Surgery on Friday July 29th.

Gleeson score was a 7.
Thanks for info (again)!

The short answer is YES.

1-1/2" shorter, loss of girth, mild peyronies (curvature) and still take daily Cialis. For some the climax is as good or better post surgery. For me it's not even close, sometimes wonder if it's worth the effort and sometimes it's OK.

As others have described, pre-surgery it's all right there and lasts a few seconds. Post surgery it's more of an all over your body kinda of thing, much like I would imagine a woman experiences it. Lasts much longer, 15 - 20 seconds normally. I have even had a climax that lasted at least a minute or more. Not kidding although my wife thought I was. It's like the prostate nerves are now attached to my spine or something. The climax actually starts in my feet and travels up my legs.

I suggest you do all you can before Friday.

Good Luck on the 29th.
I had my surgery on 29th July 2009!

The key thing I was told with pain was that I was not meant to have any so that if I had some I had to tell the docs or nurses so they could give me something to make it go away, same goes for anything like nausea. (I was given some strong meds just once, and they also gave me an additional medication at that time to protect my stomach, they should know if you need anything like that, but as ever If in Doubt Then Ask!

Yes, you will get a pathology report after surgery with all sorts of data in it, but donlt imagine that that means you get it right after you come round from surgery as it takes a while to do all the tests. I was given my report one week later when they took the catheter out.

Key thing with the path report is to ask the uro about every last little thing you dont understand. They deal with the abbreviations, Latin words etc every day, but this will be your first time. For me they actually drew on a diagram where the cancer had been found to help explain in normal language!

One other little thing. I found it handy on the journey home to have a small pillow I could hold against my abdomen.

All the best
Alf

Sean,

The sexual side effects are sort of all over the map so it's hard to say for sure how much your sex life will be impacted. Since all of your plumbing for producing semen will be gone the best you can hope for after surgery will be dry orgasms. That's all you get to know for sure. After that it's all statistics and those are all over the map. The most encouraging statistics are generally those collected by American surgeons and the most dire are those collected by European public health organizations. The truth is probably somewhere in between, but here's what seems to be typical from my experiences talking to guys here on the forum.

Most men will experience nearly complete erectile dysfunction for a period of a few months to a few years starting within two months of surgery. If the doctor is able to spare both erectile nerves then the man will gradually recover. Even with good nerve sparing the nerves tend to be traumatized by the operation and often erectile function will get worse for several months before it starts to get better. During this period there are ways for a man to obtain an erection and it is desirable for him to do so since the health of penile tissues depends on a man having several erections a week. In a normally potent man his erections during R.E.M. sleep suffice to keep him in good shape but, since the nerve damage prevents these sleeping erections it is important to find another way to keep the tissues oxygenated and the stretchy bits stretched. Usually, PDE5i drugs such as Viagra, Cialis, or Levitra will help but in some cases penile injections are indicated. (Easier than they sound, by the way.) As I said, usually a man will gradually recover, allowing him to cut back on the doses of his pills or injections, sometimes in as little as six months and usually within two years, although we do get reports here of men continuing to improve into their fourth year. You should talk to your surgeon about his procedures for penile rehabilitation after surgery. Let him know you plan to be eager to comply. If nothing else, it gives a man something to do while he waits for the little guy to wake back up.

Good luck.

Thanks Joe.

Thanks Mr. Halbert - sure hope I can emulate you!

Sean - Curious how your surgery went on Friday? How are you coming along with the catheter?

Have you been able to get up and move around at all?


Hoping you have a speedy recovery - Jon

That a good report.

hope you're recovering well,
Andrew

good luck with your recovery

Thank you, Sir!

Thank you! Yup..only we folks can understand this!

Thanks, Mack!