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Re: Greater than 50,000 PVPs done worldwide
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| Hi Ed
When I go to the ER Urinary Retention is a top priority with them. It takes
less than a half hour for relief. I have been there so much they all know
me!!!
I must admit it would be good to learn how to do it myself. If the bladder
is full of clots they also have to be flushed out or the catheter plugs up.
I had that happen once when they did not get them all out.
Bill
"Ed" <Ed@Hatespam.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 20:09:22 -0500, "Bill" <billsfun@comcast.net>
> wrote:
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> I too have a 150 gram prostate, and I still have all of it. Am
> considering a PVP.
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> Regarding visits to emergency for acute retention, have you thought
> about self-catheterization? My experience is that at emergency, they
> wait a couple of hours even when they are not that busy, and by that
> time the bladder is so full, I am in pain, having bladder spasms and
> blood vessels are bursting. There is a chance of over-stretching the
> bladder muscles, and this (I understand) can be permanent, or at least
> long-lasting.
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> Now I self-catheterize. (Just for emergency situations, I mean.) Much
> faster, and no blood. I find I can do it just as well (if not better)
> than the folks at emergency.
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> Talking to one of the people at a PVP urologist's office, I asked if I
> would be able to self-catheterize after a PVP... because there is a
> good chance that I will have episodes of retention after the
> procedure. Answer was that that should work fine.
>
> Ed
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