Hello Radical / Nothard, Welcome back. It's good to hear from you again. I think you have asked the wrong question. Most ED drugs have been off patent in Australia for years now and it would be weird...
Jim, This abstract is probably a good place to start. There's a link to the full text (free) and links in the references and citations lead to other papers published before (references) and after...
When a man on Androgen Deprivation Therapy, in concert with his doctor, decides that he has been on ADT long enough (say, after two years) and stops his Lupron he does so with the expectation that...
Please welcome new member Sneddoh (John) who posted in a long-running thread. John: I've started a new thread for you so the guys can say hello without needing to scroll to the bottom of page two to...
Normal? What's that? Something like one guy in ten will have permanent hypogonadism after androgen deprivation - a few more or less depending on the duration of the ADT. It happens but I'm not sure...
Jrbarb You might want to start a new thread and tell us a bit about yourself. You've asked your question on a really old thread and other members would have to scroll past a lot of decades-old posts...
The advice to seek a second opinion on your biopsy is good but it is unlikely to make a big difference in your options for treatment. It might factor into decisions about the duration of the androgen...
Joined: Venous leak is a problem that lots of guys have when they reach the age where men start to have problems with their prostates. If everything else is perfect with his hydraulics then the leak...
I used trimix fairly regularly for about three years before I got my implant. I can't match your 1000+ mark but I probably was somewhere around 400. I never saw the problem you describe but towards...
I found the fatigue that accompanied radiation to be a lot like the law of inertia. When my body was in motion it tended to stay in motion and when my body was at rest…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
What I found useful was the buddy system for watching TV in the evening. I would reliably fall asleep in whodunnits and I needed my wife to tell me who the villain was and how (s)he got caught. It...
I've never seen the point. If you're leaving because you have a problem with the forum we don't want to know, and besides if your PSA doesn't behave or your favorite uncle is diagnosed and you want...
Joined: It sounds like your husband has a venous leak. The veins that drain the penis are designed to be squashed flat when a man gets a full erection. This restricts the blood flow out of the...
Vet: There's plenty of skin, even for guys who are circumcised. What needs to stretch for things to get longer is the tunica albuginea - the sausage casing-like sheath that surrounds the erectile...
If I had it to do over again I'd probably go with the LGX version. (For those of you who don't know what the versions are - the LGX gets a bit longer of you keep pumping after it is inflated, the CX...
OlderVet, I have one and it is ok. I have an AMS 700 CX three piece inflatable penile prosthesis. I'll be glad to answer any questions you have. In the meanwhile I'll share some information that you...
Mark, The "trifecta" for prostate surgery is to achieve 1) disease control, 2) urinary continence, and 3) erectile function. While you are not totally out of the woods with number one there's not a...
Xmaslover: He might ask his doctor about Valium to help him relax during the procedure. I always found it helpful. Men in white coats poking around my nether regions with spring-loaded gadgets that...
One other thing worth mentioning: More than half of the damage that prostate cancer does to men's lives happens because they become fearful and rush into treatment without doing their homework first....
Xmaslover - There's seldom a lot of blood involved - just enough to upset men who aren't expecting any. The three times he can expect to see blood are 1) when he cleans up after the procedure, 2) a...
I proudly stand to pee. I do this not just because I am a manly man but also because I am sufficiently incontinent that by the time I have turned around to sit I will have dripped all over the floor....
ProstateGoneNowWhat: Penile implants have their own spontaneity issues but they are nowhere near as bad as using trimix ... or being a more-or-less normal guy over 60. Most women (and I suspect most...
Hello Jehfly, welcome to the forum. The 'pump' is just a suction bulb with a one-way valve that has a slow leak,. When you squeeze the bulb the fluid is forced out through the one-way valve into the...
Hello Mr. Potato Head, Welcome to the forum. Glad you found us hope we can help. I've started a new thread for your question. It's a little bit confusing for members to respond to questions posted to...
Please welcome new member MrPotatoHead who posted to an old thread asking for member's experiences with epididymal cyst removal (or spermatocelectomies). He said: I know this thread is old but I'm...
