Prostate biopsy - what to expect

[KindLemur]

Hi all
my DH is having a prostate biopsy the transperineal kind , on Friday

just wondering what to expect as have a few weekend plans and work stuff coming up next week and want to make sure I’m around as much as possible to look after him

I’m going to drop him off leave him and pick him up when they say he can go, from what I understand he may be there all day as they want to see you can pee properly, not going to faint etc before they let you go

we’ve been told he will need to rest - consultant said for a day or two, specialist nurse said a week or two! She also said he may have blood in pee/semen for up to a few months. We have a few plans week after next for our DD’s birthday so wondering whether to shelve or not. They aren’t too strenuous but don’t want to risk DH damaging himself.

anyone got any personal experience of what to expect for recovery time etc anything that helped???

thanks

My husband had considerable pain afterwards for quite some time. For some biopsies they go in through the rectum, for others they go in through the perineum. It was the perineum for my DH. It was 18 months ago now and he still has discomfort sometimes. He may just have been unlucky though.

@DilemmaDelilah thanks for your reply. Can I ask what the outcome of the biopsy was for your DH? Has he seen anyone about the pain he’s been experiencing? It’s been very downplayed to us, that it’s a couple of days discomfort and no big deal. I’m reading things about erectile disruption, blood in urine for months etc which makes it seem like it has much wider side effects than they tell you. Also concerned about the effects it might have on conceiving another baby which I was hoping to do.

My DHs circumstances will be very different to that of your DH. For a start, he is 71 and we are definitely not considering babies!

He has a very small slow growing prostate cancer. It's not being treated as it is far more likely that he will die of old age or something else before it causes any problems. He is on meds to help him wee, but that is it. He has regular PSA blood tests and he will have further biopsies to check there are no issues, but we are both very glad that he can get away without treatment at the moment.

I will say that my DH does seem to be quite sensitive to pain. He is going to request a GA for his next biopsy - which is possible but not usual, in our area anyway. I don't think the doctor/surgeon had an easy time taking his last biopsy (because of DH tensing up/squirming) which is probably why there was such a lot of bruising and pain afterwards. It's lucky men don't have to give birth!