This is an old thread but my answer may help. I got my implant in April of 2018 and an AUS in August of 2020. I was dripping one small pad a day but would just flow if I putt my leg over my quad. I...
I think everyone has covered all bases here almost. My worst spot was only 4+3=7. not much volume. Supposed to be organ confined. Nerve sparing RP is not always nerve sparing. I was at City of Hope...
I hate to be gross but this is common practice in some countries. Use a surgical glove and a bidet. stick your finger in your poop and drag it out. Makes life a lot simpler. No more fear of...
Thanks for the answer. It is getting better BUT very slowly....
I don't know if I discussed this before but my problem is not going away. I had a Boston Scientific AUS 800 installed I august 2020. My scrotum is still very tender to touch. Not I also have a Penile...
I have an IPP and my orgasm is just sort of a wash over. I get there and it is done. Nothing like before RP three years ago....
If you do have to travel north, UC Irvine has some good people. Have you tried UC San Diego?...
I had my follow up appointment and activation at 6 weeks after operation, another camera scan 2 weeks later and now scheduled for a follow up in 4 months, then I will see him every six months for 2...
I still have the paining on my scrotum. Enough to require continual Aleve or Tylenol. My surgeon says this pain may last 2 to 3 months from surgery date. I had a prostethis implanted in my penis with...
Thanks Terry. Another note; I told the surgeon about the sunburn feeling I was having on my scrotum. He said that was normal and explained how the nerve endings on the scrotum get the reflection from...
Ever since the RP, my glans has been cold, like no blood flow.. After the AUS installation, I have blood flow to my glans. Asked the surgeon and he didn't know why. Just said I got a bonus....
Saw my surgeon today. He said my pain was common. The scrotum has many nerve endings that have origins inside and around testicles. The cutting inside the scrotum reflect to the outside nerves. Same...
AUS artificial sphintcer AUS 800,,,, Does anyone have experience with one? I am having a sunburn feeling all over my scrotum while I am healing. very tender when touched....
Sounds like a good plan. Anything except surgery at your age....
Your prostate is now removed so it should show .02 or less psa or there is some cancer that they missed. Some PSA can remain and not be cancer. That is why you want to get more PSA tests every 3...
Yep, Surgery is great. Cancer free, BUT. Total ED and incontinence. 9 months later an implant installed. 6 months later a hernia repair, probably from the RP inflation. Another year later an AUS...
.028 psa is nothing. get psa every 3 months to establish a trend. Mine went up to .08 and then went back down to .05. I am not talking to an oncologist till it maintains a solid .1. Again?? Did you...
My dads family came to California in 1862 and missed the gold rush so they moved on to the west side of the Salinas valley. The had a trading post on a mountain pass that went from King city to the...
Look up,, American Apiatherapy Assn. 2 bee stings for anything where a cortisone shot is prescribed. Amino acid in the bee sting causes your body to create natural cortisone at the sting spot. Only...
I have only read from page 11 but here is my take. I will start with the current discussion on honey. As a master beekeeper and having worked extensively with the USDA labs. on research this is my...
My PSA has gone all over the place. See Signature.. Up and down in the .05 range. But I don't have margins....
Fully agree. URO said it was organ confined. Then went in and said all nerves had to be removed to get the spread. TOTAL ED. not even glans filling. Implanted and have a cold popsicle on a stick....
About 3 million people out there working in the essential world. Not that many of them dying from Covid 19. Most of my family is in that group. I don't take extra chances but I do go out and mingle...
1 20 18 was .08, 1 20 19. was.07, 4 10 19 was .05, feeling better, but, 2 11 20 was .06, now 5 1 20 it is .08. Why did it start going down then come back up? I know it is just minuscule rise but you...
Also agree with JNF, I jumped into RARP before I found this site. I went to a renown cancer hospital near LA. They had an excellent record of cure rate. Surgeon was well qualified and said I may need...
I was 55 or so when my dad got prostate cancer. He survived it to later die of an aneurysm at 86. He also got a penile implant and I wish we had discussed PC and the implant more. So, when I...
