Dr Zaid Aldin 2021-12-21 Person 5 5 0

After more than 10 years of struggling to cope with the effects of a very enlarged prostate - PSA test scores of 6+ resulting in me having two biopsies (never again!), IPSS scores of 20+ because I could never afford to be far away from a toilet day and night, treatment with Tamsulosin and in combination with Finasteride, which improved my condition only slightly - I've finally got my life back and my prostate can get on with is normal job unnoticed. In 2019, my urologist mentioned this newish non-surgical procedure called Prostate Artery Embolisation (PAE) and after some tests, including MRI scans, Flowrate and ultrasound measurements, he suggested I might be a good candidate for the procedure and referred me to the interventional radiologist, Dr Aldin. There were more tests and long discussions during which Dr Aldin explained the procedure fully, answered my questions and addressed my concerns. We agreed a date, which turned out to be around the period of the raging COVID pandemic in 2020. Finally, I had the procedure done in August 2021 by Dr Aldin and his very friendly and confident team. Two weeks later, the side effects of the procedure (bleeding, pain when peeing) had subsided sufficiently for me to notice an improvement in my enlarged prostate symptoms. A month later, my condition had been transformed - I was peeing like a teenager, I stopped worrying about where the nearest toilet was, and could sometimes go through the night without having to use the toilet; my IPSS score had gone down to less than 5. It's now four months since the procedure and I've just had my follow-up appointment with Dr Aldin: he and I are excited about the dramatic improvement in my condition.