What's the story with MUSE suppositories? Anyone have any experience with it, especially compared to injections? Pros? Cons?...
I look at the biopsy very much like I look at colonoscopy, where it's not the procedure that's bad, it's the "what else" part. (In colonscopy the prep was much worse than the procedure). With the...
Now almost 6 weeks post op and doing well. PSA yesterday was "undetectable". Having gone through open radical prostatectomy I'm pleasantly surprised so far. Zero incontinence from day one,...
I was relieved to get my PSA result 6 weeks post ORP as "undetectable", but also found that it was reported as "less than 0.05", which evidently is the margin of detection used by that lab. Is there...
I had asked bluebird for this link (Thanks for bumping it, bluebird), and find it intersting that most of the bicycling discussion revolves around incontinence, but when I searched on Google...
Do you have a link to that? I couldn't find it on the search option....
No, I'm not that naive, but I am curious when discussing ED how much of it is absolute and how much is just relative. I gather the accepted definition of ED is inability to achieve an erection...
This link was sent to be by another pilot, and was written by still another pilot. Not that that in itself carries much importance, but it seems to have found its way into the Ladies Home Journal...
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Survivor-wannabee, you and I have really quite parallel pathways, including surgery on the same calendar day (5/29/07). I did ammend my earlier post to indicate that I also left the hospital on the...
I elected the open procedure based on (1) I could handle a little extra pain, so that wasn't a big factor, (2) I would have to travel to get the DaVinci done somewhere, (3) I had no way of knowing...
I'd say it's all about erections, at least directly. The existence of ED and some of the other complicating factors (like incontinence) can ultimately effect arousal and even interest, but I would...
Just remember that doing a large number of procedures doesn't necessarily mean that they are all being done well, especially for procedures that are fairly new. A surgeon who began doing them when...
Is there a direct correlation between alcohol and erectile dysfunction? Obviously, if someone is intoxicated they are less likely to be able to achieve erections, but what about a few glasses of wine...
Well, the Viagra seems to help. I'm 2 weeks post op and taking 25 to 50 mg daily. It's encouraging to see something happening, what my wife calls a "soft on", but it's an improvement at this stage,...
You're right, I think. And it's probably more of an insurance issue than anything, and that only applies if there is a claim of some kind, which is unlikely. I have mailed to my urologist a copy of...
Thanks, Bill. I've gotten a fairly good idea about the hoops to go through before going for a new medical exam (and the need to avoid a rejection to fly LSA), but my uncertainty comes from #1, above,...
Just curious if there is any correlation between ED and incontinence after surgery? Does recovery from one imply anything favorably for the other, or are they totally independent of each other?...
I've found various spins on this topic, and am curious if there are other pilots here who have had experience with the FAA with respect to prostate cancer. On the one hand, it's apparent that...
Thanks. I'm beginning to get that impression myself. My wife never wanted me to take Viagra, fearful of adverse cardiac events, but I got the all clear from my cardiologist and then my wife, so I'm...
The doc has insisted that I take it easy, but has also strongly urged us to begin gentle foreplay like activities (no orgasm, even things seem to be working) right away. Seems like a plan to me, and...
Hi all, this is an interesting place that I might have found earlier, but didn't look hard enough. I'm a 60 year old healthy male (spent my 60th in bed) having undergone an open radical prostatectomy...