# Anybody with TURP surgery experience?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 25, 2012, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-with-turp-surgery-experience/613931 "2012-02-25T06:56:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-with-turp-surgery-experience/613931/5 "2012-02-25T15:47:49Z")

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My Dad had it done in October.

Now, according to his surgeon, his recovery ended up being waaaaay out on the tail end of the bell curve, but complications _are_ possible.

[To wit:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14507823&postcount=19)

> [@Thanksgiving Horrors: you mean Everyone Else had a Happy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-horrors-you-mean-everyone-else-had-a-happy/604347/19):
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> Right after dinner this year, my dad lost two units of blood through his penis and stroked out on the toilet.
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> Turns out the “stroke” was really a vasovagal response to the bleeding, and the bleeding is a complication of the elective prostate surgery he had about a month ago. His urologist is up in there right now cauterizing the sucker (hopefully). I’m typing this from the surgery waiting area.
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> So, yeah. This Thanksgiving will go down in history as The First Time In My Adult Life That I Saw My Dad’s Wiener.

The bleeding started a week _after_ he was cleared to resume normal activities by his surgeon. It was a really, really shitty week.

Seriously. Take it easy for at least two months post-op.

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