Private Prostate resection operation

[Mick IOW]

Hi all, I realize this is not an healthcare group, but wonder if anyone has had a Private Prostate resection operation who could tell me the rough cost please? I have had an enlarged Prostate for many years and have had many test and am currently on Dustasteride/Tamsulosin tablets per day. In the past 3 or 4 years my sleep has been terrible because of the amount of times I wake needing to wee only to do a few dribbles and so on. I wear inconstance pants all the time. My local hospital say I am on the "urgent" list but I can get no "when date" from them. If I could afford to pay it would be worth it to get some sleep. Mick. aged 72.

[Tim+]

Sorry to hear of your plight and I can't help you with costs. In your situation though it might be worth talking to your doctor about intermittent catheterisation to tide you over.

Not done often for chronic problems these days but given that the NHS doesn't seem to be offering you definitive treatment any time soon it might be worth a shot.

Tim

[Nick Odell]

Google offers a median cost of £5695.

More specific and more local information from this result:

Good luck.

Nick

[damduck-egg]

Angle grinder.

G.Harman

[GB]

Or $2000 if you get it done in India.

[Bob Minchin]

A mate of mine had a physical tap fitted privately some years ago. We are not good enough friends for me to have seen the "equipment" but apparently when convenient to him he can open the tap, drain and re-close it. Saves all the constant wee just for a few drips problem. He regularly drinks a pint or two down the pub with no obvious discomfort. Might be worth asking your consultant about it?

[GB]

It's a bit unfair to other people, but you can probably get this done fairly soon if you kick up a fuss.

1. Make an urgent appointment to see your GP and explain the sleep issue. Say you're desperate.
2. Find out who your consultant is at your local hospital and talk to his secretary. See if s/he can get you moved up the list.
3. Sit outside the consultant's office, be polite but say you are going to camp there until this gets sorted out. Do not be in any way belligerent, as they can then refuse to treat you, but be an embarrassing reminder for them.
4. Speak to your MP.
5. Does your hospital have anything like this? They can be really good at pulling the right strings.

Another tack is to get a private consultation with an NHS specialist in this field from a hospital not too far away. Cost is £200-ish. You can then explain the problem and ask if he can put you on his NHS surgery list as you can't afford the private surgery. At the very least, he'll have to write to your GP, putting more pressure on there.

[damduck-egg]

One thing to ascertain that if the op is done privately will the maintenance of the catheter Tap and if going further the cost of the piping and a bag be an ongoing cost or will the NHS step in . Those who have had a relative who needs such things will know that occasionally an assistant is required or even regularly as a patient ages which can mean becoming dependant on a visiting health worker. this describes what you may have to consider. Simple tap

Tap and bag

which may be needed at night.

Both by father and my FIL had bags for urine collection towards the end of their lives and we got quite adept at pulling up the car so they could extend a leg discretely out and empty out unnoticed.

On a DiY theme when they died we had loads of bag ,pipe and taps unused. They came very useful in constructing a drip feeding system for the other halfs tomatoes in the greenhouse when we went away.

G.Harman

[GB]

MIL had a walking frame, commode and various similar items. We couldn't find anybody at the NHS remotely interested in re-using them. We couldn't give them away, because the NHS hands them out like candy.

[Andrew]

But you might return with only one kidney :-).

[Mike Clarke]

No, you need a reamer for that job.

[bert]

In article , Mick IOW writes

I'm sure BUPA would give you a quote.

[Maurice]

There's more than one way of doing a resection. There used to be only one: The pulling through of a sharp instrument to shave off some of the intruding overgrown prostate, needing a 3-day stay in hospital to recover from the bleeding.

12 years ago I had a resection with the latest 'green light laser', costing just over £3K all in for one overnight stay. Hardly any blood loss, as the laser both cut and sealed as it moved. (Catheter in overnight, so could drink happily in the evening!) The next morning the catheter was removed, and after a bath I took the train back home and played snooker for two hours the next day.

On the NHS, the PVP was a day operation, but needed a catheter overnight, to be removed next day.

Good luck! get it sorted out...

[tim...]

plus the air fare

plus the costs of taking someone to "mind" you.

Not worth the aggro

tim

[Bob Eager]

Not our experience. MIL died last Friday. Called NRS (the company that delivered her bed and mattress originally) and they had everything else on their list too (commode, walking frame, slider sheets etc.).

They collected Wednesday. All very efficient.

(they were surprised, but grateful, that I had disassembled the bed and built it back onto its transit frames)

[GB]

Good points.

People do go off to E Europe for this sort of thing, and to get expensive dental work done.

[Bill Wright]

My dad had a supra-pubic catheter for this and it is no exaggeration to say it changed his life. It's quick easy and cheap to put the catheter in and after that all you need is a district nurse visit every 8 weeks or so.

Bill

[Bill Wright]

That's a catheter. Drains into a leg bag.

Bill

[Bill Wright]

The NHS put you in touch with a contractor. The NHS pays.

Bill

[Andy Burns]

Have they got a last minute cancellations list you can get onto?