Greg, My surgery was just 2 weeks after yours and my wife and I are also experiencing ED frustrations. In my case, my surgeon indicated that he spared more than 50% of both nerve bundles. He also...
We're probably veering slightly OT here, but this is a very interesting thread. My own personal experience is nerves spared on both sides BUT my surgeon went on to indicate percentage of each nerve...
To the original poster, I'm having the same experience as you. I'm 2.5 months out of surgery and have progressed to leakage, starting only in the early evening for the most part. I also leak during...
Hi all, I'm about 6 weeks post surgery and making decent progress on the incontinence front. Where I'm not seeing much progress is in regards to ED. Since my catheter removal, I've used a VED and...
I think I've had the same experience as mspt98 with my VED (Stamen Medical Systems MOS). I'm one month post-op and use it for therapy, but can't get a decent erection with it. I'm getting good...
Thanks for the replies everyone. I'm pretty much back to normal activities, well, no IC with my wife yet unfortunately :-(. I think my biggest frustration is with social activities (picnics, baseball...
Hi all, It's been about 2 weeks since my catheter removal. Since day 1, I've been continent while lying down or sitting. Where I'm not seeing any progress is while standing/walking. Here's the...
Hi all, I'm 8 days post Davinci and am getting my Foley out on Thursday (yay!). My surgeon is going to recommend both Cialis and a pump for "getting the blood flowing again". My question is, do they...
Hi all, I'm about 2 weeks from surgery and my surgeon is recommending both ED meds and a VED for post-op rehab. I'd actually like to get the pump before the surgery so that I can have a before and...
Thanks for the replies everyone. Of the 3 surgeons I'm considering where I live in Rochester, NY, one has done 2000 surgeries and gives seminars at the annual AUA conference including a live daVinci...
Ever since my PCa diagnosis about a month ago I've been on a fact finding mission to try and select * the * surgeon who will give me the best possible outcome on a daVinci RP. First from a cancer...
OK, I received my bone and CT scan results yesterday and everything was negative - although I apparently have some slight arthritis beginning in my left ankle /community/emoticons/smile.gif . My...
Thank you all for your responses and support. Please keep the info coming for any who haven't had a chance to respond....
As you can see in my subject line, I just joined the PCa "club" this week at the ripe old age of 40. I've never faced any health related adversity in my life, but decided to push my PCP for a PSA...