Prostate Biopsy

[Trying-Times]

I have had several biopsies both with and without general anesthesia. With general anesthesia they were a breeze no problems at all. My last one on Friday was hell. Not the procedure I woke up feeling great until It was time to urinate. Only a couple drops of urine and blood and then the intense pain like I was trying to pass a big stone. This went on for about 5 hours every 5-10 minutes. I was told to stand and try to walk around and that only made matters worse. A new nurse came in and told me to lay down and placed a heating pad on my bladder and I urinated. We waited to be sure I was ok to go home but I wasn’t. Every time I stood up and felt the urge to urinate I was back at square one. When I lay down with the heating pad I was good again. I was discharged because neither the hospital nor I wanted to put in another catheter. I reclined my seat for the long ride home and of course urine started flowing like a faucet. When I got home the same thing happened laying down I’m good standing pain but less pain.

I stayed in bed with a large heating pad and was able to urinate. Finally a couple of small blood clots came out. Back to bed with the heating pad but this was encouraging. The next time I had to urinate I stood up with my urinal and bounced up and down while walking around and finally many large blood clots came out. It was painful to do but I knew I was good after that. A heating pad on the bladder and laying down when I couldn’t urinate made all the difference in the world for me. I hope this post helps somebody.

[Kaliber]

great post brother … thanks for the info.

💪💪💪😁😁😁

[Trying-Times in reply to Kaliber]

Much appreciated.

[Soumen79]

So this was the procedure without anaesthesia? I went through that horrible 4-5 hrs myself, nobody told of hotpad.

What is the experience with general anaesthesia?

[Trying-Times in reply to Soumen79]

no this was under general anesthesia

[maley2711 in reply to Trying-Times]

Not propofol and quick recovery?????

[Muffin2019]

Wow , what an unfortunate experience must have been hell, glad you finally got rid of the blood clots. My biopsy in 2018 went without incident, he was very careful and kept checking on me, when he was done I had to pee with a glass of water, after drinking it and walking around I peed, no trace of blood so good to go. He was the best and he saw the look of terror on my face and he said " this is not a death sentence, there are treatments ". Unfortunately he quit the practice and went to New Hampshire to teach, such a loss for a compassionate doctor and human. But he got me hooked up with a great, knowledgeable, great bedside manor nd compassionate oncologist that whatever he says I do.

[Trying-Times in reply to Muffin2019]

I had some biopsies with and without general anesthesia. Never this problem but it was a possibility with each one. Caught me totally off guard

[jtspitfire]

All I remember is that it felt like someone was inserting a sledgehammer in me. Hurt? Not really. Uncomfortable? Absolutely.

[Grandpa4 in reply to jtspitfire]

what great description! I have struggled with how to describe it. The first biopsy I was like OK this is going to be OK but by 14 I was ready for it to be over.

[Hidden]

just a comment. Obviously four prostate in enlarged clamping down on the ureter. Back in 2003, an old urological RN advised me to take sitz baths to relax and pee away. Let the urine and blood clots flow. It won’t hurt you.... had to take 4-5 a day. Damn sight better than a catheter.... BTW, I checked this with my RN mother who was also a WWII Army Nurse..... she reminded me of this..., ever take a sleeping tent mate’s hand and place into warm water to see him wet the bed? ...... same techniques as a hot water pack on your bladder......

GD

[Trying-Times in reply to Hidden]

Any and everything that can take away that pain is very useful for me and others. From now I’m going to take potential side effects more seriously and prepare with information like yours before every procedure I can!

Thanks

[Daveofnj]

Did the doctor prescribe Flomax before and after the procedure? Many docs do for this reason.

[Trying-Times in reply to Daveofnj]

I’ve been on rapaflo since 2012 after brachytherapy.

[SteveTheJ]

So sorry to hear this. I had bad blood clots after my prostate removal. As for the biopsy, I knew the urologist was lying when he told me the lidocaine would "numb me up real good" and there would be "no significant pain" but I went ahead anyway.

Sitting on an icepack and a 5mg oxycodone from my girlfriend saved the day.

Pro tip for other men undergoing prostate biopsy: GENERAL ANAESTHETIC

[Trying-Times in reply to SteveTheJ]

YES!

[jaybojammer in reply to Trying-Times]

I had a nurse tell me last they scoped me to pinch the head of my penis to hold the lidocaine in as long as possible. I had to swap hands several times because my fingers were cramping from squeezing the slippery glans and I made a sloppy mess of the paper drop cloth by the time the doc came back in (about 10 minutes) but she was right, I barely felt it slide in.

[NecessarilySo]

I have passed several small kidney stones with massage.

[GeoffNoLongerAS]

I had several biopsies over 11 years on active surveillance. All were rectal with local anesthesia. I did have pain and could feel each sample being taken. I would liken it to someone sticking a rubber band up there and snapping it. Sudden, quick, intense and short. I did not experience any serious recovery problems such as clots etc except in one case.

There was one biopsy that resulted in a blood infection and a 5 day stay in the hospital. I would advise men undergoing a biopsy to carefully follow the protocol given by their urologist carefully. Also ask your urologists office what there rate of infections are.

[jaybojammer]

Excellent description of the sensation each time he took a sample. Mine was done the same way and it felt exactly as you describe. It was a sudden, quick, sharp pain that only lasted a second or two.

[Hidden]

AMEN!! When I had kidney cancer and once I could not pee until I laid down. Unknown to be at the time I had huge blood clot in my bladder blocking the passage of urine. I went for hours in extreme pain! Only when I was in the emergency room and a Dr told me to lie down did I get relief. I felt the urge got up and pee'd a huge blood clot into a cup. When the Dr. returned I was so proud, I said, "see there is something wrong". They gave me a CT scan and discovered a tumor on my kidney. That is how I learned I had cancer. So if you cannot pee and are in raw agony: LAY DOWN and let that clot move away from exiting. I did not need a heating pad.

[RealtorDude]

God bless you brother!

[Trying-Times in reply to RealtorDude]

And you as well brother.

[RealtorDude]

Has anyone had experience or information on whether it is safe to have sex and ejaculation while you have prostate cancer? Of course, the use of a condom would be used also if no treatment has been performed such as radiation chemo surgery.