over a year ago • Just wanted to give my experience with Urolift which was basically disastrous. I had the procedure in Oct 2014. I had a prostate about 85gms and retention of up to 700 cc. For a couple of months I had a very slight improvement in symptoms ie frequency, urgency etc. However about a month ago my kidney functions started to decline (rising BUN & Creatinine). Kidney sonogram showed mild hydronephroisis (swelling of kidneys). Aparantly before the Urolift I had chronic urinary retention. The trauma to the urethra put me into acute urinary retention, my bladder completely stopped functioning. I'm now cathing 3 x a day and taking advodart &flomax hoping that my bladder will regain function. It seems to have been really stretched out. I'm now investigating the Holep which seems to generally overcome the non working bladder. Needless to say the Urolift, which I saw as benign, a temporary way to avoid the bph drugs, was one of the worst decisions of my life. over a year ago • Michael, apparently the Urolift didn't open up the urethra adequately. I question whether a patient with 700 cc retention should have had urolift anyway. I the best advice I (or anyone) can give you is to contact a surgeon at one of the renowned hospitals in our country. I had Holep done on my 114 gram prostate with three lobes at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix in October 2014 by Dr Humphreys. I never had any pain, all pink urine stopped after seven days and I now have all urinary function like a teenager. Your situation is very serious and I would not fool around with any surgical care other than the very best. All of the Mayo Clinics and Johns Hopkins as well are the best in the country. I would get on the phone to the all of the Mayo Clinics Monday morning, state the severity of your case and get the earliest appointment available. If you can get an appointment with Dr Humphreys in Phoenix you should consider yourself to be in the best hands possible. Don't fool around, you can lose a kidney. Best of luck to you and keep us posted. Thousands of sufferers will read your case and learn from it.
• over a year ago Just wanted to give my experience with Urolift which was basically disastrous. I had the procedure in Oct 2014. I had a prostate about 85gms and retention of up to 700 cc. For a couple of months I had a very slight improvement in symptoms ie frequency, urgency etc. However about a month ago my kidney functions started to decline (rising BUN & Creatinine). Kidney sonogram showed mild hydronephroisis (swelling of kidneys). Aparantly before the Urolift I had chronic urinary retention. The trauma to the urethra put me into acute urinary retention, my bladder completely stopped functioning. I'm now cathing 3 x a day and taking advodart &flomax hoping that my bladder will regain function. It seems to have been really stretched out. I'm now investigating the Holep which seems to generally overcome the non working bladder. Needless to say the Urolift, which I saw as benign, a temporary way to avoid the bph drugs, was one of the worst decisions of my life. • over a year ago Michael, apparently the Urolift didn't open up the urethra adequately. I question whether a patient with 700 cc retention should have had urolift anyway. I the best advice I (or anyone) can give you is to contact a surgeon at one of the renowned hospitals in our country. I had Holep done on my 114 gram prostate with three lobes at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix in October 2014 by Dr Humphreys. I never had any pain, all pink urine stopped after seven days and I now have all urinary function like a teenager. Your situation is very serious and I would not fool around with any surgical care other than the very best. All of the Mayo Clinics and Johns Hopkins as well are the best in the country. I would get on the phone to the all of the Mayo Clinics Monday morning, state the severity of your case and get the earliest appointment available. If you can get an appointment with Dr Humphreys in Phoenix you should consider yourself to be in the best hands possible. Don't fool around, you can lose a kidney. Best of luck to you and keep us posted. Thousands of sufferers will read your case and learn from it.
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