REZUM

[Prance]

I'm due to have the REZUM procedure on my prostate. Anyone have experience of this?

[Norwich1 Moderator]

This has been mentioned on this forum before. You might like to do a search for that. I hope the procedure works well for you.

[Prance in reply to Norwich1]

Hi, I did but didn't find anything useful.

[Norwich1 Moderator in reply to Prance]

Sorry to hear that a previous mention did not fulfil your needs. I wish you well in your procedure.

[userotc]

See 3 posts mentioning Rezum at healthunlocked.com/mensheal...

NB My dad has managed his BPH for ~14y using just Nutritional Therapy.

[Prance]

I was hoping I might get some accounts of what the procedure was like, recovery and prognosis.

[FerdyOne]

I had the procedure earlier this year (after Urolift had failed to make a difference in 2021) it was a quite quick procedure. I had a catheter for a while afterwards and my follow up appointment was to remove it and conduct a flow test. The bottom line is that Rezum has made no difference at all to my symptoms. Someone who was in to have the procedure at the same time I kept in touch with who in his last message to me said:

"At my last appointment at Ottery (hospital) they were pleased with the flow and ultrasound showed that Rezum had shrunk the prostate enough for my bladder to completely empty. I was told it was a complete success and was discharged back to my GP"

So I might just be unlucky. If you use Google Scholar to look up Rezum the reseach papers do seem to paint a positive picture of the procedure. This is one of the many papers I have kept:

bjui-journals.onlinelibrary...

I have now managed to get a referral to Guys Hospital for Aquablation. Do contact me again if you need any more info 😎 Best wishes

[Prance]

Thank you FerdyOne, very helpful. Just waiting for a date at the moment.