Does anyone have first hand experience with a doctor they can recommend is the US? I live in the Pacific Northwest, and there are no doctors performing the procedure near me. I will have to travel somewhere. I have been in contact with Procept, and you can actually search for Urologists on their website, but I was hoping to find someone on here that could recommend a doctor. I had an FLA procedure done 3 years ago. It wasn't as great as it has been for others. It worked for almost 1 year really well, but has kind of tapered off. I want to have a more robust procedure done now, but would rather avoid TURP and Holep, but will go that way if I have to.
I have followed this forum for quite some time and the apparent same procedure is successful for some and not so much for others. As we are all special and individual, so is the outcome.
For myself I have been very lucky and was on search of a solution for several months. Dr G in Houston has been great for me. I send you a private message with the contact information. If you want to know more details, don't hesitate to ask.
Best wishes and good luck, Emil
I have followed this forum for quite some time and the apparent same procedure is successful for some and not so much for others. As we are all special and individual, so is the outcome.
For myself I have been very lucky and was on search of a solution for several months. Dr G in Houston has been great for me. I send you a private message with the contact information. If you want to know more details, don't hesitate to ask.
Best wishes and good luck, Emil
Motoman I am in exactly the same boat as you, FLA worked well for a year but I think it just grew back. Someone has recommended a doc in LA for this as being the master of all robotic surgery, I don't remember who, has an Indian name. I am talking to a doc in Chicago considering aquablation. His office assistant told me he's been doing it for about a year and the response from patients has been quite positive, less side effects reported. She told me one patient was so excited and happy that he wants to be a Procept sales rep. PM me if you want to talk.
Hey Moto and Mike, I am in the same boat as you guys with the FLA, the only difference being I never got the one year of being better lol. My brother who is(was) a part of the study group also got no relief at all. I am also considering aquablation, and will be interested to see the replies you get to the question. Thanks Joe
Mike, I think you and I were having FLA the same week with Dr K. Mine was three years ago this week. I think the guy in LA is Mihir Desai. He is at USC and I was given his name by Procept. I have tried contacting them 3 times without any call back from anyone, so I am trying to find someone else to do it. Chicago doesn't sound bad, as we have family in Wisconsin. I am sure something will work, since I was able to get a year of very good relief, and still better with FLA than before the procedure.
I had my aquablation done nov 5, 2019. My doc was Christopher DiBlasio in Bethpage NY. I cant say enough good things about him or the procedure. Ive posted quite a bit on this forum. Such a shame there are no search tools.
Do keep in mind, although mine was a highly skilled surgeon, there isn't a big need for surgeon skill, or intense aquablation experience, with this robot based procedure. Personally, if a doctor had done 4 or 5 aquablations, I would be satisfied with his knowledge of the procedure. IMO. TURP is an entirely different animal, requiring a lot of experience.
Just a thought. Last I looked, the Procept site did not list all the docs. You may want to ask them which hospitals in your area have the aquabeam robot. Then contact the hospitals to find out the names of urologists using it. Good luck.
Marty, You are right, most of the doctors mentioned in this thread, and in PM to me are not on the Procept site. I had been in contact with Procept a couple years ago and there was nothing in my area. I am trying to find someone who will talk with me over the phone, get whatever they need from a local urologist here in Idaho, then just make one trip for a procedure.
Yes Motoman I remember Dr K mentioned someone the day before me or after me and I figured it was you. I used to live in Chicago, if I were you I'd contact them the North Shore system is really good - the Doc I am in contact with is younger, but he's been doing it for about a year and BPH is his specialty. So he probably does Rezum, Turp and whatever he thinks will work for you or you ask for, since it's newer tech some patients are nervous about trying it. I just saw my Urologist here and he was very positive about the idea, he just doesn't have the equipment for Aquablation one of his associates of his practice worked on the original studies I think.
Motoman my feeling is whoever does it will want to see you first, Urologists like to do testing the way they feel comfortable because they might not think a particular procedure is best for you. Maybe I'm wrong I will ask if I remember when I see the doc in Chicago in about 10 days.
I agree Mike. I am just hoping to find someone who could deal with it in one trip instead of two. I need to start making some phone calls to see what the doctors say. Maybe one of them will work with my local urologist?
Similar to Motoman and some of the other comments here, I too am very interested in learning more about Aquablation as this seems like a very promising (relatively) new treatment (no heat, robotically assisted, clear imagery thru ultrasound) - and presumably with a short/smooth recovery process and minimal if any L/T side effects. If there are recommendations of specific doctors who performed this procedure in the US, it would be great to hear/see such info, preferably along with some detail on short and longer-term recovery experiences. Thanks much!
Check out USC Urology. There's a doc there that was involved in the early trials in India before the procedure was brought to the US.
I'm pretty sure they still use heat to cauterize the bleeders
please message me if still interested i had it just over 3 weeks ago and so far am happy
I have been doing a lot of research on Holep and Aquablation. I would like to talk with you about your experience so far with Aquablation. Please PM me. Thanks
I am new to this forum. Please explain how you can PM or message someone to speak offline. There does not appear to be a way to do this.
Mike, Im reaching out to you because you are the only one who has posted recently on this forum and you had it done. I am trying to decide if Aquablation is a good long term solution, with minimal side effects. Let me know how it's going for you now. Are you having any dribbling issues? How strong is your stream now? Were there any postop issues? Note: these are the questions I wanted to ask offline, but you can answer here to inform all.
I am hoping to hear back from you or anyone else who has had this procedure done.
Gary this is Mike588 somehow I got locked out so i created a new profile sorry for delay I will PM you