Posted 11/25/2009 3:55 PM (GMT 0)
First, your string of PSA zero's is impressive, and many would be jealous of that alone, myself included.
Second, the fact that you can have that intimate moment with your wife woud also make you the subject of envy, so great going there.
As far as length. This is what my uro/surgeon told me. Before you were operated on, the inside end of your urethra attached to the prostate, which in part was attached to your bladder. When your prostate is removed, the connection of your urethra to the neck of the bladder is one of the most difficult and skilful parts of the op. Plus, without your prostate being there, the bladder has one less attachment point.
So when the urethra is sewn to the bladder neck, two things happen, the bladder (more free to move) is pulled toward your urethra, and your urethra is pulled toward your bladder.
In many cases, yes, there is some decrease in length, but it tends to be when you are in the soft or flacid state. If you have the ability to have pre-surgery errections, as a general rule when you are errect, the length should be about the same. The weight of the bladder, and assuming it is full, can even cause more of the pulling-inside effect.
I will use me as an example. I was on cathaters for a long time after surgery, 63 days to be exact. I swear my weiner was only 1/4 of its former size. Depressed me, yep. But with one nerve bundles spared, had no expectations.
When I was catheter free, and to make a long story short, I was able to have natural errections within the first week. Over the course of a month, they became longer and stronger. The same with "O's", first they were short and weak and distant feeling, but within a month, they came intense and lasted much longer.
My wife of 35 years, and a nurse, and being very familiar with below regions, says that when I am errect, there is no difference in size as pre-surgery. But soft, the little guy would embarass me in a locker room scene. LOL.
My surgeon's explanation made sense to me, and he told me this before surgery, not as an excuse after the fact.
Hope this answer helps