I'm interested in conversations about and I want to talk about
Know exactly what you want?
Show search

Notification

Error

Will I get it back?

User
Posted 09 Sep 2020 at 08:57

Those of you further down the track - can you please help me track progress in recovering from ED? I had nerve-sparing RARP six and a half months ago, and while I still can't get erections sufficient for penetrative sex, I am getting nocturnal swelling (not really erections) that are almost up to full size but not at all firm. And I can have orgasms, with momentary full hardness at the "moment of truth" but can't sustain an erection. My wife is very supportive and we have become inventive about staying connected and making love in an erectionless way. Am I on track to be able to "get it up" in a relatively natural way within the next few months?

I am generally very fit, 62 years old, had full erectile function pre-op. I do regular penile rehab exercises - VED about 5 times a week, daily pelvic floor exercises with supervision by a physiotherapist. Cialis did nothing for me so I stopped a couple of months ago. For now I am assuming it's just an exercise in patience and (pardon the pun) flexibility. I'd love to hear how your experience of the onward journey can illuminate mine.

User
Posted 09 Sep 2020 at 13:29
Just keep doing what u are doing with rehab. I would agree that daily 5mg Cialis is best taken at night. It will be doing its magic and in time you will improve vastly I hope. Admittedly it took over 2 yrs for me , and I use daily Cialis and a durex ring , but I get fully totally hard without fail now. You do lose length over time with atrophy and your internals readjusting etc , but the use of the pump regularly has made him nice and thick which ladies prefer tbh I hear. I used to squirt a bit here and there for a year or so but never do now. Orgasms back to full strength also. You are early days as others have said so just have faith and keep creative with the Mrs in lots of ways. I always said to my wife that we may be missing an erection , but are having fantastic , fun , adventurous sex with props that the neighbours would envy lol.

Good luck

User
Posted 09 Sep 2020 at 19:37

Hi,

I'm 10 months post-op and have had significant improvement ED wise only in the last month or so. You describe "momentary full hardness at the moment of truth". When that happened to me it was a lightbulb moment.. something to build on so keep going and enjoy trying. 

Regarding PDE5 inhibitors, I have tadalafil 20mg on prescription and haven't stopped taking them (even when I didn't see the point). I have tried sildenafil a few times but I'm undecided as to whether it does much for me so will continue experimenting anyway. 

Hope this helps. 

Kev

Edited by member 09 Sep 2020 at 19:53  | Reason: Not specified

User
Posted 29 Aug 2022 at 16:52
Hi Mish

It sounds like you are pretty much sorted. You have strategies in place for when things are not quite perfect so that is a good thing and you recognise that there may be times when it just isn't going to happen. That might have happened at our age, prostate cancer or not, we will never know.

I seem to be happier these days. The foreskin is so much more supple and advice from you and one or two other folk on here have encouraged me to find other ways to get it back into full working order. Yes, it is a solitary pass time these days and that is a real regret but I view it as an essential pass time to maintain full penile health, general health and mental health. I am lucky enough to be able to have daily fun if I want, plenty hard enough and without the mess to clean up afterwards. Images on the internet of all genders are very helpful!

Cheers,

Jeeper.

User
Posted 09 Sep 2020 at 12:01

Hi, 

Six months isn't that long.

I thought I detected improvements and tried to let it come back itself but in reality it was very slow and reached a certain not too great point and hasn't improved.

A doctor said your penis extends and flushes through several times at night and it's better to try to stimulate it, or words to that effect.

I bought a £30 pump after nearly 3yrs and it made an immediate difference to the size and shape but it didn't really improve my ED.  I don't have full ED but it's a limp affair and needs a lot of coaxing.  Gravity also helps a lot, if I stand I can get a full erection with some coaxing.  It's a bit of a false erection I think as I find if I strain on the loo it gets harder so it's down to weight of blood.  There are various other effects depending on how I lie.

Orgasms will occur with no erection at all.

One advantage is the dry orgasm.   Although for some there is some urine leakage as a final punishment.

At 6 months try everything as much as possible.

 

User
Posted 09 Sep 2020 at 12:19
The Durex cock ring will probably solve your issues. What you describe is pretty much exactly what I had. I tried everything and that little bit of squishy rubber solves everything for me.

It has the following benefits:

Allows natural erections to "progress" from a relatively flaccid state through foreplay

Traps your cock at the point of peak erection so helps with erection anxiety which of course becomes a self fulfilling prophecy

Help stop pissy orgasm

User
Posted 09 Sep 2020 at 13:26

Just to emphasise, cock rings (such as the Durex Pleasure Ring) are completely different from the pump constriction rings. Cock rings apply pressure just on the veins draining the corpus cavernosum, and once the corpus cavernosum gets near full girth, it will in any case take over doing that and close off the veins draining it. The pump constriction rings are much tighter and will close off the blood supply too.

