Whenever you cut tissue from an enlarged prostate, the wound site will scab
as it heals. Because surgery on an enlarged
prostate is *inside* the body, I did not see the scab
...so I didn't think that one was there.
About 5 days after my surgery, I noticed that the
strength of my urine stream was gradually slowing.
Frankly, I started to worry that the enlarged prostate
surgery was not successful and somehow, I was in
relapse!
I was able to find a video of what actually
happens inside your urethra / enlarged prostate during
prostate surgery ..... the mechanics of the procedure
are pretty simple actually.
This is what a TURP procedure actually does inside of
your enlarged prostate & urethra. I know it looks
a little gruesome, but essentially the Doctor uses the
surgical instrument (endoscope) to both see what he /
she is doing and cut away the excess tissue that is
causing all of the discomfort & symptoms of the enlarged
prostate.
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This is an illustration of the type of
tool (resectoscope)
my doctor used on me to remove the
excess tissue from my enlarged prostate.
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Now before you get all freaked out from the sight of
what actually happens during surgery, let me tell you
that if I had to do this all over again ... I would !!
I had a very good surgeon and although he did not tell
me anything about the post-surgery side-effects that I
am sharing with you here .... he did a GREAT job with
the surgery.
I had a spinal tap for my aesthesia
(just did not
like the idea of a big pipe down my mouth) and I did
not feel a thing! I share more of my experience
and recommendations at the end in my Summary Page.
They call this procedure the *Gold Standard* and I think
they do so for a good reason. After this procedure
on your enlarged, there is no doubt that the tissue
causing the problems has been surgically removed.
TURP post-surgery patients wear a catheter for about 4 -
5 days because there is enough swelling at the wound
site that you could not pee naturally anyway.
But after I took out the catheter
(it's pretty easy
and does not really hurt at all) ... I was able to
go like I did when I was 18!!
If your experience is similar to mine, you will *pass*
about 2 or 3 scabs. Don't be alarmed if the rate
of your urine flow 'weakens' somewhat.
It will
almost feel like you did before the surgery because
there is again blockage in the urethra ... only this time it's
a scab that will pass through you.
