Brachytherapy 5 days post op catheter problems? will i be ok?

[able5]

Hello taxbuster1040;

Just curious...

You mentioned, "very early stage microscopic prostate cancer"...

What does that mean in pathology numbers?

[taxbuster1040]

The doctor circled t2c B2 in the cancer book. This involves both lobes. What would flomax do for me that uroxatrol doesnt do? Just an update. AT 13 days out, I am feeling a little better now. I still have to urinate every 30 mins to 1 hour. This is mostly a problem at nite, where it interferes with my sleep. Much of the dark bleeding has stopped now. My wife and i tried sex yesterday, and although it was pleasurable and firm, i now know what a "painful" orgasm is.... I am going to be optimistic and hope that the pain goes away with time. Do any of you have any experience with "Painful" orgasm?

[my2cents2]

Uroxatrol is equally effective as a smooth muscle relaxant. Its downside is that it is more expensive and its upside is that it doesn't cause retrograde ejaculation, as flomax often does. My experience with catheters is that it causes a lot of bladder irritation and then the bladder calls for more fluid (from body tissue). After removal of the catheter I was putting out huge volumes of urine. After about a week it settled down and I got back to normal. Frequent urination is a very common side effect of brachytherapy. I would not use overactive bladder meds - you don't want acute urine retention. Be thankful that erections are still normal, despite painful orgasms! It is typical for there to be some loss of potency after seeds.

[obiwan101]

Watch your diet and what you drink. NO caffeine, NO spicy food or drink, no acidic food or drink(tomato, cola's wasabi). Dr's seem often not to know this(go figure) that these substances will irritate the bladder and uretha and cause not only a sense to urinate, but often cause you to not be able to. Try Prelief(over the counter at Walgreens and other drugstores or on ***********).

[taxbuster1040]

1 month update.... My ct scan and xrays and blood tests are all good, and The doctor said i am over the hump. I can go up to 3 and a half hours at times between urinating, although sometimes i have to get to a toilet within 45 minutes. I also can sit down on a chair normally. For a while, i needed cushions. So overall i am pleased and my life is getting back to normal. I still have urinary burning that is worse at times, and my favorite, painful ejactulation. YOu think you want to have sex, but then you pay for it with pain.... but that is getting better too. Overall i am pleased with how it turned out although i would describe my first week as hellish.