I am a 75 year old man and for many years I had BPH with frequent and urgent urination as well as a greatly reduced flow rate. Although I kept the BPH symptoms under control with herbal supplements for several years, the last couple of years the symptoms had become more severe with my needing to get up a few times every night to urinate. Having a large prostate volume minimised the options available to be and having researched all surgical options, I wasn't happy with the potential side affects and having a long general anaesthetic.
I discovered Aquablation on the Internet and managed to find out how I could access it in the UK with Mr Neil Barber. Fortunately Mr Barber was in the US attending the Annual American Urological Association Conference so we were able to meet and get the process moving.
After two nights in the hospital, I was out and about in London getting a chance to see the sights on my overseas trip. Had I lived locally, I would have only needed 1 night in hospital. The procedure removed about half of the volume of my prostate and my urine was pink for more than 4 weeks --- although my blood tests showed no problem with blood loss and Mr. Barber kept reassuring me that the pink urine for a few weeks was expected. I had little pain except for some stinging when urinating for the first couple of weeks and no incontinence.
It has now been three months since the surgery and my flow rate and frequency of urination is that of a young man. I had strong urgency for a few weeks but that has now subsided. I have not had the slightest incontinence and I get up at night just once to urinate. The procedure did leave me with retrograde ejaculation but I had become used to that as a side effect of the Rapaflo I had been taking for a couple of years. My PSA dropped from a value of 6.9 before the surgery to a value of 2.9 two months after the surgery.
I could not have asked for a more impressive surgeon who patiently and clearly answered my many questions. His confident expertise and relaxed manner continually put me and my wife at ease. I am very grateful to him and his outstanding team of doctors and nurses at Weymouth Street Hospital for bringing about this great improvement in the quality of my life.