I have been taking them since last Thursday. For the first three days there were no loo visits in the night. YAY! Then after that back to twice a night around 2am and 5am...... !
Prostate cancer. A useful resource.
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I thought that it was only to maintain the size at what the prostate was when you started taking them? Nothing to do with improving flow rate.
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I've been taking Tamsulosin for the last 3 years after diagnosis. I get up at least once if not 4 times during the night. However I do think they help a bit....
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There are no symptoms, whatsoever in the early stages. By the time you get symptoms your a long way down the line.
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Flowe rate is fine. It's just my bladder seems the size of a thimble.
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Two threads going on here really, one about Prostate Cancer and the other about Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH).
he and colin makes me laught when they talk about this
Yes, symptoms are essentially the same, the only difference is the former could kill you and the latter is a bloody nuisance and can impact big time on quality of life. Having BPH doesn’t affect your chances of developing cancer but can mask its onset.
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As I’ve said previously though, there are no symptoms of Prostate Cancer, none, not until it is well developed and very much more difficult to deal with.
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How about night time urination, day time frequency, blood in the urine, constipation, lower back pain, incontinenance, ED ?
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As said, by the time you get those symptoms a cancer is well progressed, that’s why it is so so important to get PSA tested.
I had none and continue to have no symptoms whatsoever yet have Prostate Cancer.
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I hade some of those symptoms and had early stage cancer and have had the treatment and recovering nicely.
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I also had a symptom, low grade cancer confirmed with a biopsy, but my PSA reading had never been higher than 2. I have been on watch and wait for 2 years now
The prostrate is a shoddy bit of creation. Find a gland that’s subject to gradual enlargement and stick a flexible pipe through it. Wire in some apparatus for sexual functioning and you’ve got a load of trouble waiting to happen. It’s like the Triumph Stag of the human engineering world. 
as bad as that ive got no chanceThe prostrate is a shoddy bit of creation. Find a gland that’s subject to gradual enlargement and stick a flexible pipe through it. Wire in some apparatus for sexual functioning and you’ve got a load of trouble waiting to happen. It’s like the Triumph Stag of the human engineering world.
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Same as me 3hrs seems to be the ball park number ?
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Only the other day I was thinking along these exact lines..The prostrate is a shoddy bit of creation. Find a gland that’s subject to gradual enlargement and stick a flexible pipe through it. Wire in some apparatus for sexual functioning and you’ve got a load of trouble waiting to happen. It’s like the Triumph Stag of the human engineering world.
whoever designed the prostrate had a bad sense of humour ...
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I’d love to be getting 3 hours sleep, since coming off the medication I’m back to 4 or 5 visits a night. I have a chat arranged with Dr tomorrow, hopefully back to urologist and see what’s next as he had suggested shrinkage using steam.
It certainly affects your day to day life if you don’t get a decent sleep, not sure I can remember the last time.
Me too. I was advised to drink less tea, coffee and alcohol. Yea, right!
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Same here really ,it’s all part of post treatment same as bowel trouble , still better than being not here .
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All correct but a big ask
I did drink some water thr other day. Not impressed!
I think accessing the right treatment is a bit of a lottery. No doubt you’ll have looked at Dr Google and noted the wide range of potential treatments out there. Problem is you’ll only get offered what the Urology team at your local hospital can deliver. Most of them don’t offer the full range. I’m currently on about 2 pees per night, but occasionally can reach 4 on a bad night - manageable if you can get back to sleep again quickly, but miserable if you can’t. The worse bit is the sensation of needing to pee when you can’t/don’t need to. I threw some money at the problem when the procedure I wanted wasn’t readily available on the NHS.
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2hrs for me, sometimes 1,5. Doesn't bother me. straight back to sleep.
I do drink a large amount though,not alcohol, but tea, coffee coca cola. bitter lemon & at least 2 litres of water. Probably at least at least 5 litres/day
I do drink a large amount though,not alcohol, but tea, coffee coca cola. bitter lemon & at least 2 litres of water. Probably at least at least 5 litres/day
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Doc told me to give up caffeine to help with sleep and to stick to decaff tea! Says it works for him!
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E'ee, thee's lucky. About every two hours for me, and I have to pee into shoe box in't middle of road.
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Thankfully I have BUPA through work, I’ve already seen the Urologist through them and as it was him who prescribed the tablets and told me to come back in 3 months if no improvement. I haven’t looked at treatments on google apart from the one he recommended, maybe shouldn’t have watched the video
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Well, just back from seeing the consultant at the Western Hospital. All looking good so far, PSA down to 0.8 from 3.7 after 12 weeks. Looking for it to fall to below 0.1 by end of treatment. Waterworks doing ok, only occasionally needing to get up in the night, so can come off the medication now and see how it goes. Back again next April following another PSA test.
lorger
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Telephone consultation with my GP today, outcome is to stay of the Tamsulosin and as they have no alternative he recommends going back to the Urologist. I've already called and have an appointment for 4 weeks time, hopefully won't be to bad in the mean time.
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