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Posted 8/3/2009 6:10 PM (GMT 0)
When sitting around with the guys and they start complaining about their enlarged prostate i can't help but smile inside. They ***** and complain about getting up in the night or scared to drink a cup of coffee before a morning walk. When asked I just say no, I sleep through the night and drink 3 cups of coffee before a two mile walk and piss like a horse.

Getting the old walnut cut out isn't all bad.

cool
Posted 8/3/2009 6:36 PM (GMT 0)
That is the plus side for many men after the PC surgery.
Posted 8/3/2009 10:04 PM (GMT 0)
Sure has been a big plus for me, outweighing my current concerns. The last couple years before surgery was a miserable time, urinary wise.llo
Posted 8/3/2009 10:50 PM (GMT 0)
Well I still have my prostate and still get up several times per night, however I smile all the time inside and out. I feel so blessed to just be here. I have great friends especially here at HW.
Life truly is great when you are livin a dream

peace and love
dale
Posted 8/3/2009 10:56 PM (GMT 0)
I have also found a big plus to the whole PC situation. I could get or do anything as long as I prefaced the request with "I heard that _____ was good for mens' prostate health." (GFMPH)
For example: "I heard that eating a 1 pound box of chocolates was good for men's prostate health." "Would you like me to one get it for you, dear?"
"I heard that a trip to Cancun is GFMPH." "Would you like me to book tickets for you, dear?"
Heck, I even got a Leupold VX-II rifle scope because "I heard it was GFMPH."
What I am doing to do now? Um... I've got it! "I heard that a daily massage is good for prostate surgery recovery."
By the way, reading this note is GMFPH!
Jeff
Posted 8/3/2009 10:59 PM (GMT 0)
And I am hoping this next corrective surgery will return my ability to return the race horse status that I have had all my life before my PC surgery. Never, ever had a problem, so hoping soon to pee free and strong like the old days.
Posted 8/3/2009 11:55 PM (GMT 0)
I figured I could pee across the street by now. Not so, unless I take a really good run at it. But that activity has it's own inherent problems.

I do like the GFMPH, I got a dandy new Les Paul Standard Gold Top Guitar out of that. So, I am so much smiling. But, the maxwell house coffee tin is empty.

All things considered, tonite I'm smiling.

Mike
Posted 8/3/2009 11:59 PM (GMT 0)
Hey, this GFMPH thing didn't make it to my house. I didn't get to get any new toys along the way. Still spoiling my wife and buying her things. Perhaps you guys should get together and write my wife a sob story and help me get some overdue toys too.

David in SC
Posted 8/4/2009 12:05 AM (GMT 0)
GFMPH worked for me.....I now have a Clavanova Keyboard to add to my collection of keyboards. Sleeping all night a big plus also. Only one hurdle to jump over now....
Posted 8/4/2009 12:21 AM (GMT 0)
David, as soon as get my 68 firebird ragtop back that I had to sell last time for college, I'll send a GFMPH note to your wife. Actually, I'd rather settle for a 67 or 68 camaro SS. That would be some really good GFMPH for me.

Mike
Posted 8/4/2009 12:27 AM (GMT 0)
I'm just came back to the kitchen after watching a couple of episodes of Big Bang Theory from the first season DVD. I heard that lying on the couch with your feet up watching TV is GFMPH.

David, Mike and I will write you a note. But, you have to act quickly while she still feels some guilt about the camping weekend.

Mike, Wow! A Les Paul Std GoldTop! That's doing it right! Now if you can just mount a VX-II on it somehow...

Jeff
Posted 8/4/2009 1:33 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks Worried/Jeff,

I had saved for a while to get it. My thoughts were that when the catheter was in, I would use that time to relearn all the stuff from years gone by. It turned out I couldn't sit long enough to make practising viable with the cath in. Too much discomfort let alone a heavy piece of expensive guitar lumber on your lap. But, I'm making progress there now. It's not so much the guitar itself (even though it's a great instrument) as much as what that instrument is doing for me. A new spark of sorts. So, I'm smiling. All things considered.
Posted 8/4/2009 1:47 AM (GMT 0)
How's this for a GFMPH ?

How about picking a town somewhere this fall and meeting up for a weekend and tell stories to each other's faces?

