Biopsy Today Went Well

I had my 12 core biopsy done this morning. I used a Fleet and took a Cipro 2 hours before the procedure.

After getting my BP taken, I was given two shots of tobramycin antibiotic on each side of the hip.

I laid on my left side, legs tucked up and the nurse squirted a bunch of lidocaine into the rectum. Shortly after the URO came in and did an injection to numb me. I was hoping to watch the screen, but I was facing away. I listened to Bach on my headphones and felt very comfortable and was able to hear my URO describe everything and giving me warning prior to each sample.

The ultrasound probe was slightly uncomfortable, but not painful at all. URO checked the size of the prostate while he waited for the numbing to complete.

I'm so glad I read in this forum about the "snap" and felt no pain, just some small pressure. He got through half of the procedure and told me; my response was "yes, I've been counting". He laughed and finished.

I asked URO what the size was and he said "78cc" which surprised me.. whew, the size of a lemon maybe instead of a walnut. That certainly explains the BPH symptoms. He noted in my chart later that the density is 7%.

They packed me with cotton for ten minutes and it wasn't until I dressed that I realized the "packing" was a tampon!

I was asked to urinate and report back on the results; I passed two clots and the urine was slightly pink.

URO will call me with results next week.

Glad to hear you got through the procedure okay. Sounds like what I went through.

Take it easy for the rest of the day and you'll be fine.

Keep us updated on the result.
Andrew

Too funny Doug! Actually I listened to music because I read about a study at Duke University finding that listening to Bach during this procedure helped to keep the BP down.

Jim

Lucky you didn't have the young uro who did mine.  I swear he should do some time for the way he violated me!!

I should've known he was a little too anxious when I met him in the hall pacing back and forth.  He had just moved from UCLA a few months earlier, and completed his residency and all that.  Mistake by me.

Seriously, I think I should've told him about my hemorrhoids before hand, but hell they hadn't bothered me in a few years.  He first did the DRE like he snuck up on me while I was laying in my prison bunk! 

When he called the other urologist in, because he said my prostate was pretty small, the other guy immediately said we need to put some more lubricant on the bioscope.

At that rate I figure I'd be in a wheel chair right now had I let him do the Da Vinci surgery like he wanted to.