User
Posted 09 Sep 2020 at 16:39

Mish

Pre surgery I could hang a towel on my erection, I have often wondered if guys who fully recover get erections that stand to attention. Quite often guys who get a pre op size swelling complain that the base of the penis has no strength.

Early days for you but never give up.

Thanks Chris

User
Posted 04 Jan 2022 at 22:49

Hi Mish

I was wondering how things are progressing with the ED?

Best wishes!

 

Jeeper

User
Posted 26 Aug 2022 at 14:31

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

Hi Mish

I was wondering how things are progressing with the ED?

Hi Jeeper

My ED is now (excuse the pun) a bit of an up and down thing. I am 2.5 years past surgery, and on good days I can get completely natural erections and they keep going during intercourse till orgasm. On medium days, I can get there with the help of Vacurect or cock ring. On worse days, I find 25 mg of Viagra is often enough to get me up (and I find I prefer Viagra because my head recovers faster from the side effects than with Cialis - but I still don't like the side effects so seldom use it). And on some days, when I am tired or worried, simply nothing works and I have to just accept - no erections this day or week.

Thanks for asking! How about you?

Warmly, Mish

User
Posted 29 Aug 2022 at 17:26

Well done Jeeper! You have also gone through a lot of positive transformation along this journey and welcome to your new possibilities!

User
Posted 29 Aug 2022 at 17:29

Hi Mish,

I just wanted to jump onto this thread to offer my gratitude, firstly for being so candid about your hope and eventual progress, which had you asking a question,that people like me, when they first come calling here, find themselves wanting desperately answered and to hear from those that have stepped in our shoes sometime ago.

A brilliant thread mate, with equally brilliant comments.

The first reply on the thread, as is almost always the case,is one of the best detailed responses you are likely to see and is what makes this site more valuable than any of us could possibly calculate. It definitely helped me. Thanks Andy!!

Mich, I wish you well and the very best in your continued recovery.

All the best mucker.

Jamie

User
Posted 28 Nov 2022 at 20:09

Reading this thread has been very valuable and helpful for me. I am 60. Very fit and in excellent shape, 7 months post op with nerve sparing. Two PSA readings since: 0.02 then 0.048.

Initially, I thought my erections were ok and improving but that was only whilst masturbating. And, really, total firmness was only achieved at orgasm. Previously, I had had very strong erections and a healthy sex drive. My libido has gradually decreased since the op. 

In the past month, I have started a relationship with a beautiful and very sexual woman. In that regard, I am in heaven. But in the bed: the first attempt was the road-to-hell. I was utterly distraught. Sildenafil did nothing but I thought that  it had previously worked with masturbation. She was very kind and understanding and incredibly emotionally wise, for which I am very grateful. But I felt stripped of my manhood.  We talked at the time and we made progress in some aspect. She had a good time but I felt extremely challenged and vulnerable. I still thought it could be the end of the relationship.

Two days later, after more talking and sharing of feelings, I have some perspective. I actually have so much to be grateful for. 

Reading Prostate Pete's post brought me to tears. Post op, I have become much more able to access my feelings and I am grateful for that. I am not ashamed to be scared, to cry, to tell people how I feel.

Thank you to all you good men for sharing.

 

Ok. Update. Nearly a month on.  I took a pill and purchased a penis pump (great alliteration) but neither the alliteration, nor the pump, nor the pill, did anything for me. I also spent coin on a cock ring, but that was of little help (!). 

Incredibly, and thankfully, my erections have started to function to some extent without all the paraphernalia.  Hooray! They are not consistent and do not stay the full length (!) but there is a clear improvement. Why? I am not sure.

Sex remains a challenge, psychologically and physically. However, I feel very encouraged that there IS change, improvement and further opportunity to explore sexual avenues that are, as yet, unexplored. My beautiful and understanding partner is key. We talk. We accept. We slow down. We are grateful.

Edited by member 16 Dec 2022 at 20:22  | Reason: update

User
Posted 29 Nov 2022 at 13:37

Tim, your story sounds a lot like mine (which is laid out in more detail, as it unfolds, in my blog at www.recoveringman.net) Like you I thought I had escaped the ED bullet in the first few months, but my erections began to fade around the same time as you mentioned. Also, I found from about 6 months to 2.5 years that it was easier to masturbate to orgasm than in particular to reach orgasm through penetrative sex. You describe very well that experience of only getting properly hard at the point of orgasm. For at least two and a half years I missed that eager firmness I'd had for the previous 50 years.

The good news I want to share is that now at nearly 3 years post surgery, my erections are harder and more reliable and orgasms through intercourse are much more frequent. And orgasms are at least as good as, often better than, before my prostate surgery. 

