Most of the Urolift reviews I see are posted on the Urolift website or on doctors websites where they can pick only the 5 star reviews. I think I was given an unrealistic expectation based on all the glowing reviews.I just had the procedure 3 days ago and am a bit worried that I'm much worse off than before the procedure I'm hoping for some big changes this week. The procedure was way more painful than what I was led to believe. Don't buy the "mildly uncomfortable" it was extremely painful, I thought I was going to pass out. What has me most concerned is that most people claim they can pee like a race horse right after and for me 3 days later, it is more difficult than ever to pee. I'll give it a week but right now, I'm concerned
you're right the online reviews for urolift are incredibly glowing. Especially if you check out Sunrise Urological in Arizona. I had resume almost 30 days ago and I'm barely getting back to my prior to procedure Baseline. please let us know how you do going forward and if things improve.
Sorry to hear your poor experience. Did you have it done under local in an office setting? I had it done about 18 months ago under iv sedation in a surgical out patient center. Didn't have any memory of the actual procedure . Annoying for a few days after with catheter and all but completely tolerable. Good urine flow immediately and somewhat less so 18 months later but still pretty darned good compared to pre op. Hope it works out for you. Tom C
oh my... i had the rezum done two years ago. it dont help at all. i had to be put out to have it done so the dr tokd me i would also have to be put under to have the uriolif done also. he wanted to do lazor surgery on me. i was afraid that my sex life would be over?? im 60 but still enjoy life and having sex!! therefore i opted for uniolift?? i would like to talk to you if possible?? heres my cell 9126826600 please text with with a time?? thanks leon shelkoff
leon, i just had Rezum done. it didn't work for you at all? I'm waiting for some improvement after 3 weeks.
I'm actually not sure I should be reading these threads as I go in on the19th October (Friday) for this procedure... it is being done under Local and IV sedation, so hopefully no pain during... I am really hoping for positive results afterwards...
I'm scheduled for this Thursday (10/18) I'll let you know how mine goes.
OK, you're in the recovery stage. Minimum physical activity for awhile. For me, it took a couple of weeks for things to ease up (I was not offered a catheter). I wore a pad (Depends Guard) on the way home (35-min drive) from the surgery site. Occasionally, I would use them on a long car trip or flight, but never really needed them.
I am about 1.6 years after the surgery. My nighttime visits average about once a night. Stream most days is stronger. Some days night time visits can be 2-3 and the stream is weaker. Not perfect, but an improvement. And I am off the tamsulosin which interfered with my blood pressure medicine and reduced my endurance.
My first BPH surgical procedure (needle ablation) lasted about 10 years. Will this be better? I hope so. But, I know one thing - there is no procedure that works with every man. I take comfort that our experiences will lead to better treatment for our sons and grandsons.
i had also considered urolift before, but had never read any literature that claimed pee like a race horse. the honor of this phrase is reserved for resective techniques such as turp or holep. they both hollow out the prostate and produced unimpeded flow. in comparison, urolift only moderately expand the prostatic urethra.
it is well known the symptom relief from urolift is mild, for example, Qmax from 9 to 13mL/sec as opposed to >20 from holep. so don't expect u will become a race horse.
the most important features for urolift , as u may know, are 100% preserving ur sexual function and the procedure can be undone by removing the implants.
it may take many weeks to heal so i recommend not to worry and just enjoy the improvements which i am sure will soon come.
there is a resident urolift expert, ken, if u have further questions, u could ask him.
to all who are about to do urolift. believe in science, believe in clinical trial results. there is a 5 years clinical trial of urolift involving a large number of patients. the results look solid. from this study, u know exactly the rate of success, the complications, the durability, etc.
i am going to have holep, which will give me dry orgasm for certainty, like 88%. urolift is the only technique that i know will preserve sexual function.
the 5 year clinical trial paper is listed at the urolift manufacturer website.
u are right that laser techniques such as greenlight and holep will give u retrograde ejaculation, but urolift will not. but it is a surgery, no one can rule out accidence nor could anyone give u 100% guarantee.
Good afternoon. Give yourself some time. Did you have it done in a office. I had mine done in a surgery center under a general. There was no way they were going to try to do that to me while I am up. Did your doctor put a catheter in. I had one for 3 days.
I had mine done 3 1/2 years ago still wide open. Before I had mine done I did some research of the men that had it done before me. Right after they had it done they could pee. But when they went home by night time they could not pee and ended up in a hospital to have a catheter put in.
