prostate sore after biopsy , sore how long?

I had the 16 core biopsy on Jan 16 at 6am. I bled for 3 days, after 7 days I had a bloody goop eject spurt, and hurt. now day now 18th day last night prostate still sore and my anus up there somewhere still feels like I sat on a nail? it is worse sitting or laying down, so sleep impossible without tylenol/codene or ibuprofin. Is it unusual to be sore this long. I would say a 2 on the pain scale. Just a bother not real pain. 18 days now 2.5 weeks. no bleeding and seman clearing.

I was very sore for weeks too. Hang in there; it'll calm down.

My only caveat would be that if you have any symptoms of a fever -- elevated temperature, chills, etc. -- that you should talk to your doctor. A certain amount of lingering discomfort is not unusual but infection is a rare possibility.

On an unrelated matter, in one of your other threads -- the one about life-expectancy -- you mentioned that the men in your family tended to check out in their mid-seventies. That reminded me a bit of my dad. He had noticed that many of his blood relations tended to die when they were 84. A bit after his 84th birthday he developed shortness of breath which was diagnosed as cause by congestive heart failure. He started putting his affairs in order and talking a lot about how much he missed mom. Then they switched him to a different heart medicine which made his breathing better and he had his 85th birthday. He thought Huh? What do you know? and got on with his life. He is now 86, still works a day a week as a physician at a free clinic, lives in his own house with his grand daughter, her husband and his twin great-grand children, and is still going strong. There are no expiration dates.

wow, peter and water guy. nope never a fever, and blood quit like a faucet and seman slight brown tinge, hurray. Yup nobody has a clock, my dad was a heavy smoker and drinker, andnerver exercised except to reach for a cig or a beer. God, I loved him. but I never smoked, drank only in college years. my diabitis is well controlled. my bp is great. It'll be all about the scans next friday. The doc said his feeling was there would be nothing. he talked to me an hour. the scans are for a baseline!!!
I get incredible reports about MDA! and I get sparkling reports about the doctors here, albeit they are light on experience, but real heavy on dedication. the tools they have are a little old, they don't do markers yet.

geee, buddy and I pretty close, me on both sides T2C . I am slowly getting better. So does that mean the recovery rate for me if Prostectamy would be on the high side of 1 - 3 months? by the way I have 3 doctors now advising against surgery. I guess age , dibitus, and heart attack has them back off. and what about the statistics nowadays that state ALL the treatments are efffective???

It will pass unless you get an infection and this will be noted by fever and stuff , I would think...

I had a prostate biopsy yesterday. After reading a LOT on various forums and websites, I wasn't sure what to expect. Here's what actually happened.

I had a 12-core transrectal biopsy. There was NO pain at all during the procedure. Even the needle injecting the Lidocaine didn't hurt. I could feel the ultrasound probe going in, and felt a little pressure from the 12 spring-loaded "core samplers", but no pain whatsoever.

One thing I do want to mention, because I'd not read about this, although the nurse told me that it's common: about an hour after the procedure, I passed out. I was at home, and luckily my wife was there to catch me. When I came to, I felt cold and nauseated. I crawled into bed and felt lousy for about four hours. By that time the Lidocaine had worn off and I experienced soreness in my prostate. After four hours, I felt completely normal, with no rectal/prostate pain.

The nurse told me that I had suffered "vasovagal syncope" (pronounced, "SYN-co-pee"). It's a drop in blood pressure that causes fainting (syncope). It's apparently common, but usually happens in the doctor's office. It can be triggered by a variety of things, including digital rectal procedures. (There's a good article about it on Wikipedia.)

I'm a little surprised that neither the urologist nor his nurse mentioned the possibility to me, because I had told them that I take a blood pressure medication, which I think may have contributed to the problem. In any case, it was minor. The biggest risk in these types of episodes, of course, is falling and hitting one's head. Luckily, I could tell that I was about to pass out, and called to my wife, so she was there when I lost consciousness.

I'll receive the results later this week. The urologist said that, based on what the ultrasound showed (basically, nothing but normal tissue), if there's any cancer it's a very small and contained area. In the meantime, I have the usual blood in urine, stool and ejaculate, but it's light to moderate and of no concern.

Bottom line (no pun intended), the biopsy itself was a non-event. I have no pain at all. I'm convinced that one's attitude plays a major role in how one gets through it. Guys, get over someone probing your ass. If your PSA has been rising and your physician recommends a biopsy, I'd say go for it. At least you'll have information that you didn't have before.

Heartland glad to know that I wasn't the only one that fainted on biopsy day. I was lying down watching TV. If I had been sitting instead of lying on the floor it might have made a difference. I walked a ways with the dizzy spell and blacked out gouging a hole in the drywall where my head hit. I felt much better and rejuvenated when I came to. Was just glad I didn't have fever chills from an infection.