Board: Urology 
04-18-2011, 08:09 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,107 Re: After TURP advice
These are all normal recovery items. This is no piece of cake procedure and takes 3 to 4 months for complete recovery. You're right about the head games, but you have to try to be calm and let the...
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Board: Prostatitis
01-31-2009, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 31,772 Re: Turp Recovery with Prostatitis
Welcome to the club - I too had the TURP and have chronic prostatitis and a touch of IC on top of that. It seems that the TURP makes the prostate inflammation even worse for a long period of time....
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Board: Urology
01-28-2009, 08:05 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 48,533 Re: Turp
Sounds like you are having a rough time. You are right at the time period for the scabs to start flaking off. There are lots of things that can cause this, but I can tell you that nobody that took...
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Board: Urology
01-12-2009, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 48,533 Re: Turp
Richie,
The rule of thumb is 6 weeks of no straining and not lifting anything over 5 lbs. A slow walk is just fine, but nothing that could cause bleeding. It will take this long for the wound to...
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Board: Urology
02-13-2008, 04:51 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 36,499 Re: Turp Question
LCM,
I sure don't want to say anything to make you worry! No pain at all, just pieces of the scab popping out when you urinate - most really tiny. I'm not sure what you know or want to know - if...
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Board: Urology
10-29-2007, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 68
Views: 36,499 Re: Turp Question
SLF,
You sound like what I was going through - if your bladder muscles are thickened, you will have a longer recovery period, not from the surgery, but for the urgency. You will pretty much have...
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