Etta's Dad said...
I'm five months out from RRP. Injecting Bimix 3 two to three times a week. Getting slight curvature. Erections are not as rigid as when I injected Quadmix on two separate occasions. Urologist bumped me down to BM3 after those two VERY painful erections that were some of the best, in the rigid department, since my teenage years. Soft nocturnal erections sometimes at night. Question is, has anyone experienced shrinkage of the male member to the point that it looks like your uncircumcised? Frustrating to say the least. Does length and girth come back? If so, how long did it take and any particular treatment tips you have? Thanks!
49 years old at Dx and RRP
PSA before RRP - 23
Gleason Score - 6
Post-op PSA's - 0.0 and 0.0
Not much to add to what has already been said, only a question. Are you saying that the shrinkage has been there from day one and continues at 5 months? Or, are you saying that after 5 months of what sounds like some pretty good rehab(sounds like plenty of injecting at least), you are now starting to notice shrinkage? ( I hope not the later).
Also, have you been taking low dose Viagra/Cialis/Levitra nightly as part of your rehab? If not, you might want to add that, as well as the VED as has already been advised above.
I am 2 1/2 months out, taking Cialis 5 mg nightly post cath removal for (hopefully)rehab. At first, the uncircumcised/shrunken appearance was striking, but that somewhat decreased as the swelling went down. The flaccid length seemed in the ballpark a few weeks out, but I was worried that there seemed to be no
stretch available.
Finally, recently, I 1st used the VED for rehab. That 1st time did not cheer me up at all, as I appeared to be about
1/2 size erect inside the tube.
That left me feeling a lot of bad had already happened, my only hope was: is there any hope of recovery?
Not long after the 1st and only VED trial, I injected with 0.1 ml of whatever Trimix they gave me(recommended starting dose for me: 0.2 ml) Bam, there it is, had not seen it in a while. It was either normal size or very close to it. Same for a 2nd injection with a decreased dose of about
0.08 ml. ( but, a lot of discomfort, I may need Bimix) Now, when I use the VED, it seems a little closer to normal each time while sort of erect inside the tube(but that is always uncomfortable also). But when I remove the device, the flaccid state is probably greater than it has ever been, and in general flaccid seems = to or > than my norm has ever been, not that that is saying all that much anyway! But certainly no worse.
So, I was hoping that whatever rehab I was doing ( probably need more injection and VED than I am getting) had got me past the danger zone for shrinkage(assuming I continue rehab), but your 5 month comment made me wonder? Is it suddenly getting worse at 5 months, or simply not getting better?
(If the later, and not using nightly low dose Viagra and VED, might want to look into those.) But that starting to get nocturnal erections sounds very encouraging!