PVP Procedure Patients Speak Out

Wenzel Koch • Age 75 • 4 months post PVP • Retired Chrysler Corp. Executive • Interests: golf, cycling, gardening • Had failed microwave procedure 8   years ago

Life before PVP

“At night I was up to go to the lavatory about every two hours or less. You could almost set your watch by it. During the day it was about every hour.”

“ If I went to a shopping mall I had to make sure that shopping mall had a restroom. My wife was really getting fed up with me.”

Life after PVP

“If you have to have a procedure, this is the one you want as far as I’m concerned. I would recommend it to anyone over any other procedure.”

“ In my case, I did not need a catheter of any sort.”

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Bill Martineac • Age 60 • 2 months post-PVP • retired Inspector of Ford Motor   Company • Interests: camping, wood working,   computers • Had failed a different laser procedure 6   years ago

Life before PVP

“The problem I was having was a little bit of pressure. There was still urine in the bladder and I just couldn’t relax.”

“ The doctor told me that this procedure was going to be a lot better than the procedure I had years before. That procedure took a whole day and I had to be in the hospital.”

Life after PVP

“No pain…none what so ever. My wife is happy…I’m happy, I’m happy…”

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Bert Randall • Age 73 • 3 months post-PVP • Retired from General Motors Company • Interests: fishing, hunting

Life before PVP

“It was kind of embarrassing because I had to go the bathroom a lot, you can’t tell people what’s going on and you just suffer through it.”

“ Well, the quality of life was…I was in misery. When I had to go to the bathroom I could never completely empty. And I had to keep going back and fourth and it got pretty irritating, especially when you’re traveling.”

Life after PVP

“I urinate a whole lot better than I did then. It was stop and go and now it’s “shhwish” (laughs) you go top notch, you know. So that makes a world of difference.”

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