ED Comments and Urinary Flow Query

Tamu and Kat (and others)

It is so helpful when you continue to post your erection (or the lack thereof) experiences.  We too are on a ED rehab program using Cialis . . .Bob takes Cialis; the doctor suggested initially to take one 25mg tablet twice a week for blood flow and thickening.

There's definitely thickening and lengthening, but not even anything close to being able to be useful.

I keep telling Bob to be patient (patience, patience, patience); we also have used Kat's shower suggestion which is somewhat helpful (well at least with the lengthening and thickening).  The part I think that helps the most is reading the other experiences in this forum and realizing that everyone is different of course, but our experience is also considered normal.

Now, for our other issue . . . . . have any of the guys experienced frustrating urine flow?? . . . Let me explain. . . . .since surgery (and now, with almost total continence) the pressure of the flow has increased dramatically from what it's been for a few years now. . . .however, Bob says at times it actually breaks into two streams (forked as he calls it) which of course makes it impossible to keep BOTH of these aimed where they are supposed to be going. . . . . has made for many oops' around the toilet.

He says there's no way he can explain this to his doctor (I say he can if he uses the correct terminology) . . .I'm thinking there'll be comments and advice right here!  Your replies are appreciated.

:o)  Linda & Bob

Linda and Bob,

I had the same problem.  At 6 weeks post-surgery, the back pressure had become quite painful, the penis swelled with the pressure when I urinated, the stream was very small and it went in all sorts of directions.  The term the doctor used (and that I looked up on the iternet) was a urethral stricture.  It can be caused by scar tissure or irritation and mine was very near the end of the urethra (I could tell by the feeling of backpressure eminating from that point.

The surgeon actually cleared it in a sugery center (15 minutes under anesthesia) and it helped immensely.  However, seven weeks later, it came back.

This time, he was concerned that the stricture was further up the urethra (it wasn't) and used a probe to check (yup, that hurt).  This time, he also used 4 increasingly-large probes to tear it up (hurt even more when he did it, but the pain was gone immediately when he was done).  There was a bit of blood, but immediate relief.  Also, this time he provide a plastic urethral dilator that I am to use twice a day for a few weeks to keep it open until it is entirely healed.  Luckily the dilator doesn't hurt at all.

Anyway, from your description, it some like Bob may have something very similar.  Easy to fix and only momentary pain.