u/CancerWarrior8

I have a question for those that have had the Prostetic Artery Embolization procedure. How many weeks after was it before you noticed your semen returned back to it’s whitest yellowish color? I first noticed after 1 week it was bright orange. 2 weeks it was orange red, 3 weeks its more brownish red. Im just trying to figure out if this is normal? My IR doctor didn’t tell me what to expect, but just told me to hold off 1 week post procedure before I had any semen release. Also how many weeks after did you notice your ability to urinate better? Im not having to wake up at night, but i notice that my stream is still weak and still have start and stop with my urine. Im 19 days post procedure. Many thanks!

So today I went in my Urologist IR to have my PAE procedure. From start to finish it took about 4 hours. 1 hour Preparing with my IV, shaving my groin area where the probe was inserted, 35 minutes for the actual procedure, and then 1 hour resting completely laying down flat and not moving my legs, and another 45 minutes resting upright in the bed. The IR doctor said i was a great success as they were able to reach both sides of the prostate thru the arteries. Four hours later im having some discomfort pain in my prostate area. I chose not to have the oxycodene and to just use some tramadol I had on hand. They also subscribe a 6 day antibiotic and naseau medication in case I need it along with AZO for any uretha burning pain. My directions are to keep the wound dry for 24 hours and to not do any lifting for 7 days. So far Im doing ok 4 hours later but now starting to have some prostate pain and uretha pain. Hopefully tomorrow it will subside, but the doctor said that my prostate will be inflamed for a day or so. I will try to update my progress here for those that are interested.

I have an enlarged prostate of 98cc from my MRI. My urologist had recommended the PAE procedure. After submitting thru my medicare advantage, my procedure was denied. My urologist then did a peer to peer and it was still denied! I then submitted my own appeal to the insurance company with lots of documentation and supporting documents. So I settled on getting the Holep surgery in which my urologist was going to try the sparing technique on me. Surgery is scheduled in 2 days. Well this morning I get an email from my insurance company saying that my PAE appeal was just approved! I can’t believe it! Now I have to make a decision TODAY what I should do! Whats your suggestions?