I knew something was wrong when I walked up the stairs and something just dosn,t feel right.A little bit of pee in me and only a drop came out.Now I had inflamation of the prostate when I was seventeen years old.It buged me for years till I took the prostate formula and it made my prostate bearable.I was sencered back then as I can go anywere from 1 and a half to 2 to mayby 2 and a half hours before I had to go to uronate .A sligte buildup after a hour or so but not bad.I am pee shy so if I go to a movie I would come back right away.Still I was ok with it and can have a beer or 2 as it was close by my place or I can go there if the right conditions.My work was downtown and as a driver to deliver the mail to all the government offices I knew all the good washrooms and enjoyed drinking coffee and going to restaraunts after work.Now my work moved way north because of construction and I was worried but not to woried.Now as im saying BPH now hit me and I go to the doctor and he gives me flomax and it worked good in the beginning but still not as good as before this.How im I going to get to work as its now far away and i take publik transit to get there.Rented a van for a week then my brother gave me his van for 3 mounths before I can retire.It was tough but managed then the sertain foods or drinks set it off .Looked at the internet and they say foods to eat and avoid and there was a lot of my favirates and no beer.Pee alot at night at times and when im on my back it acks up a lot.Cant go far now as there is allways a build up that as mostly I know your there pee.Om scared to be far away and if it hits me hard.I gave up on biking far .swimming,golf,kayaking,kanouing,running ,jogging long distances and a lot more stuff .Movies and restarants are things in the past,Flomax keeps me awake and low blood presure.DHT or estregin via testosteral witch one makes the prostate grow is debatable on the internet.Sergerys witch 1 as the horror stories I see or the promotion if a new proseedure.
You may want to try CIC (self catheterization). It’s not nearly as bad as it sounds and you can learn in 10 minutes. This will give you the freedom you’re seeking and probably enable you to get off drugs. I’ve been doing it for 5 years because I’m not comfortable with the clinical results (yet) of the available procedures.
Another option, if you don’t have an enlarged median lobe, is the PAE procedure. It seems to have worked for some.
Best of luck!
THanks for the response. Cc I think is there a chance of infection every time you use it and witch ones are the best.PLus I don’t want to make a mistake putting it in even the first time as it can harm me big time.Its not like putting furnature together and if you make a mistake you can redo it.ERections does it hurt it.RIght now if I’m not nervous I can last 2 or more hours drinking modestly. But I feel the pee bother pee slowly build up after 20 minutes later or more.
You definitely want a nurse to teach you the first time. She guided me through it in 5 minutes but i did it myself. The anxiety is greatly reduced over time and you learn how to do it more and more gently.
Yes - there is a CHANCE of infection, but there are preventative measures you can take: I wash my hands w/ soap and then Purell and cleanse the meatus. You also don’t want to open the catheter until the last second so that it isn’t exposed to the air for very long. I’ve been doing it 5 years and have not had a full blown infection where my temperature goes up; however, the urologist says there is inevitably some colonization (which is kind of a very low grade infection without a fever - as I understand it)
I have found the coloplast speedicath male compact to be the best by far - easiest, quickest and by far the most discreet; it is 12Fr size for the part that passes past the prostate and in to the bladder (the last part that doesn’t go past the urethra is size 18Fr). If this doesn’t work for you, then there are more flexible, less discreet catheters that are a little messier and take more time.