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A little anxious about Greenlight PVP

gromitsprinkles

gromitsprinkles

Friday, January 18, 2008
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Doctor,

In a couple of weeks I am scheduled to have a Greenlight PVP surgery.  Everything was OK until about 8 months ago when I got an E-Coli infection, which wound up in my prostate.  To make a long story short, I had a lot incontinence and urgency issues, and painful ejaculation.  Finally it turned into retention, where I had to have a cath placed on New Year's day.  Over several months HMO tried several drugs, and finally sent me to a Urologist last week, who did a cysto, and found out I've got some scare tissue and prostate swelling/enlargement around the ejaculation ducts area.

 

She immediately told me that I was a perfect candidate for Greenlight PVP, and scheduled me for the procedure for 28 January.

 

When I asked about side effects, she said in my case I would probably experience retrograde ejactulation, but she said "At least you'll be able to have sex without the mess now.  It shouldn't be a problem unless you're still trying to have babies".  Well, I talked to my wife, and she said it would be good to have me healthy, no matter what came out of me...so OK.

 

My family doc at the HMO says that what he's seen on the Greenlight patients is a longer recovery period than the few days or weeks promoted at the Greenlight site.  The most common thing he's seen is patients with some incontinence issues of varying degrees that persist for several months, then go gradually go away in time.  He also confirmed the retrograde ejactulation effect in around 40 percent of his patients.

 

Maybe the difference in my case is I'm 46.  Most of the Greenlight reviews online are by older guys. 

 

What's your experience with Greenlight, and is it something you'd do if you had to?Is there any data on the outcome for younger guys doing this?

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