I am told that I need TURP for my enlarged prostae problem . could any one recommend a good Urologist in Dallas Metroplex area who has good experience in this procedure
Hey Pete. Just curious. Is that the only procedure they offered you?? Please read up on it before you decided anything. Ken
Before you even consider a TURP, read the posts on this site about TURP,Urolift, and PAE. This is very important.
Neal
Good call. Before anything is done he needs to research all the options Ken
Hi Pete, Please heed the advice here and look at the other alternatives several of us have found. In the ned a TURP may be the only option for you but I would consider it a lsat resort. PAE and Urolift should bey considered. Just for reference, PAE is a non invasive procedure that has worked very successfuly for many men. It stands for prostatic arterial embolization and I had one last november. several other people on this forum have as well. I went from an IPSS score of 28 to 14 and get up only once a night now to urinate.
I had the urolift done 2 month's ago and it is great No meds and sleep through the night. In a big place lake Dallas there should be some other options. Ken
Pete, TURP is a horrible Proccedure that could leave you impotent and incontinent.
I had a PAE two months ago and now peeing like I did when I was twenty. No side effects and minimally invasive.
Do your homework...I think you'll find that TURP is your worst option. I have no time for urologists....they just reccomend what they know and ignore everything else. TURP is just butchery in my view.
Thank God you got onto this forum ....you may have been saved from making a big mistake.
You are in a British Forum but we do get Ameicans posting but who wants a TURP when there are several better procedures around.
Pete,
As others have said, read through this forum on PAE, Urolift and HOLep. There are some great minimally invasive alternatives to TURP. I had PAE three months ago and my prostate has shrunk 40%, PSA dropped from 22 to 1.8, IPSS score went from 26 to 1. I now have my life back, don't get up at night at all and pee great during the day. No pain, no more catheters. No sexual side effects. I feel like I have been given my life back. I had my PAE at UNC Chapel Hill North Carolina. Private message me if you want more info.
How did they explain the PSA of 22.
My max was 9.8 when my prostate was 75grms.
my prostate is 55 gms and 5.5 cm .My Urologist has told me that the only option for me is to have TURP. He said that I don't qualify for Urolift but he did not suggest PAE. May be becuase he does not know the procedure. May I ask you where did you get PAE done? It will be a big help . thanks, pete
I live in Australia and had mine done in Sydney. If you scroll through the blog you will find several American guys who have had PAE s done in the U.S.
The proceedure is carried out by an interventional radiologist not an urologist.
Hi William, I would appreciate if you can give me your e mail address so i can communicate with you directly.
thanks
pete
I found 2 doctors in the Dallas area...W. Scott Webster MD 214-826-6021 and Richard Scriven MD 817-784-0818 Call them before you dicide anything I still think you can have it done PLEASE Ken
I had the TUMT for trans ureathral microwave thermaltherapy. Had that done in January this year. I chose this over TURP because of all the negative feedback. It is an in office proceedure. Although I am not totally satisfied I have improved and not lost any sexual function. At the time I had not heard of nor was advised by my Urologist the Urolift proceedure. Pretty sure I would have gone that route. Good posibility of loosing some important sexual function with the TURP, so proceed with caution.
NO, NO, No, NO, No...get the idea? Read and follow instructions from people who have personal experience. You don't get marital advice from someone who has been divorced...get the info from "real" sources. From everything I've researched, PAE seems the best way to go. Don't let your Urologist bully you around. He's going to be cheated out of an unnecessary surgery. I have an appointment this Monday for an ultrasound. If prostate is 80, my procedure is going to be free. I'm in the states and will be going to UNC-Chapel Hill to get it done. Read, read, read.....JV
Thats is right He need to research everything. I think the doctor only offered the turp is thats is the only one he does. Get the information before you pick anything to be done to your body. Because once they start cutting it's over. You will never get it back.............Another thing some doctors will tell you is that everything is going to be the same Ya right Ken
Pete, you are getting a lot of advice here about NOT getting a TURP. It's good advice. The urologists are all on the prostate gravy train. They LOVE enlarged prostates....but are too lazy or dishonest to keep up with the latest developments. I went to three urologists including a female one. She was the worst ...wanted to do open surgery on for BPH....claimed it was the "gold standard" . I heard that TURP was the gold standard too.
None of them put my interests first. They are basically uninformed about PAE and want to stay that way.
Laser is better than TURP but PAE is by far the best.
Pete, I won't be commenting to you anymore on this ...its your choice, but if you go ahead with TURP you can't say you haven't been warned.
Don't do it. Get the PAE. Prosate Arterial Embolisation.
Suggest Inova Hospital in Alexandria Virginia. Dr. Bagla. Vascular surgeon.
Do the research.
Had a TURP 2.6 years ago. Didn't work. Barbaric medieval torture.
Had my PAE 5 weeks ago. So easy, no pain, no catherization, no blood, no side affects, no peeing razor blades for 3 months.
Urologists usually won't tell you of this new procedure because they can't do it.
Bill yes he need to get all the information to pic. On here I have hear the men say that there doctors tell them that all will be the same.....Same for the doctor but not the patient Take care......Ken