I am now 70 years old and for the last fifteen have had steadily worsening symptoms of BPH.
Despite an urgent need to pee, I was unable to initiate a flow on most occasions until about a minute had passed. This then resulted in a very weak dribble and the inability to empty my bladder completely. I was having to return to the toilet constantly during the day. Night times were even worse. I would regularly wake seven or eight times a night in order to pee and it took even longer then to initiate a flow, sometimes for up to two minutes. I needed sleeping pills to help me through the night and my quality of life was very poor in consequence.
Having had many tests and been prescribed a variety of pills, none of which did anything to alleviate my symptoms, it was reading various media stories on Rezum and its NICE approval which provoked me into further research. Having discovered Professor Hindley, I was able to arrange an initial telephone consultation which we left me in no doubt that it would be life changing for me if Rezum treatment was to be successful.
It was a big step for me, as being from Ireland, it involved the need for air travel, car hire and accommodation costs over a three week period, but I can say in all sincerity that it was the best money I have ever spent. I had to fund it all myself as I had no private medical cover.
I was very well treated as a daycare patient at the Hampshire Clinic by Richard and all of the other staff there.
The only drawback to the procedure was the need for a temporary catheter afterwards but as soon it was removed the success of the surgery was immediately evidenced by a powerful flow rate such as I hadn't seen since my thirties.
Although peeing was a little painful for the first week, it quickly improved and after four weeks was no longer painful at all.
I would thoroughly recommend the Rezum procedure offered by Professor Hindley to anyone suffering from the classic symptoms of BPH, benign prostatic hyperplasia.