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Originally Posted by hcoles
I had the surgery performed July 19 at Stanford using a new technology aquablation. I was in the hospital one night after the 11AM surgery. Went home without catheter. The recovery period has not been fun but as far as the doctor says I'm in the typical range. If you don't mind feeling like an ice pick is being stabbed through the end of you know where, when you pee, you will be okay. If you are curious re. aquablation you can google it and read up - there are even videos. It is a bit early for me to report what the long term outcome might be. The doctor said "the robot doesn't make a mistake". If you go in for this and want some tips... pm me. Today I'm optimistic, my walk around the block went fairly well and pain is reduced a bit.
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I should have mentioned I was on Proscar and Flomax for maybe ? 2 years. Sort of suddenly my body was not handling it (drugs) very well. My riding strength was dipping very low on most days. My blood pressure was dropping. I think it might be okay to try the drug route and see how it goes.. you might be okay for ever like that. The reason I tried the drugs first was that the surgeon said there is a risk of damage using the conventional TURP cutting method. My damage I mean one of the pee valves gets damaged and doesn't return to working. The risk is very low but not zero. So that's why I decided to go for the "big" fix.