Prostrate problems

painbrook · March 21, 2012, 09:54:05 PM

Cricky, nearly fell down the stairs holding my buttocks together. Cheers john.

longbridge · March 21, 2012, 10:24:28 PM

Fingers crossed for you John, these things can be quite worrying but as Monty Pyton said "Always look on the Bright Side of Life"

jonclox · March 22, 2012, 09:09:00 AM

Quote from: painbrook on March 21, 2012, 05:52:14 PM
Jon don't like the thought of a light sabre ,, Cheers john.

Actually the 'light sabra' is the direction I would like to take.
Theres little pain and very,very short recovery time required.
As I told him yesterday I`m a poor hospital inpatient

as the places turn me right off. Abn overnighter I could stand but any longer sees me getting short tempered I`m afraid :'(

kesdrive · March 22, 2012, 10:33:12 PM

Hi John. Thought I may try to put your mind at rest.
I had a problem recently where my GP thought I had kidney stones. Within 2 weeks I had a scan, xray and a further appointment at hospital for a cystoscopy. This is a camera inserted into shall I say the tenderest part of a man's body!
It was uncomfortable for around 5 seconds but I was able to see the surgeon move the camera around my bladder and to see the tumour he found. He also checked my prostate which I think was ok. He thinks the tumour is non invasive and I am currently awaiting an appointment to have a sample of the tumour analysed and to have a bladder tumour resection which involves removal of the tumour by heat diathermy. This involves another probe through the same orifice but this time with a general anaesthetic. I am fairly relaxed about this procedure as it will be no worse than I have already gone through.
So my point is chin up, it will not be as bad as you may think. Hope this helps.
Good Luck Chris

jonclox · May 23, 2012, 04:15:22 PM

Not updated this for some time but at the beginning of April I went into have a look to see how much water I passed each time and if any residue was left in the bladder

. It seems that the problem is somewhere between to prostrate and the bladder.
Next move was today when the hospital called for me to go in on June 25 for an anaesthetist test to see if my breathing problems would stand a general anaesthetic $:-\$
After that the consultant will decide which way to move *gulp*

Newportnobby · May 23, 2012, 04:22:40 PM

Keep your chin up, Jonclox. One month to go and then hopefully you'll know the full story.
It's the 'not knowing' that causes worry, I've found.

All the best.

Mustermark · May 23, 2012, 07:03:54 PM

All the best jonclox. Hope you get what you need when you go next month. In the meantime i guess you just have to try not to think about it. It would be so much better if it was all dealt with a lot quicker.

jonclox · May 23, 2012, 08:07:17 PM

Quote from: Mustermark on May 23, 2012, 07:03:54 PM
It would be so much better if it was all dealt with a lot quicker.

I agree

in fact I even asked if it would be worth me going ''private'' way back at the beginning of things but was told not to waste my money the NHS was quite capable of getting it all sorted out for free

longbridge · May 23, 2012, 08:56:54 PM

Fingers crossed that it is nothing bad Jon, I know everyones symptoms are different but it is quite rare for males to have serious waterworks problems.

I had the test to check how much pee was left in my bladder after having a wee, a total waste of time really because it wasn't explained to me what was going on and being in a hurry to get out of the joint I didn't completely empty my bladder.

The most common cause for waterworks problems is BPH and nearly all of us old geezers get that but it rarely needs anything more than a catheter and a good scrape.

I have been messing around with these problems since the early 1990s when I first got Prostatitis and went on antibiotics for nearly a full year, that left me with a thing called Chronic Prostatitis or Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome and Prostate Calcification.

I really hope you don't get to stressed over this as it may be something that is quite easy to fix including Kidney Stones so hang in there mate and you will be OK.

HSB · May 24, 2012, 12:34:58 AM

I had problems with a (non-cancerous) enlarged prostate for about three years with two short spells in hospital after I couldn't pee at all. I finally had the operation just over a year ago in my local NHS hospital (after having had to have a catheter in for the previous six months) and found the whole thing amazingly pain free. I went in at mid-day on a Thursday and was home again on the following Sunday.
Howard