Gasman, I had a real problem with that too. While figuring out what to do, I found I was getting closer to being continent. Interesting and one can only hope that happens in your case. When I...
Sparky, If you are not already, have yountried to do your kegle excercises? I'm a year and a half out from surgery, but continue with e excercises. I still have my moments occasionaly though. Also,...
Hey Piano. Let me grab my coat, we'll car pool. :-} W-0...
For me, and I've also been told by many that booze tends to really relax the valve muscle thing (can't remember what it is called), along with brain. I've learned to do "pre-emptive" runs to bathroom...
One of the things I won't miss is waking in the middle of the night, putting new pad on half asleep only to realize later I put it on backwards with adhesive part facing the wrong way. Can you say...
Thanks Inspector. And Purg, who I always think about. I had to run out the door to complete honey-do list, so a couple of things about my first post. Though I chose the spicy diet quenched by my...
Greetings all. Been out of touch for a bit, trying to get on with life. I hope that you are all progressing, and wish you the very best. PCa is a real bas***d. It was the middle of June that I...
Another consideration is that kidney stones form from high uric acid levels. Though I'm not certain he had gout, my father was plagued by kidney stones. Drink lots of water my friends. And easy on...
Add w-o to have gout. Been under control with allopurinol. Unless you are part of this club, you can't imagine the pain....
Still think about you David! Wishing for a bright spot!...
I'll be totally blunt here. Adults only, please. I believe that everyone here deserves to do whatever one can do to help/expedite/sexual function. First,adhere to dr.s prescribed ed meds i.e viagra,...
Hey Sfigato, Wife and I wanted to do this. Maiden voyage monday. Been afraid to re-introduce crotch to bike seat, even though surgery 2/14/11. Congrats! W-O...
David, Glad you had great weather, time, and no bugs! We are going to take our 19 foot Airstream out for the first time this season in a week or two. We don't care for crowds, so we try and camp...
As Casey59 mentioned I had my surgery with Nadler at Northwestern. Seemed like a nice guy. Initial consult lasted quite a while and he answered all of the Mrs. and my questions. Things sort of...
Ken S I could spend a lot of time talking to you! Amazing the rampant delusion today. Regards. W-O...
KAK, You are not alone judging from the responses. My mom is a complete narcissist, doesn't play well with others and picks fights with Mrs. W-O. Other family members are ONLY just self centered. In...
Thanks ER Not sure what I did, but the above post should have gone in the original thread about this. Sorry for that. W-O...
Hi Everyone. I spoke with the doc office today and they went through everything you guys mentioned: diet, fluids, and so on. One thing that they mentioned was maybe switching pad brands. I'm using...
Make that Reachout!...
Reaching. I'm pretty certain I don't have any kind of rash, not itchy. Skin normal. Will call doc either way....
FairWind Trust me. Odd but true. I am a lefty though :cool:...
Hey thanks fellas. I will call doc this week. I was toying with the idea of only drinking Listerine and Old Spice to see if that might help. Mrs. W-O vetoed that brilliant idea. I don't think it is...
Greetings. It's been a while. I hope this finds you on the mends, in good health and spirits. It has been about seven weeks post RP. Things going along well but slowly. Now using about three pads per...
Hey GTO, I developed what looked like a rash thing with a bunch of little puss bumpy things. Never got worse, and it is slowly clearing up. They didn't really itch, but did look scary. The only...
Next to my loving wife, doodies are my best friend :cool:...
Diamonds3. The key to success is to not develop an infection in or around the penis. For this reason my surgeon told me to wash up four times a day with a mild soap (dove unscented, and doesn't...
For soap, I used Dove unscented for cleaning my un-mentionables which have been mentioned to often. This soap does not sting like others. Keeping real clean is also key. You don't want an infection....
Hey thanks for the replies. Natural44- interesting. I drink a ton of orange, and lemon juice. Just by luck, I've been taking the Cialis a few hours before I sip my first acidic drink. PS- Is anybody...
Yeah. I'd fill the large bag in six or seven hours at night. I think much of it is stuff that you get at hops. IV drips and so on. This will decrease, but stay well hydrated. If you can avoid the...
Also don't strain when on the can. Be patient, sit there for a while and just let your body kinda push poop out. It will happen. For me it was like I had just given birth and I felt almost as...
GTO. Start taking a stool softener right away. I take these little pills from Walgreens. Was taking 2 per day, now just one. I was terrified before and during first poop, and it took 4 days for any...
Anyone heard whether grapefruit or gf juice interact with Cialis? So far just a few nocturnal stiffys during night. Thanks. W-O...
Thanks everyone for your replies. So far I don't have any of the side effects that some of you are or have experienced, with the exception of a tiny headache, but that could be in my head because I...
Viper. That is tragic. I can only imagine how hurt you feel right now. If there is a bright spot at all here, you're friend was at your side when he went. About the only thing I could say about your...
Greetings. It is now going on week three post surgery. I feel pretty good, though I wish the tape hold my little incisions would wash off. They are kind of annoying rubbing on my shirt and the...
David. Only the best for tomorrow. Come back with good news. W-O...
Devastated1. Sorry to hear about your condition. As others have mentioned, having a psa drawn soon after a biopsy may be misleading. The gland as just been invaded and it is generally thought that...
Mike. I too was asked to participate in a study. I guess my organ goes out on tour but is always available for my dr./surgeon to review whenever. They also took additional blood just before they...
The question that I've had in the back of my head is after 70+ years, does every man have some form of pcs. Unfortunately the only way to find this out is through a autopsy :skull:...
Best wishes on your birthday and wishing you many more....
Yes. But I hope to be well enough to load up our vintage Airstream with booze, art supplies, and music sooner than later. W-O...
DaSlink and Purg. Thanks for that. I know things will get better, otherwise I wouldn't be so comical about this. My way of coping. Wife is sick of my toilet humor/reports. Can't say I blame her....
Thanks Bronson. I've calmed a little bit. No longer thinking of setting up giant litter box by bed. On a more serious note (if you can imagine) I think I'm going to start to count how many pads I go...
Thanks everyone. Last night sucked indeed. Had awakened to go tinkle and on my way to the bathroom, 35 feet, I leaked on to floor. Cats where sniffing each little puddle, little bastards. At night I...
RIght now I feel like only standing up. Even when sleeping. Everytime I go to stand from seated position the flood gates open and the awful feeling of filling a pad. Note to self: patience. Peace out...
Bronson- Thanks. I've decided to take advantage of my leaky situation and walk down to our dreaded post office, the worst one on the face of the planet and leave them a little something on the floor...
I asked my surgeon about the idea that after 10 years, you are free and clear of cancer. He said that as far as he is concerned, that he would continue to monitor psa for the rest of my life, which I...
Mack. Today I went for my first one mile walk (flat). And honestly When my cath was in, my mind wanted to walk but my sore cath-stuffed penis had other plans. Until the garden hose is removed, walk...
Greetings everyone. Yesterday after one week the catheter was removed. Nurse told me I had a sore looking tip of penis, probably due to a reaction to the latex line. (I knew I wasn't imagining this.)...
If I could do things differently prior to surgery, I would have engaged in doing upper body strength exercises, sit ups, push ups, and so on. This may have helped with the sitting, lying, getting up...