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What Causes Acute Urinary Retention And Dark Urine After Laser Surgery?
Question: I have prostate cancer discovered. When I had laser surgery for enlarged prostate. I have had a cute urine retention w dark urine for almost a month.What causes this? What does it mean? My cancer is XXXXXXX 7stage 4 which my doctor says can be controlled with hormone shots.
Brief Answer:
Hormone shots are not curative treatment.
Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXX and welcome to HCM.
As an Urologist, i advise you a trial without catheter(TWOC), on Flowmax 1 daily.
You can consider one of two options.
1. Take hormone shots as advised by your Urologist.
2. Have an orchidectomy surgery.(removal of both testis).
1. and 2. have the same action of removing male hormones(androgens).
Then take a drug called Bicalutamide daily.
The reason for dark colored urine is, bleeding from the surgery site.(prostate).
Blood clots may also come off and on, in the catheter, or urine from the bladder.
Your biopsy shows an advanced stage of prostate gland cancer(gleason 7,stage 4).
It needs adjuvant treatment, in the form of androgen blockade.
So, understand the hormone shots are not curative treatment, but for control of spread of secondaries, from the prostate gland (primary).
You should have your Hb, creatinine, LFT, and PSA level checked.
Also, get your bone scan done.
Hope your doubts are cleared.
Hormone shots are not curative treatment.
Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXX and welcome to HCM.
As an Urologist, i advise you a trial without catheter(TWOC), on Flowmax 1 daily.
You can consider one of two options.
1. Take hormone shots as advised by your Urologist.
2. Have an orchidectomy surgery.(removal of both testis).
1. and 2. have the same action of removing male hormones(androgens).
Then take a drug called Bicalutamide daily.
The reason for dark colored urine is, bleeding from the surgery site.(prostate).
Blood clots may also come off and on, in the catheter, or urine from the bladder.
Your biopsy shows an advanced stage of prostate gland cancer(gleason 7,stage 4).
It needs adjuvant treatment, in the form of androgen blockade.
So, understand the hormone shots are not curative treatment, but for control of spread of secondaries, from the prostate gland (primary).
You should have your Hb, creatinine, LFT, and PSA level checked.
Also, get your bone scan done.
Hope your doubts are cleared.
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