The day I had mine. I ask him about a catheter. It is up to the doctor if he will use a catheter or not. My doctor knows I have a problem peeing on demand. So he said yes. I had a catheter for 3 days. After any procedure your prostate is going to be inflamed and swallow. Your not going to be able to pee right
For your own good. Did they show you how to cath yourself. Maybe not. But If I were you and you are having a problem. Go to the hospital and have a catheter put in for a few day. It will help you be more relaxed and you won't have to worry about peeing and the blood clogs.
Like I said give yourself some time. Drink a lot of water take a hot bath or a shower it will help you relax but you will get better in a week or 2 Take care Ken If you have any question PM me I will try to help
Any procedure that physically effects the prostate is going to result in irritation, swelling and post op pain, and this includes Urolift, TURP, REZUM, HOLEP, FLA, Aquablation etc. The only procedure that doesn't touch the prostate is PAE, so post op it is a lot easier. I had a PAE - easy, post op some irritation for about a week - just increased my Flowmax for a while. Unfortunately, my PAE result was less than I had hoped for.
Since it's only been 3 days since your procedure you shouldn't be concerned. Now, if it was three months that would be an issue.
I had the urolift procedure done a year ago. It was done in the doctor's office and it was the most painful procedure I've ever had. I had to self-cathe for a couple of months after the procedure and had significant blood and clots. I could not urinate a drop after the procedure. Very slowly my urinating returned. But it took months, six to nine months, and a lot of Aleve, before it began significantly getting better. I can urinate freely now and have almost no nightime bathroom visits. In the morning I urinate several times in the first hour or so until my body wakes up. I've talked with a lot of men who have had the procedure and it seems there are many recovery profiles. So give it some time my friend. Take my word on this. I would consider learning to self-cathe. It's very comforting knowing you never have to go to the emergency room to be cathed. It's very easy to do and if you use lidocaine gel it's almost painless. Again, give it some time and don't panic. Take an anti-inflammatory and stay away from caffeine.
dl, you are right again 😀 about mild symptom relief in Urolift vs most other procedures. However, you are wrong about promoting Ken as the Urolift resident expert. I like Ken a lot but he should be disqualified because he is too biased against everything out there but Urolift. Also, one should know that Urolift success rate is only in the 60s so there is a good chance that you have no improvements after Urolift. Hank
ben, when you posted "only 5 stars", do you mean "5 stars out of 10" ? Hank
ben, when you posted "only 5 stars", do you mean "5 stars out of 10" ? Hank
thanks, hank!
I indeed didn't know urolift only has a success rate of only 60%. I am shocked of such low rate!
Readers who are thinking of doing urolift may want to know my reputable uro just told me that the reoperation rate for urolift is 33% within 3 years (or 5 years, my memory is vague.). Compare this to holep, which sure to give u RE, it is less than 5% within 10 years, over which period holep patients maintain the excellent functional outcomes produced by holep.
But again, the ability of urolift to preserve ejaculation is unparallel, a champion in all BPH surgeries that are known to me. This is not hard to understand, urolift uses implants to pull open the prostatic urine channel, it does not cut away any tissues. thus sexual functions are all not disturded unless the nurve bundle is accidentally hit by or clamped under the implants.
But if preserving sexual functions are definitely can not do without at any cost, there is no choice but to take the 60% sucess rate and 33% reoperation rate within 3 years and go for it and don't look back.
As far as i know, u are doing the right thing.
It does not take any wisdom to figure out that if the prostate continue to grow eventually the implants, when they are successful, will not be able to counter this growth and the urine channel will become narrower. But more and new implants can be put in to counter the growth. eventually the growth is just too much for the implants to resist. other type of procedure will have to be considered . but by then, it would have been several years after the initial implants. perhaps not having RE is no longer the sole objective.
Before plunging into urolift, i suggest u may want to go to the urolift website to read all the clinical trials reports. the authors are all scientists though some research was funded by urolift, but not all.
these are the most unbiased data u could find. after reading them, u will become an instant expert on urolift and know all there is to know.
hope it helps.
Hey Hank.I was reading a article the other day. Urolift is at 78 % That was after the 5 year study. It all depends on what it is going against. You also have to make sure that the prostate is the problem. The Urolift does what it is suppose to do make a tunnel. It will open you up and take pressure of the bladder.
I may be bias on the Urolift but that was for me. I picked it because I did not want any sexual problem and I did not want to lose my ejaculation. At 63 I am very happy with it. And after I had the Urolift it is more intense then it was when i was younger.
All I try to do is get men to do there research on a procedure that they are going to have. There should not be any surprises after surgery. I have help men pick other procedure and have stuck by them and I was there for them to vent or anything they want to talk about
We are all different and we all have our own concerns on life and the way we what to live them. Life is to short to give anything up just to pee better. As we get older there is enough that is taking away for us that we don't have any control over.
Take care and have a great dayKen