Re; stool softener. REALLY REALLY GOOD ADVISE ABOVE by the others above! I took pain pills after surgery which worked well on the post surgery pain/anxiety BUT I was not advised and didn't know that...
Re; Kegels. Check out kegels. Many many years prior to my RP in 1995 my GP said to stop my stream while urinating so as to maintain good urinary control as I aged. I did that and after my RP and the...
http://www.firmastore.com/ Check out constrictor BANDS. I found out that the constriction RINGS stretch out fairly quickly so I moved to the constrictor bands. ( Basically wide rubber bands -...
Re; oral meds. If you get them get a few or samples if you can. In my case the oral meds gave me nasty side effects. My vision was affected by seeing purple-pink colors for several hours. If you have...
My rp was in 1995. Gleason 2+1. Gleason lower than a typical gleason of 6. My psa has risen over the 13 years to 0.6. I have not had any furthur treatment so far. In consultation with a doctor or...
A vacuum erection device used with constrictor BAND/BANDS (not the rings) should stop any leakage you describe and give him a sufficient erection. See http://www.firmastore.com/ for a picture of the...
http://www.utoronto.ca/acdclab/graphs/Plot1.gif http://www.utoronto.ca/acdclab/graphs/PLOT2.gif Rp in 1995 psa 7.2 Gleason 2+1 (low Gleason) Present psa is 0.6. I found these graphs years ago in an...
Muse is an insertable ED med. (alprostadil) Edex is the injectable ED med (alprostadil). The trimix you used probably contains alprostadil too. I tried Muse years ago but found out that I could not...
My RP was in 1995 at age 55. Gleason 2+1. (Lower gleason than most others) I was continent four days after the catheter was removed. ( A real plus for me) I attribute this to good advice from my GP...
It has been 13 years and 28 psa tests since my RP. I don't even think about it until a week before the test. Like everyone I was hoping to stay in the zero/less than 0.1 category. As it turned out...
http://www.utoronto.ca/acdclab/graphs/PLOT2.gif http://www.utoronto.ca/acdclab/graphs/Plot1.gif I found these graphs years ago after my RP in 1995. Note ultrasensitive and normal psa graph lines. I...
Ask yourself, maybe look at yourself in the mirror, if you will be able to DEAL (live peacefully) with the fact going forward that the cancer is there, will probably expand, might be close to...
I have described mine as "orange" sized or small "grapefruit" sized! /community/emoticons/tongue.gif With the benefit of 13 years since my RP we still laugh about them. I was not laughing at the...
My psa post RP has risen from less than 0.1 to 0.6 over the last 12 years. My Gleason was 2+1. (Lower than the average psa of 3+3) I have not had any further treatment so far. (advice from two...
The beauty of being 13 years post RP and 13 years older, approaching 70, I can't remember what it was like before my RP. /community/emoticons/smhair.gif With the aid of Edex the orgasm is very...
http://www.firmastore.com/ This web page will show you a constriction BAND which is basically a wide rubber band which is stretched and folded over the VED tube. I gave up on the rings as they...
After mr RP I had pain in the right testicle too! The pain was caused by cysts in the epididymis which is on the side of the testicle. I could CAREFULLY /community/emoticons/shocked.gif feel the...
http://www.firmastore.com/ Check out the constrictor bands. They are basically rubber bands. I found that the rings stretch out quickly after a couple of uses and the erection is not maintained....
One nerve bundled spared in 1995. Partial erection. Never regained full erection sufficient for penetration. Edex (alprostadil for injection) has worked its miracle for me/us for the last decade....
Rp in 1995. Pre op Psa 7.2. Gleason 2+1. Psa 0.2 in 1997. Psa is now 0.5. So far I have received no additional treatment. As you can see my gleason is low and not as typical for PC as your 3+3 is....
Hi Pat, Best wishes! What not to do /community/emoticons/nono.gif If you take pain pills after surgery at home. Be sure to ask your doctor for a stool softener! I took the pain pills and did not...
It has been 13 years since my RP. Recurrent at 0.5. Living, enjoying, and appreciating each day as it comes and not dwelling on the PC, is the way we got through the past 13 years. Yes we would worry...
I am in my 13th year of dealing with PC - Prostate cancer. Recurrent at 0.5. Six months ago I found out that 'PC' is not just prostate cancer but also Pancreatic cancer. My wife was diagnosed with...
I have used Caverject/Edex for a decade. One nerve set spared. Partial erection. When I first started injections I used one half of the 10 mg dose. Over the years I have had to increase the doseage...