn and went off for coffee.

I answered a hundred questions a hundred times, admired the sheafs of paper records (!) which the surgeon amusingly dropped on the floor.

All went well apparently, apart from the idiot who kept saying he needed a poo while in the recovery room.

It took about 40 minutes to fully recover. It's taking Ms AU longer to recover from all the coffee she drank.

Home now and remarkably pain free. We'll see if that lasts.
 

Brandane

The Costa Clyde rain magnet.
The day finally arrived for my prostate to get dealt with.

Ms AU heroically delivered me to the hospital way before dawn and went off for coffee.

I answered a hundred questions a hundred times, admired the sheafs of paper records (!) which the surgeon amusingly dropped on the floor.

All went well apparently, apart from the idiot who kept saying he needed a poo while in the recovery room.

It took about 40 minutes to fully recover. It's taking Ms AU longer to recover from all the coffee she drank.

Home now and remarkably pain free. We'll see if that lasts.

Well done! Wishing you a full and speedy recovery, and an end to the self catheterisation :okay:.
 

postman

Squire
Location
,Leeds
For a while after it was like peeing razor blades,plus i had a bag fastened to my left leg,then i was fastened to a night bag on a stand a massive bag that was always bulging on a morning.
 

PaulB

Legendary Member
Location
Colne
This isn't really about the prostate but it is about catheterisation and cycling so I think it's appropriate here.

A barman in Aberdeen was once telling me he'd been mountain-biking in Scotland and had hit a boulder unexpectedly, been shunted forward off his saddle, landed on his perineum (or 'taint' to give it it's more technical term) and it was discovered he'd ruptured his urethra. This required a urethraplasty which he told me would require intermittent catheterisarion for the rest of his life.

I was then recalling this story to a Scottish colleague who told me exactly the same condition had been suffered by her husband when a car hit him head on in Glasgow on a training ride on a road bike. Intermittent self-catheterisation for life for him now as well.

Does anyone else know of more of these cases making it possibly being a hazard of cycling?
 

All uphill

Still rolling along
Location
Somerset
Six weeks on from prostate surgery (HoLEP) and I am very impressed. I don't expect the full benefits for several more months, but my life has already been transformed.

I sleep through the night about three nights a week, and no longer go through life from one toilet to the next.

As expected I've lost fitness despite walking 3 to 5 miles a day. I had my first ride on a bike yesterday- just 1 mile and I was puffing up the small hill coming home.
 

SpokeyDokey

68, & my GP says I will officially be old at 70!
Moderator
Six weeks on from prostate surgery (HoLEP) and I am very impressed. I don't expect the full benefits for several more months, but my life has already been transformed.

I sleep through the night about three nights a week, and no longer go through life from one toilet to the next.

As expected I've lost fitness despite walking 3 to 5 miles a day. I had my first ride on a bike yesterday- just 1 mile and I was puffing up the small hill coming home.

Good News on the life transformation front.

The bike not so good, but it will soon come back. Good luck!
 

yello

back and brave
Location
France
I've just posted on another thread (3am club) then found this informative thread. Thanks to all that have contributed, it's both helped and calmed me.

I'm a week in on tamsulosin. It's kinda interesting in that I am experiencing some side effects but I can't yet say it's doing what I'd hoped. The doc said it takes 2 to 3 weeks so I'll do that. If today was decision time then I'd pack it in.

Going for a pee is easier but tbh it wasn't exactly a problem before. Not what I considered a problem anyway, or was even aware of. Sadly, too easy and I emptied my bladder in bed the other night in my sleep. I would say it took me back' but believe me it wasn't nostalgia I was feeling. The misses was 'understanding' Hopefully, that's a one-off and my body will adjust. At the moment though, I'm getting up 2 or 3 times a night compared to the once pre tamsulosin.
 

Dag Hammar

Über Member
Location
Essex
I've just posted on another thread (3am club) then found this informative thread. Thanks to all that have contributed, it's both helped and calmed me.

I'm a week in on tamsulosin. It's kinda interesting in that I am experiencing some side effects but I can't yet say it's doing what I'd hoped. The doc said it takes 2 to 3 weeks so I'll do that. If today was decision time then I'd pack it in.

Going for a pee is easier but tbh it wasn't exactly a problem before. Not what I considered a problem anyway, or was even aware of. Sadly, too easy and I emptied my bladder in bed the other night in my sleep. I would say it took me back' but believe me it wasn't nostalgia I was feeling. The misses was 'understanding' Hopefully, that's a one-off and my body will adjust. At the moment though, I'm getting up 2 or 3 times a night compared to the once pre tamsulosin.

Have you read the leaflet that comes with the tablets telling of potential side effects ?
As you have only recently started taking Tamsulosin one of the side effects may not have affected you yet or may not affect you at all. But don’t be surprised if you encounter delayed ejaculation.
 

postman

Squire
Location
,Leeds
If anybody is having trouble ask about a TURP op ,also ask about a Laser op,which is the much better one,side effects are less,the TURP leaves you with a dry ejaculation.Finally try to keep away from FINASTERIDE it's a bad one,i got depression really bad.Even though my op was a total success i have been kept on Tamsulosin and Mirabegron.With no problems.
 

yello

back and brave
Location
France
Have you read the leaflet that comes with the tablets telling of potential side effects ?

Yes. French-English dictionary by my side.

Tbh, I'm not suffering majorly with anything they mention. Stomach feels a little off, a couple of aches, almost cold-like in head and nose and a bit spaced BUT actually otherwise feeling surprisingly good. As I say, I can tell it's doing something, just not what I'd hoped - yet.
 
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