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[|Human|] My husband had prostate surgery 3 1/2 weeks ago. He is a very healthy man of 79 yrs of age. It started out not being able to urinate. Had to have a catheter put in, and then sent to an urologist. Off and on had to have a cath. put in. H e was very distraught! Finally had to have the prostate reamed out. The urologist said he had a very lg. prostate. After surgery , he kept a cath. in for a week then it was taken out. He was ordered catheters so that if he couldn t urinate, he could cath. himself so that his bladder could get used to opening and closing. He had to cath. himself a few times and he was absolutely devastated. then he started urinating on his own. Did find for 2 1/2 weeks, then began to pass lg. clots. Hurried back to the urologist and he said he forgot to tell us that was normal that his prostate was letting loose some clots. And true it did stop and he can urinate on his own but often and he worries about it constantly. Now he is loosing his appetite and is belching constantly. Big belches even when he doesn t eat. Also at night, Do you think he has anxiety. He does have excessive thinking about his problem. I am an R,N. and I don t think it s a heart problem as he is seen by a cardiologist regularly just because his fmly. dr. orders it ....I don t think it is his colon because he was perfectly healthy before his prostate problems started. He has had a biopsy on his prostate about 3 yrs. before this and it was fine!
[|AI|]  HelloThanks for query. Your husband has undergone surgery of endoscopic resection of prostate(TURN) for enlarged prostate and has belching and loss of appetite.TURN is a major surgery at the age of 79 years and takes long time for complete recovery. All the problem that he has faced post surgery are known complications of TURN. Do not worry all his rest of the problems will get resolved over a period of time. What he needs is assurance to built up his confidence, Chat Doctor.