holep in boise was the best what ever happened in my life
a decade of on an off bph symptoms let me hope that it would go away. i am a very young 60+ sportsman with zero problems in my life. therefore i thought that my body would heal it naturally. unfortunately the stream got weaker and weaker and i sometimes i even had to get up at night in order to pee.
what made me do nothing about it were intermittent periods of a stronger stream and normally i could even sleep for 8 hours without getting up.
but suddenly it worsened and i got the usual symptoms like urgency and weak stream whenever i was on an airplane or in a bus. i decided to do something about it. on a trip to south america i was completely blocked and i had to go to the nearest hospital to drain the bladder. the urologist recommended turp which i rejected because it is not permanent and it has many side effects. i asked him about holep but he could not provide it. the urologist recommended to leave the catheter inside for 10 days. i took it out after 2 hours and i could urinate with a weak stream and and i could almost empty the bladder. i started to research all holep operators worldwide. most did not even talk to me. i live in north america and i thought mexican holep operators are qualified and much cheaper. i experienced the opposite: they were hiding their experience and the price they quoted was much higher than anywhere else in the world. i also tried to talk to hospitals in thailand and in turkey. they all wanted to see extensive tests which i did not have at this time and they stopped talking to me when i could not provide that.
therefore i focussed on the usa finding out that there were only a few very experienced holep operators who do successful holep operations every week. i watched all available videos about holep leading to people like amy krambeck and others. i contacted everyone who i watched on youtube and who i found online. hardly anyone talked to me. only dr.austen slade who is one of the most experienced holep operators called me and answered all of my questions. i was impressed. after the call i researched his reviews and i saw that almost all of his operations were very successful and the people were very happy with the results.
i was asked to send the results of a pelvic mri to know the size of the gland as well as blood test, urine tests and an ekg. i did all tests and my gland turned out to be 200g which is extremely large. also the bladder showed to be distended on the mri. all other values were excellent. i was shocked. holep seemed to be the only option for an extremely large gland. i sent my studies to the office of dr.austen slade and agreed to an operation date and a price about one and a half months ahead.
i flew to boise on a monday in april. the next day i had a cystoscopy which was a requirement for the operation in order to investigate the bladder and the urethra. i felt no pain. no strictures were found and the bladder was looking ok with visible blood vessels from straining. after the cystoscopy i could not urinate. only some drops of blood came out. i was kind of blocked again but i hoped it would work again after a few hours and it did in a very weak stream.
the next day i had the holep operation in a surgery center in boise. everyone was very friendly, i was treated like in a spa. i was prepared for about one hour then i was given a spinal anesthesia which did not hurt either. i was given a monitor to watch the whole procedure which i appreciated. dr.austen slade had a student operator watching his procedure (i had to agree to that before the operation). he commented every step of the operation. i watched and listened the whole time. after the peocedure i felt already very well except of my legs being unable to move for more than 40 minutes. i was told that the operation was successful and most of the gland was removed (he mentioned the exact amount but i forgot how much it was)i got some food and some water and i could use my phone and my computer.
i had this nasty thing in my bladder. before the operation i was asked if i preferred to have it removed shortly after the operation or if i want to remove it the next morning myself in the hotel. i told him that would leave this decision up to him because he knew my situation and my anatomy. now i was told that it would be better to leave it in overnight and remove it the next morning. i could hardly sleep and the next morning the large bag was completely filled up with urine and blood.
i took the thing out and could only urinate a few drops. during the day the stream got a little bit better and finally in the evening it came out really strong.
it is now three weeks after holep and i can pee like a firehose from day two after the operation. the stream is much stronger than when i was 20 years old. i had no blood in the urine from day 2 to day 6 and only a little bit of blood coming out intermittently from day 6 to day 11, then it stopped. i bought urine pads at the recommendation of dr.austen slade but i never had to use it. i got zero incontinence, not even a drop. i did sports from day 10 and i started to walk fast and lift weights from day 14 because i am feeling great. at no point did i have any pain or even discomfort. i feel that dr.austen slade gave me my life back.
i am only writing my experience to help people in a similar situation.