My condition mirrors the rest of the people that have experienced RTE after having the Rezum profedure. Are their any lawsuits going on regarding the percentage of men suffering from this?
Hi Scooter1964 I am considering having a Rezum procedure. Can you or the community share the outcome in other respects? Such as ability to urinate immediately and thereafter, pain levels, recovery time. I'm trying to get a comparison of Rezum vs TURP. Thanks
Why not GL or Holep with much faster recoveries.
Lawsuits for these procedures are rare as the patient must sign a waiver of liability prior to the procedure which protects the doctor and the facility.
Yes, I would like to know that as well. I just had the surgery and too early to tell but my doctor and the advertisements said there would be no RTE.
The urologist I just found does most of the procedures that are available. I am about to have some diagnostic work done that will produce data that will allow the Doc to give me opinion on which procedure is my best option (and why).
Get his advice as to the best for you but get it done by one who js a specialist in it rather than one who is a Jack of all trades.
Well said and well taken.
The Doc I'm working wi.th is one of the most experienced Urologists in Colorado. He comes highly recommended by my cardiologist who have saved my life on a number occasions beginning with 7-way bypass surgery in 2004
Barry, I had the REZUM procedure on June 28 with Dr. Kevin McVary at Loyola University in Chicago. 93 gram prostate with median lobe, 13 injections, no RE. Can pee pretty well now, but recovery was around 10 weeks with self-catheterization after the Foley was removed. For any details you need, PM me. Best, Fred
That was a big one. I only had my aortic valve replaced in 2012 and that was bad enough. What medications are you on now ? I had GL in 2004 when my prostate was 75 grms and Thulium/Holmium laser when it regrew to 135 grms 2013. Both were quick recovery and I was out and about as normal by day three.
I went into my Rezum procedure at 67 years old, prostate was about 56 cc with a median lobe. Had been on Flomax for 2 years, finesteride for 1 year. My BPH continued to get worse. Had to urinate 5 to 6 times a night, and it was very slow. Hugely disruptive to my sleep and general well being. I also did not like the side effects of the BPH drugs.
I could see this was only getting worse, and I was going to really damage my body if I did not address it soon. I did a lot of research and thought Rezum was a good fit for me. I also thought that better get it done while I was still relatively fit so that I could better recover from it. I must admit, I also thought it was the safest, in that it seemed to have the lowest number of bad outcomes.
So about 7 weeks ago I had the procedure. 5 hits, 2 on each side and 1 on the median lobe. Had 2 pain pills before. Procedure was very uncomfortable for me with only that much pain medication. Went home with a Foley, which I removed after 2 days. 3rd day urinating had some blood and burned like hell. 4th day, still urination discomfort, but much less. I stopped taking finesteride a week before my procedure, and one week after, since I was able to urinate without issue, I also stopped taking Flomax. My urologist wanted me to continue with both for 4 months, but I really wanted to get off them so I did.
After 2 weeks, was only waking twice a night. Urination really working correctly, with good stops and starts and, less frequency.
After 7 weeks, I now get up once a night about half the time, but never more than I twice. They are quick, so very little sleep disruption. Really wonderful.
In summary, for me, really good results. My remaining issue would be that I still feel like my entire urinary tract is a bit sensitive. I hope this also improves in the next weeks and months. Being able to sleep so well again, and feeling my male hormones return in the absence of the BPH meds has been a MAJOR improvement in my life.
thank you so much for sharing your story it is very appreciated
Its an excellent procedure. My hang up is with the retrograde ejaculation percentages. I think they are in accurate. recovery time is based on the individual. The ability to urinate has improved greatly in a short period of time.
Are you still using BPH meds after your Rezum procedure? In my case, these drugs had me experiencing RE 100% of the time before my procedure. Since I stopped taking them at about the same time as my procedure, and they were the cause of my RE, it has been resolved now. If you are still on the meds, once you don't need them post procedure perhaps this will work for you, too. I hope so.
Derek76 Did you have GL and HoLEP? Is that how you know about faster recoveries?
Scooter: When you say a "short period of time" for ability to urinate, exactly how long are you talking about?
Michael_Rezum: Is there something terrible that you don't like about Retrograde ejaculation? Is it painful?
Scooter1964: What is it that you particularly don't like about RE?
In my experience of taking BPH meds, in my case both finesteride and Flomax, it was the cumulative effect of all the side effects, not just RE that was a problem for me.
I thought RE reduced the intensity of my orgasms by about half. When you add in that finesteride lowered my libido and had a negative effect on my fitness level, I really wanted to get off the meds.
I stopped the finesteride a week before my procedure, since it really was not helping me anyways. That may have been due to the fact that I had a median lobe in my prostate, and I have seen several references to that making the drug less effective. Once I could see that I was urinating freely a week after the procedure, I stopped the Flomax. Within the next few weeks the RE stopped, and I could really feel my libido return.
So for me, it was my body's entire response to the BPH meds that I did not care for. As the meds slowly became less effective at controlling my BPH, I knew I had to take the next step and try to address the problem.
Yes I had GL in 2004 when I was 70 and my prostate was 75 grms and Thulium/Holmium laser very similar to HoLep when it regrew to 135 grms 2013. Both were quick recovery and I was out and about as normal by day three. No RE after GL but by the time I had the other I was on the way to RE from medication and age.