Recently diagnosed - PSA 15.1 with only 1 core positive @ 3+3. At 44yrs old - any thoughts?

Ok, so I'm back in Austin ... recovery going well... still leaking and using 2 diapers a day... my libido is definitely there but havent trying anything yet but I think tonight is the night.

My Pathology report is now in my signature.

Feels good to be on this side of the fence... feeling really positive... nervous still about SE's that I have yet to encounter long term, but still positive. This board is a godsend.

Zzarth

Ur right HBFF

You know as we age we perceive time is moving faster

For instance it was only yesterday I was reading doctor strange and infinity gauntlet comics, now I'm enjoying doctor strange in the theater (shameless promo bump for the movie),... And the comic reading experience seem like just yesterday...

Speaking of experiences... I just (tonight) had my first orgasim via masterbate on. It was actually really good... I'm still sore from the cathedar.. But I achieved erection and the whole build up to the orgasim seems the same and the orgasim was a bit weaker and I urinated... But it was satisfying.. As I heal I only assume it will get even better...

Z

Good luck HBFF. I am with you in the period of removing incontinence. It is slow. Blue9207

I think they say about five years with zero and you can be highly confident that it's totally not coming back..YMMV.

hows the REST of the recovery coming.

My impression is that it is extremely good news when your PSA drops to an undetectable level. A celebration is in order! If PSA doesn't drop to undetectable levels, that's bad because it means there are still prostate cells in your body producing PSA. Then you would need to head straight into another round of treatment.

The unfortunate news is that PSA can remain undetectable for years, and then start rising again. That means, I think, that there were dormant prostate cancer cells still lurking somewhere in your body, somehow left behind by the surgery, and that they wake up and begin growing again, producing PSA.

The puzzle to me is why and how these cancer cells can remain dormant for so long, and why they re-activate themselves years later.

Post Edited (fiddlecanoe) : 12/18/2016 11:06:33 AM (GMT-7)

yes, with psa you're good, but it does take 4-6 weeks at LEAST for residual psa to get out of your blood, so wait at least that long before taking the test.

for continence, it's really about the kegles and the mental and behavioural change you have to make when doing things, like squatting down, getting into a low car, working out, etc. you have to LEARN to CLENCH when doing these things, and the increase in muscle strength of the pelvic and perinium muscles will hold everything in place. It takes time and you can't overdo up front, but I was doing about 10, three times a day. I did it before showering, and then while in the shower a bit. I did it driving home and before bed. Eat a healthy amount of protein too and I found getting a lot of cruciferous vegetables helped a lot to drive NO to the region. That helped for the ED too.

For the ED, it's just as muscle muscle training at this point as the kegles. I did EVERYTHING. I used a pump (bought from amazon, worked fine - needed bigger tube soon though ;-), I did a lot of manual stimulation. you're not going to be having a tone of penetration sex at this stage. Not sure one should try that too early. But, you've got to reform vessles and make sure the nerves know how to get the signal from the brain and trigger and call for blood and fill and LOCK, etc.

I used the pump to get a lot of blood in the shaft artificially at the early stages. I did it every other day. I also used the ED meds, and did a lot of manual stim (self with visual aids-theres no shame in this at this point IMHO) to help the PDE-5's bring blood to the shaft.

One of the things I found later on and I wish someone had told me about is this : massage the BASE of the shaft as much or more than the middle or tip of the shaft. We're all men, we have our technique, but that base region needs to have blood pulled in as much as the shaft, and doing just the mid or tip of the shaft will bring blood in, but if you get blood coming in the base I find that MORE comes into the shaft and also more STAYS in the shaft for a longer time. This gives a much better overall experience and really helps to keep that blood in the penis longer (and thats a real objective at this point) but not too long.

Things were going very well and I had very good solid erections about 6 weeks post surgery..not 100%, but about 80-85%. It stalled out for about another 6-8 weeks and then got better. I had my arteries and vessles tested at that point and they were very good. As well, they tried some injection .30 brimax (small does small amount) and that was just OFF THE CHART! even better than before surgery. Lasted about 1.5 hours. ;-) So, I felt very good that the infrastructure and anatomy was in a good place. I also took about 10 doses of the injection home to keep and try for actual penetration sexy time.

But as others have said, work it, use it or lose it. THIS IS THE TIME to be working it. It's THERAPY. Tell your wife/spouse/hand that this is really important and you have to dedicate time to getting it back up to it's best place. It's hard to do - no pun intended. When we're sick, we stay in bed or work from home and give ourselves time to heal. But at this point, we don't LOOK sick, or need to focus so you have to force yourself to make the time and do the tasks.

@ZZarth

sorry to hear about your progress. I've counseled several guys in your position (as was my position) about recovery best practices and penil rehab.

feel free to email me at (email address removed) and we can discuss it if you like

paulmerc

Paul, I have removed your email address from the body of your post because spammers harvest them. If you want to receive email from HW members, please add an email to your profile and it will show up when someone clicks the little envelope under your name. Jim

Post Edited By Moderator (Tudpock18) : 5/4/2017 5:27:13 AM (GMT-6)