Enlarged Prostate Side - Effect # 2

Emergency Toilet Breaks

My experience with my enlarged prostate surgery was kinda wild with this one. I can't explain the physiological cause of what I am about to describe ... I can only share my actual experience.

After my prostate surgery (TURP) I found that I could sit for a reasonable period of time without feeling the need take a pee.

This in itself was a 'huge relief' because with an enlarged prostate, you feel internal bladder pressure continually .... it's like you have to go *all the time*!

It's that very same pressure that woke me up every 90 minutes before I had the surgery. Really, I don't think that I got a good night's sleep for at least 6 or 7 months before my enlarged prostate surgery.

After surgery, I could sit an watch TV like I did when I did not have an enlarged prostate. But as soon as I stood up or changed my center of gravity ... or made any move that put pressure on the spot where I had the surgery ..... I had trouble!

I had about 30 seconds to urinate .... or I would go in my pants. How do I know that, well because I actually did the first time this happened to me .... I was so embarrassed and luckily, I was home alone.

I'm am not exaggerating here at all.

I mean to tell you that when this happens, you have to relieve yourself .... *NOW* !

The first two weeks were the worst and I found that I simply had to stay close to a bathroom. If you are considering a TURP procedure, or any surgery on your prostate, I would suggest that you talk to your doctor about this.

Remember, I am writing this from my experience as a *patient* ... you may have a different or less severe reaction.

I want to tell you that my prostate, in terms of its' total mass ..... was *normal* size!!! That's right ... normal.

I discovered that prostates can become enlarged in two ways:

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*Total Size* Increases

The total mass of the prostate can increase and the entire organ will increase in size .... this is why the doctor does the famous *let me stick my greasy finger up you butt* exam (called the Digital Rectal Exam or DRE) all men experience at some point.
Through the rectum, the doctor can actually feel the size of the prostate.

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An *Inside* Job

The overall size of the prostate can remain relatively unchanged and feel normal from the outside (via a digital rectal exam [DRE]) ... but the *inside* of the prostate enlarges and squeezes or *pinches* the urethra resulting in all of the same *symptoms* of an enlarged prostate .... this is what happened to me.

The prostate *enlarges* on the inside only...

So what can you do during that first two or three weeks when this side-effect is at its worst?

Well, there are two things that I did that helped me get through this period:

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Essentially, you have to stay close to a bathroom or keep your eye out for one. When I had to run an errand during those first few weeks after my prostate surgery, I would go to places that I know had a public restroom.

Don't laugh .... this is a man's *porta-potty* and will save yourself a ton of embarrassment after your enlarged prostate surgery if you own one. I would highly recommend that you get your hands on one of these. These are called *male urinals* and you can get one for about $7.00 at most drugstores.

This need to urinate *immediately* gradually diminishes as the bladder adjusts to the post enlarged-prostate condition.

If your experience is like mine, you will adjust to this unique aspect of your healing and realize that for a few weeks after surgery, you simply must take special precautions ... or you will have a problem.

What I want to emphasize is that in about 6 weeks, I felt like I was my old self again and all symptoms of the enlarged prostate .... and all the symptoms associated with the prostate surgery .... were gone !!

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