1 st turb

15 years 11 months ago #16208 by Gene Beane
Replied by Gene Beane on topic 1 st turb
Okay, and on my side it was this way,,,,Turb took about 2 hours, consider the prep etc., I stayed over night, came home with a cath for 12 days. I spent the weekend resting, path report was 5 days. The Doctor spoke to me in recovery, and to my wife in more detail as I couldn't begin to tell you what he said. I didn't like having the cath for 12 days. Its not so terrible just enough to ruin your weekend. Gene

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

15 years 11 months ago #16207 by Patricia
Replied by Patricia on topic 1 st turb
Told ya....there is a different experience for each person undergoing a TURB...I wish i knew the variable? Doctor? Anesthesiologist? Institution?..Urethra?
Pat

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

15 years 11 months ago #16199 by Zachary
Replied by Zachary on topic 1 st turb
I'm only going to give my one experience having a turb.I was--and don't remember a thing after the anesthesia.I think we were there half a day. You probably shouldn't make plans to go dancing that evening.I did.A couple of days. (again, this is in my case)Believe me, you're going to be in no mental shape to ask, answer, or receive any important information. He may talk with whoever brings you, but not you.It's funny--I'm a pretty healthy guy in good shape, and the turb really knocked me for a loop for a couple of days. I had the turb on Friday and stayed in bed the entire weekend. On the plus side, I actually didn't mind having the catheter in--those nights following the turb were the first nights in ages that I didn't have to get up during the night.Remember you're going to be coming home with a catheter, so you won't be back to normal until it is removed. But I felt fine on the fourth day.
Sometimes the cup is half empty as well as half full. Let's be realistic. I know you're nervous about this procedure--you have every right to be apprehensive. It's certainly not what you had chosen to do that week. But in a few days it will be over and done with and you'll have the knowledge and information to start an action plan to reclaim your life again.
Not a bad trade-off.

And, quite honestly, I can hardly remember mine, even though it was less than two years ago. In the big scheme of things, it's just a bump in the road.

One last thought to put this in perspective; right now I have a torn rotator cuff in my right shoulder. It is absolutely excruciating. The cortisone shots helped some, but I'll be having surgery soon. The pain from the rotator cuff is far worse than anything I've every experienced, including the several surgeries I've had for my bladder cancer. So if you've had an injury like that, you're going to be pretty well prepared for anything cancer throws at you.

"Standing on my Head"---my chemo journal
T3a Grade 4 N+M0
RC at USC/Norris June 23, 2006 by Dr. John Stein

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

15 years 11 months ago #16197 by Julie
Replied by Julie on topic 1 st turb
The reason to do the TUR in the hospital is so you can have anesthesia. Some have had biopsies done in the office and after one they chose to have them done in the hospital. For men it would involve the use of a rigid scope and a lot of moving of the scope plus the removal of tissue.
A lot of Doctor's use what is called Conscious Sedation where they use pain medication and a medication that causes you to forget. It is used a lot with colonoscopies. The whole process from entering the hospital to leaving is about 4 hours. The procedure itself could take from 30 minutes to an hour as sometimes they would include an IVP or retrograde pyelogram.

Usually the Doctor would come talk to me after procedure and let me know how it went and what he saw. He probably talked to my husband but often he would not remember the conversation.
We would schedule a brief appointment for a week later to get the results. I don't know what other Doctors do.
Also I believe they gave him an antibiotic through the IV as a preventative against infection. I would hope they would explain the procedure and the process to you at the place where the procedure is done as you will need to sign a consent for the procedure.
Julie
Reactions varied so much but expect some bleeding and some discomfort. My husband had trouble with gas pains but we now think he swallowed a lot of air while sedated.

Volunteer Coordinator
ABLSC

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

15 years 11 months ago #16191 by Patricia
Replied by Patricia on topic 1 st turb
Lots of variables in there Grandpadonot....It all kind of depends on the skill of the surgeon...what his MO is...and how many tumor/tumors in there...and the more i read the more i think its easier for the females than the males.
I'm female, my TURB took about 30mins...light anesthesia..woke up very quickly thereafter, my surgeon came to the recovery area to tell me what he saw...i asked to have the catheter removed which he did as there was no bleeding...about 20 minutes later I peed in a cup and walked out of the place and hailed a cab. No after effects whatsoever. My pathology report took 5 days.
Pat

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

15 years 11 months ago #16189 by grampadonut
1 st turb was created by grampadonut
having my 1st turb on wed and starting to get very nervous..been reading all the messages and have a few questions..if i may
1-are you always "knocked-out" ?
2-how long is "normal" turb?
3-do most people go home same day "
4-how long before path report comes back
5-does doc give any info when your in recovery room
6-what are reaction to turb
7- how long before back to "normal"
i understand everyone is different..just looking for some sort of avg
when i had "scope" job , ended up with bad infection and had a 2 day in hospital to clear it up..adding to my nervousiveness (sp?)

thanking everyone in advance

grampadonut
dx t2-g3
05/07/08

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

Moderators: Cynthiaeddieksara.anne