Re: Not Recovering from TURP
- From: mikedang2000@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: 14 May 2005 22:23:17 -0700
Pete wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am 57 years old, and at the end of my rope, and don't know what to
do. I
> just had a TURP 16 days ago to hopefully increase my urine flow and
help the
> constant urge to pee all the time, but I could not go (my retention
was not
> that bad though), and now I am worse than ever. Along with a little
bit of
> BPH, and a stricture from previous surgery, I also had non-bacterial
chronic
> prostatitis pain and discomfort, and have been on antibiotics for
months on
> and off (bactrim/levaquin/bactrim - for prophylactic effect, or in
case
> there may be some infection). I also took Doxycycline for 10 days
following
> the TURP. I went back on the bactrim since I can't stand the
discomfort and
> can't risk an infection with my serious T4 cell deficiency (non-
HIV). Pain
> pills do very little except constipate me and the same applies to
> amitriptilyne. I was taking 10 mg of oxycodone at bedtime (i.e. just
once a
> day), and had to stop because of the blockage (it also makes it more
> difficult to urinate). I am very familiar with prescription drugs.
>
> I kind of have two uro's (the surgeon who did my TURP and the PA in
the
> practice, who I see for other visits, including massages - its kind
of a
> screwed up deal). I have written about this in the prostatitis
newsgroup
> previously (before the TURP), so I don't want to go into details
again.
>
> I have been in constant pain and discomfort since the surgery with
the
> constant feeling I have to pee, but I don't. The surgeon said he was
going
> to remove some scar tissue from my previous bladder neck surgery in
1995
> (another town), but he ended up doing a TURP, which he told me when I
woke
> up. The catheter pain and discomfort (3 days) was unbelievable with a
super
> strong feeling like you have to pee (non stop). I told him I couldn't
stand
> it and I wanted it out and he said no way, I had to suffer, and I
did.
>
> I had the catheter removed 3 days later and felt some relief (the day
it
> came out only) and was trying to be positive. But each day after
that, I got
> worse it seems, and I am worse off than ever. I can pee in the mid
day (I
> get up late) after drinking some stuff (water, juice, milk, and one
coffee
> only), but later in the day I can hardly pee at all and I have this
> tremendous urge even right after I go. I keep a microwave heating pad
on my
> belly/groin throughout the day and go to bed with an electric heating
pad,
> but I don't sleep. The only thing that helps is soaking in hot water
and
> then its right back to the way I was when I get out of the tub. I
believe
> some of the pain and discomfort is from the surgery and some from the
> prostatitis which I already had and still have. I believe the surgery
just
> compounded it, and I must be all raw and inflamed down there. I also
have
> pain and pressure in my rectum.
>
> I went back to the surgeon about 10 days after the surgery and told
him all
> this and he said it would take some time to heal and I just have to
wait. I
> specifically asked him if the surgery could be causing the terrible
urge to
> go all the time, and he said yes. Plus I have non stop pain along
with the
> urge feeling. The urge feeling and the burning/gnawing and pressure
feeling
> is hard to live with. You have to experience it.
>
> The doc told me to come back in 3 months (no way). I will make an
> appointment with the PA soon, although I don't know what he can do
except
> put the dipstick in my urine and check it under the microscope. He
> previously told me my massage secretions and urine had no evidence of
> bacteria, but never did any cultures.
>
> I am worried I am not going to get better and that I may not be
healing
> properly (and that there may be a chunk of cut tissue caught in my
urethra -
> is that unlikely), and I will lose my ability to urinate. I know it
takes a
> long time for surgery to heal (two months or more), but I don't think
I
> should be feeling this bad, and I don't understand why I felt better
when I
> had the catheter taken out and then I got worse. I am taking bactrim
on my
> own, like I said. I don't think I have an infection because I don't
have a
> fever, but it is definitely causing malaise (I feel sick), besides
the pain
> and discomfort, and it is more difficult to urinate later in the day
and at
> night.
>
> Please tell me I am not the only one that has gone through this, and
is
> having the trouble I am having. I think something may be wrong. There
are no
> more uro's where I live (they are all in the same room - you know how
that
> works), and I don't think I could tolerate another scope right now,
or god
> forbid some kind of corrective surgery. Could this pain and
discomfort I
> have last for 4-6 weeks or am I totally abnormal, and will the damn
constant
> feeling I have to urinate get better. Thanks for your time in reading
this,
> and I apologize for the length. I live by myself and it is hard to
deal with
> this.
>
> Pete
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