My wife has been very helpful in encouraging me not to overestimate the impact of my unreliable erections on her. She enjoys making love but she is probably a lot more flexible in the how of making love than I was - we have learned a lot about erectionless sex. You can read her story starting at 
https://www.recoveringman.net/include-partner-in-cancer-treatment-process/

User
Posted 29 Nov 2022 at 13:55

Thank you Mish for your response. I will take some time to look at your most valuable blog. The brief outline of your story gives me hope and strength. And I will certainly check out your partners blog too.

Much appreciated.

Tim

User
Posted 07 Dec 2022 at 08:53

Wishing you well Si14! Indeed it is a long process. My urologist kind of told me whatever I hadn't recovered by the 2 year mark was lost forever, but in real life I have continued to recover further during Year 3.

Show Most Thanked Posts
User
Posted 09 Sep 2020 at 09:58

I think you are on track.

What dose of Cialis did you have?

Cialis (Tadalafil) is one of four PDE5 inhibitor drugs. These work by amplifying the arousal nerve signal that arrives at the penis, and give you a better erection that you would have had without it.

They also improve the blood flow in the flaccid penis, which helps protect the penis during the period of no or few erections. (A penis needs regular erections to maintain health and prevent shrinking.) Cialis is particularly good at this because it's long lasting. The 5mg daily low dose or 20mg twice weekly will give continuous dosing, i.e. continuous protection. (All the other PDE5 inhibitors are too short lasting to be able to do this.) For this reason, you probably should continue taking it unless it's causing you side effects - the benefits are not just for erections. Also, you will have moved on in a couple of months, and a PDE5 inhibitor may work better for erections now.

However, for erections, you might need the event dose drugs, which would be 20mg Tadalafil or 100mg Sildenafil (urologists mostly recommend trying the max dose of PDE5 inhibitors when aiming for erections during penile rehabilitation). If you do this and you're on the 5mg daily Cialis, I would suggest you skip the daily tablet when using the event dose tablet.

Something else you might try to improve erections for penetration is to use a cock ring such as the Durex Pleasure Ring (but not a pump constriction ring - they are for use with a pump only). The more gentle cock rings apply gentle pressure to the outside of the penis which is where the veins draining the erectile parts (corpus cavernosum) are, and very gentle pressure on these can considerably help maintain blood and increase pressure in the corpus cavernosum, giving you a firmer erection. Cock rings are available to go around the base of the penis, or the base of the penis and scrotum - both ways work, and don't need to be particularly tight. When the blood pressure increases in the corpus cavernosum, it actually takes over the role of squeezing the veins shut. (These are not the visible veins on the outside of the penis - they're a couple of layers deeper and not visible.)

Good luck.

User
Posted 09 Sep 2020 at 12:01

Hi, 

Six months isn't that long.

I thought I detected improvements and tried to let it come back itself but in reality it was very slow and reached a certain not too great point and hasn't improved.

A doctor said your penis extends and flushes through several times at night and it's better to try to stimulate it, or words to that effect.

I bought a £30 pump after nearly 3yrs and it made an immediate difference to the size and shape but it didn't really improve my ED.  I don't have full ED but it's a limp affair and needs a lot of coaxing.  Gravity also helps a lot, if I stand I can get a full erection with some coaxing.  It's a bit of a false erection I think as I find if I strain on the loo it gets harder so it's down to weight of blood.  There are various other effects depending on how I lie.

Orgasms will occur with no erection at all.

One advantage is the dry orgasm.   Although for some there is some urine leakage as a final punishment.

At 6 months try everything as much as possible.

 

User
Posted 09 Sep 2020 at 12:19
The Durex cock ring will probably solve your issues. What you describe is pretty much exactly what I had. I tried everything and that little bit of squishy rubber solves everything for me.

It has the following benefits:

Allows natural erections to "progress" from a relatively flaccid state through foreplay

Traps your cock at the point of peak erection so helps with erection anxiety which of course becomes a self fulfilling prophecy

Help stop pissy orgasm

User
Posted 09 Sep 2020 at 12:38

Thanks Peter - your frank and clear account is super helpful. What I take away is both (as I now know) it is early days AND that the recovery can stall at any point. I will maintain my diligence - as you imply, it is strange that was so natural is now a bit of work, but still worth it.

I think your point about different positions including effect of gravity when standing is more important than many people realise. My Physio recently told me to do all my pelvic floor exercises while sitting, standing and lying down and then while moving and with (as far as possible) an erection - after all the goal is to maintain an erection while moving and in different positions :-)

User
Posted 09 Sep 2020 at 12:40

Thanks for a couple of suggestions about cock rings. My VED (Vacurect) comes with good quality rings, and I am realising that first I was using rings that were too loose - it actually needs to be surprisingly tight to keep the blood in during intercourse. Will also read up about the Durex version in case it offers additional benefits.