Hello Mr Fred CB, First thing: Welcome to the forum. We're glad you found us. Second thing: The way the AMS 800 is designed the most likely failure mode is for the cuff to fail open. The cuff around...
Dave, I am another guy who is ten years out from surgery and radiation and eight years out from 24 months of ADT. I've been pretty much undetectable except for one small but detectable PSA result...
I'm not aware of any reason you shouldn't take it, but I'm just some random guy on the Internet and there is no actual medical advice to be had on this site. It's a question for your doctor. Do talk...
Those of you who have been around the forum for a while may remember 142 who was one of our moderators. He'd already been a mod for some time when I signed on as an additional moderator to help out....
Bob, The relationship between prostate surgery, trimix, and Peyronie's Disease is complicated and no one is entirely sure how it works. For one thing, nobody knows whether the injections cause PD, or...
Bob, The two ED therapies that might work for you at this point are injections and a penile implant. A normal erection is caused when the erectile nerves stimulate the release of Nitric Oxide into...
Hi. I am the moderator who doesn't come around that much anymore. Ten years ago tomorrow I had my prostate removed. Post op pathology was fairly alarming and so I also had adjuvant radiation and two...
You'll want to get that fixed. I'm good with the find-a-new-doctor theory -- your current doctor hasn't exactly covered himself with glory here -- but once you find that new doctor it will be prudent...
A better theory is that when you have an erection -- even part of one -- it slows down the rate at which the blood in the penis is washed away. When you inject into a semi-hard member the medicine...
Your symptoms sound like prostatitis. Most guys who come to the forum with those symptoms are worried that it might be caused by cancer. The thing is, prostate cancer seldom has any distinctive...
PepeDee: I got curious about how a Navarre drain differs from a Jackson Pratt drain so I did a bit more Googling. There seems to be quite a bit of info online about the JP drains but not so much for...
Hello PepeDee, welcome to the forum. Glad you found us. I did a bit of searching through old threads to see if I could find anyone with problems similar to yours. We get reports of problems with...
Our Friend, There is never any particular reason to say goodbye on this forum. Unless you sign up as a moderator there are no rules for how much you should participate. It's OK to only stop in when...
Tom T: I think the "pump" he was talking about is a Vacuum Erection Device (VED) not an implanted penile prosthesis. Rich: Vacuum Erection Devices almost always "work" for some slightly disappointing...
Stephanie, Like others have said, COBRA is a sensible short-term option for continuing his insurance now that he has been laid off. It will continue his same, exact coverage for up to 18 months. I've...
While I do like to see off topic threads identified as such in the title I don't find the level of off topic threads here excessive. Since everything is political these days, anyone who writes an...
Cwkr: Are you a generally lucky guy? Because guys who do well after prostate surgeries do at least as well as guys who have other forms of treatment. Being in generally good shape before surgery...
Hello Dionysus, welcome to the forum. Glad you found us but sorry you found yourself needing to look. I take it that your local uro checked for a urinary infection. Sometimes am infection can make...
It sounds like you have probably hit two out of three of the trifecta. It'll take a while, probably, to see if you can finish the three. You're doing great so far. Congrats....
Jack, It is my impression, based on no particular research that the optimal duration of ADT depends on the sort of doctor you ask. For some reason radiologists seem to recommend shorter androgen...
Jack, Logo is right that in the end you have to find a doctor you trust and then trust the doctor you have found. But if it helps you to have the opinion of some random guy on the Internet, I will...
One thing I found handy was 'convertible' hiking pants that have a zipper at the knee to change them into shorts. If he straps the catheter leg bag to his thigh the knee zipper will be at just the...
Hello Riverman, Welcome to the forum. How long has it been since your prostate surgery? It's pretty normal for everything about your body to be a bit off for the first six months or so. If your...
Recovery of erectile function after prostate surgery often takes a while. There are a few guys who are lucky and never have a problem but more typically recovery will come slowly for up to two years....
I've had an AUS for 6 1/2 years. I had it installed at the same time as I had my umbilical hernia fixed and I can't really speak to the recovery from the AUS since it pretty much got lost in the...