Our wives would have to truct most of us, pareticularly if we left all the misc harware at home.

I think it would be a hoot !
Posted 8/4/2009 1:53 AM (GMT 0)
Goodlife, I'm in. I'm changing the label on the coffee tin from guitar to GFMPH and even put a couple bucks in...Mike 

Posted 8/4/2009 2:01 AM (GMT 0)
Goodlife...I meant to mention in my last post...no bungee jumping though. I was just informed by the boss that won't be allowed....Mike
Posted 8/4/2009 2:15 AM (GMT 0)
I smile on the outside too!
Particularly today, my 18th wedding anniversary!
Posted 8/4/2009 2:17 AM (GMT 0)
Happy Anniversary to you and your blushing bride David !
Posted 8/4/2009 10:34 AM (GMT 0)
I heard that camaraderie, friendship, and travel is GFMPH. I'm in! I think a meeting would be a riot. There are some many guys I'd like to meet. (I'd really like to meet the guy that was complaining about his orgasms. You know who you are! )

We can all meet at the site of Arnie Kegel's house and squeeze off a few in his direction. That way we can claim the trip as a medical expense. (Dear IRS Agent, I am only kidding. I would never do such a thing.)

We can order Depends, Cialis, and Super Vacs in bulk, split the cost and justify the trip as a medical expense. (Dear FDA Investigator, I am only kidding. I would never do such a thing.)
Or we could just laugh, feel good, and justify the trip as GFMPH.
Jeff
Posted 8/4/2009 10:35 AM (GMT 0)

Greetings, everyone.  I didn't use the GFMPH for much.  I did spend my time post surgery with the catheter in researching an anniversary trip to Alaska that we took a few months later. 

I know that a couple of guys have managed to get together and I would welcome that opportunity should it ever arise.  You guys (and gals) that I don't even personally know have meant more to me over the past 18 months than most of my friends I see all the time.   It would be great to meet up somewhere, sometime.  Count me in if it ever comes to pass.  David 

Posted 8/4/2009 1:18 PM (GMT 0)
Worried Guy - a great place to potentially meet would be the PCRI.org conference in LA in September.
I went in 2007 and met a few folks from different on-line forums. I also walked away with a tom of information!
(BTW- I am not trying to promote not am I affiliated with PCRI - just adding as an FYI only)
Posted 8/4/2009 4:03 PM (GMT 0)
FLHW (David) That is a great idea. It a little far for me - That is the other side of the country - at least four Tena Guards away. But no place it too far if it's GFMPH. By the way, do they take American money out there?
My wife suggested a factory tour of Augusta Medical Systems in Augusta Georgia. We could see how they make and test the SOMAerectstf and other devices. You certainly won't see that on "How It's Made".
Jeff
Posted 8/4/2009 8:17 PM (GMT 0)
Wait a second! Are you telling me that GFMPH (good for mens' prostate health) is some sort of scam? My wife has been so very supportive in my recovery – she told me about the finding by Dr. Pangloss that weeding the garden was GFMPH and she also thoughtfully tracked down the studies by the Munchausen Clinic that showed that cleaning the garage and the basement improved GFMPH by 39%. Now you have caused me to wonder if doing the dishes every night really is certain to cure ED within six months.

I will have to talk to that lady and explain that the ED cure works only if the current progress is tested every other night.
Posted 8/5/2009 3:57 AM (GMT 0)
I am serious ! Maybe I'll start a new post for a HW reunion. Maybe Mr. HW himself would show up.
Posted 8/5/2009 10:35 AM (GMT 0)

Speaking of smiling..If the following doesn't make you grin from ear to ear - nuttin will:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQcVllWpwGs&feature=player_embedded

Posted 8/10/2009 5:21 PM (GMT 0)
Geezer: Thanks for spilling the beans about "cleaning the garage and the basement improved GFMPH by 39%" My wife is on the internet right now looking up similar studies. She found something about "Getting the car inspected and the oil changed. " Sheesh!

Goodlife: I see that we are not too far from each other. We might have to get together on my next Phantom Fireworks run. That won't be for a little while though. I wouldn't want my roman candles to get wet.

Steve: How can you not smile when you see that?
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