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Posted 09 Jan 2021 at 17:04

Hello everyone, I hope you had a merry Christmas and a happy new year under the present circumstances.

What I would like to know is I am having trouble with my waterworks, basically it's slowed down my specialist nurse has prescribed me Tamsulosin Hydrochloride and also informed me that if I cannot pass water I must go straight to A & E to have a catheter fitted.

If this happens what I would like to know is how long will I have it for, does this mean my PSA levels are on the rise and is there anything the oncologist can do. 

Chris

User
Posted 09 Jan 2021 at 20:13

I can see you're on hormone therapy.

What treatments have you had on your prostate, and what were the timings relative to the waterworks problems starting?

(It helps if you can put a biography in your profile, with diagnosis and treatment history.)

User
Posted 09 Jan 2021 at 21:25

Hi Andy62 

I was diagnosed in January 20  with a secondary small amount to my sturnum, my PSA 114  I was then started on Zoladex  and then went onto 20 session of RT, this brought my PSA down to undetectable since then I have been on 3 monthly Zoladex injections along with  check ups, my next being in February.

 

User
Posted 09 Jan 2021 at 21:55
could be an infection and if so could raise your PSA although not indicating that it had gone up due to further spread of your cancer. Tests should be done for an infection if not done already. Certainly, if you have difficulty passing water you should go to A&E. Tamsulosin is quite a common way to aid flow. I have been on it myself, long before HT and RT, during it and ever since. Some men come off it as flow improves.
Barry
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Posted 09 Jan 2021 at 22:53

I had to go to A and E, and have a catheter a couple of years ago, that lead to my cancer diagnosis. The catheter was in for about two weeks I then had a trial without catheter (twoc) with a district nurse. I failed that, but fortunately was able to agree with the district nurse to start intermittent self catheterisation, it was the best decision I ever made. If you find yourself in the position of having a catheter installed post on here again, or PM me, and I will explain more about self catherisation. 

Dave

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Posted 09 Jan 2021 at 23:03

Chris, as already said it could be an infection.  Urethral strictures after RT is a known issue. I had a Urethral stricture after surgery. A cystoscopy may be required to find the problem. On occasions a camera and guide wire were required to get a catheter in. If you go into retention don't hang about, backing up urine into the kidneys is not ideal and retention can be uncomfortable. The Catheter may have to stop in until a resolution is found, and post treatment could be in for 2-4 weeks.

You can monitor your flow by timing and measuring your urine output. Mls/ seconds will give you an average flow rate. 

Looking at you previous posts looks like you had 20 RT sessions in April 2020.

Hope you get sorted quickly.

Thanks Chris

 

User
Posted 10 Jan 2021 at 09:09
A common side-effect of RT is to make your prostate swell up, reducing flow. I've been on Tamsulosin myself since my RT nearly two years ago. It works really well.

Best wishes,

Chris

User
Posted 11 Jan 2021 at 10:14
Thank you all for your advice, very much appreciated.

Chris

 
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