Is the side effect of the urinary incontinence common for the large prostate after the aquablation therapy?
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Comencé a tener problemas para orinar después de la cirugía de Aquablation. Lo que comenzó como una cirugía ambulatoria, en la que me retiraron el catéter tras la operación, terminó conmigo incapaz de orinar, por lo que tuvieron que reinsertarme el catéter y pasé la noche en el hospital. Me dieron de alta a media mañana, volví a casa y me retiraron el catéter aproximadamente 3-4 días después en mi hospital local. No tuve ningún problema durante los primeros meses, pero luego comencé a orinar con más frecuencia que antes de la cirugía. La única forma de detener la micción frecuente es tomar mi Flomax genérico o dejar de beber líquidos. Otro especialista me recetó Gemtesa además del tamsulosín que ya estaba tomando. Él lo llama vejiga hiperactiva, pero está encubriendo a sus colegas en Colorado Urology.
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So there is no urinary incontinence but frequent urination worsening after the Aquablation therapy, right? Have you investigated what causes the frequent urination worsening after the Aquablibation therapy?
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I had aquablation done Jan 20, 2026. I kept the foley for one week. After I took it out I had slight incontinence when the bladder was full and I bent over. I wore depends for two weeks after removing the foley and stopped taking flowmax, as my stream was OK and I was already light headed due to loss of blood from the aquablation. The flomax just made the lightheadedness worse. The incontinence improved so that at the 4 week mark it was not a problem any more.
2 semanas después de la ablación:
Tuve algo de incontinencia los primeros días después de que me retiraron la sonda. Está disminuyendo hasta el punto de que aún llevo una almohadilla en mis bragas, pero solo se mancha ocasionalmente y nunca está mojada.
Frecuencia aproximadamente cada 2-3 horas, pero estoy bebiendo mucho. La urgencia está disminuyendo, y generalmente puedo retrasar la micción un minuto o así.
I had Aqublation done at Stanford Medical Jan 20, 2026 I had incontinence for about 3 weeks, and I wore depends to make things easier. In the 4th week I only had occasional slight incontinence when very full and bending a certain way, but I still used the Depends. After 4 weeks the incontinence was totally gone. The surgery has worked well for me I have a very good stream and do not have RE. although the amount of semen is reduced from before. When I measure the urine with urine test strips it always measures positive for leukocytes, but I have no symptoms of UTI. There are a lot of bubbles in the toilet when I urinate, and a film is left after the bubbles dissipate, The film looks to me like protein. My guess is that it is semen. You have to realize that your original urethra is gone and the urine passes through material that was once interior to the prostate. That should be true of any TURP like procedure. The Urologist says it is OK just material sloughing off after the procedure. I am happy with the Aqublation. It helped me get away from using intermittent catheters for 8 years, since I was starting to have UTIs (4 in 2025), no UTIs now for 5 months.
I had some incontinence for a few weeks after Aquablation, but now 5 1/2 weeks out it has pretty much stopped.