Look into what they mean by sexual side effects also. There is a lot to know about what happens if you can't get erections. It is life changing. A penile implant after your nerves have been removed...
There is some trials using nerves in your upper thigh to activate blood flow in penis. Cant site the study, experiment, Australia if I remember....
City of Hope where I had my RP uses the PSA test where <.1 is the bottom. They call that good enough. The 3-18 number of .05 was when I changed labs to get a 2 diget result....
When recurrent PCa is not cancer. by Dr Myers. It is a 10 minute video. My original PSA was 6, up from 4 at 74 yrs old. Had a MRI guided biopsy. Small cores of G7 most 3-4 with one 4-3. Don't know...
My psi went from .02 to .08 and back to .05 in a year and a half. I would not worry at all about your numbers. They are almost within the margins of error. Have you read Dr Myers: When rising PSA is...
Am i reading this right? You are getting a uPSA every month? Did you get 3 in 12/19/? none look like treatable numbers....
The study that links PC to T was done in 1946. It only was following 3 people. It would not even qualify as a term paper by todays standards. PC lives on T of up to 250. T of above 250 makes no...
I retired from a govt. job at 56, Shortly after a bout with Barrets disease ( a pre cancer) I had a side business of commercial beekeeping and produced 60,000 lbs of honey the year I retired. Needed...
My MRI showed it was completely organ confined. During RALP they don't wake you up to advise you that they made a mistake. If it spreads into the nerves, the nerves are coming out....
With surgery the side effects are immediate. Better know what happens if you can't get erections. Dr said I was organ confined (City of Hope) during surgery removed all my nerves. Shrinkage starts...
My pt had me get a Cunningham clamp to train my bladder to hold longer. Seemed to help. The most comfortable was a Mr Dribblestop. Problem is they sell them in a package of 2. I have one I never...
There are days I swear every bone in my body hurts. I start to think it is the cancer. Then I remember weather is going from a high to a low pressure pattern. That flares up my arthritis and make me...
Can you imagine a URO that does not inform a patient about Kegels exercise? My friend 6 weeks past rarp is having problems with incontinence. I asked him if he was doing Kegels. His answer. What is...
What hospital are you using?? <.03 and no margins. Why not watch and wait till at least.03-.05....
I also go to City of Hope in Lancaster. My URO was happy with a floor reading of <.1. I was not happy with that. Is <.1 actually .09? I went to Primex lab and asked for their ultra PSA test. I wanted...
These guys all have good points. I had surgery before I found this site. URO took all my nerves. He practices at one of the largest cancer hospitals in Los Angeles. They pride their selves in getting...
I have tried and have every model vibrator and toy on the market to no avail. Thinking of trying a really sexy and talented hooker to see if it is just old age. LOL...
As we are into experimental pain relievers, I was a commercial bee keeper. I started at 32 because I had debilitating arthritis pain in most of my joints. I had huge calcium deposits on my hands and...
I am not taking antidepressants. I am much better now than in the beginning. The orgasm problem is completely from lack of sensitivity. Lots of guys that get implants just have venous leakage and...
My mix was 30-1-8.75 No nerves spared at all. Pills 0 - erection. Dr administered a 30unit gave me a painful hard for 4 hrs with Sudafed. I would start at 7 to 10. Yours is a hot prescription....
FIRST:: read the first post in this section. Previous poster, jasper, is an example of where surgery may not be a good choice. Low grade 3+3 then surgeon left 2 positive margins. That means cancer...
I jumped into surgery without knowing what I was getting into. URO said I may need Cialis after, but then removed all my nerves. I had PTSD. I was dangerous to be around. I shouldn't have been...
I used oxycontin left over from a back surgery that I saved, for pain after a penile implant. My implant surgeon would not give me a prescription for pain medication even though he had me pumped to...
You have no prostate so sex has nothing to do with PSA now. With clear margins, I would get on with life. City of Hope is very good at getting it all out. They took all my nerves to get all of my...