User
Posted 09 Sep 2020 at 13:26

Just to emphasise, cock rings (such as the Durex Pleasure Ring) are completely different from the pump constriction rings. Cock rings apply pressure just on the veins draining the corpus cavernosum, and once the corpus cavernosum gets near full girth, it will in any case take over doing that and close off the veins draining it. The pump constriction rings are much tighter and will close off the blood supply too.

User
Posted 09 Sep 2020 at 13:29
Just keep doing what u are doing with rehab. I would agree that daily 5mg Cialis is best taken at night. It will be doing its magic and in time you will improve vastly I hope. Admittedly it took over 2 yrs for me , and I use daily Cialis and a durex ring , but I get fully totally hard without fail now. You do lose length over time with atrophy and your internals readjusting etc , but the use of the pump regularly has made him nice and thick which ladies prefer tbh I hear. I used to squirt a bit here and there for a year or so but never do now. Orgasms back to full strength also. You are early days as others have said so just have faith and keep creative with the Mrs in lots of ways. I always said to my wife that we may be missing an erection , but are having fantastic , fun , adventurous sex with props that the neighbours would envy lol.

Good luck

User
Posted 09 Sep 2020 at 16:39

Mish

Pre surgery I could hang a towel on my erection, I have often wondered if guys who fully recover get erections that stand to attention. Quite often guys who get a pre op size swelling complain that the base of the penis has no strength.

Early days for you but never give up.

Thanks Chris

User
Posted 09 Sep 2020 at 19:37

Hi,

I'm 10 months post-op and have had significant improvement ED wise only in the last month or so. You describe "momentary full hardness at the moment of truth". When that happened to me it was a lightbulb moment.. something to build on so keep going and enjoy trying. 

Regarding PDE5 inhibitors, I have tadalafil 20mg on prescription and haven't stopped taking them (even when I didn't see the point). I have tried sildenafil a few times but I'm undecided as to whether it does much for me so will continue experimenting anyway. 

Hope this helps. 

Kev

Edited by member 09 Sep 2020 at 19:53  | Reason: Not specified

User
Posted 10 Sep 2020 at 10:57
Thanks Kev T - I also feel like that lightbulb moment, have been feeling way more optimistic recently. Yet change remains slow, and this group is giving me courage to hang in there
User
Posted 10 Sep 2020 at 10:58

Thanks Chris! Yes, that weak base feeling is familiar. My physio is really pushing me to build muscle strength to combat that. It is slow going but I think it is helping.

User
Posted 19 Nov 2021 at 10:12

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member
The Durex cock ring will probably solve your issues. What you describe is pretty much exactly what I had. I tried everything and that little bit of squishy rubber solves everything for me.

It has the following benefits:
Allows natural erections to "progress" from a relatively flaccid state through foreplay
Traps your cock at the point of peak erection so helps with erection anxiety which of course becomes a self fulfilling prophecy
Help stop pissy orgasm

Thanks for this advice! At the time it wasn't much help to me because my erections were just too floppy to get anywhere. I also suspect I didn't realise how small the ring needed to be to be helpful!

What worked best for me at that stage was the Vacurect VED and its relatively hard rings. I needed that artificial pumping and the very tight rings to retain whatever hardness the pump generated.

Now at nearly 21 months post RP, my natural erections are sometimes enough on their own. But when they are not, I find my squishy rubber cock ring is my best friend. I find it goes beyond what you said - even when I can't get a "peak erection," putting on the ring traps blood and helps me get harder and stay harder.

User
Posted 04 Jan 2022 at 22:49

Hi Mish

I was wondering how things are progressing with the ED?

Best wishes!

 

Jeeper

User
Posted 26 Aug 2022 at 03:29

I had no idea that cock ring is a useful thing. I was sure that this is a marketing trick and I was surprised to see that it is really helpful for the real persons here with serious problems. Thank you for discussing this

User
Posted 26 Aug 2022 at 14:31

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

Hi Mish

I was wondering how things are progressing with the ED?

Hi Jeeper

My ED is now (excuse the pun) a bit of an up and down thing. I am 2.5 years past surgery, and on good days I can get completely natural erections and they keep going during intercourse till orgasm. On medium days, I can get there with the help of Vacurect or cock ring. On worse days, I find 25 mg of Viagra is often enough to get me up (and I find I prefer Viagra because my head recovers faster from the side effects than with Cialis - but I still don't like the side effects so seldom use it). And on some days, when I am tired or worried, simply nothing works and I have to just accept - no erections this day or week.

Thanks for asking! How about you?

Warmly, Mish

User
Posted 29 Aug 2022 at 16:52
Hi Mish

It sounds like you are pretty much sorted. You have strategies in place for when things are not quite perfect so that is a good thing and you recognise that there may be times when it just isn't going to happen. That might have happened at our age, prostate cancer or not, we will never know.

I seem to be happier these days. The foreskin is so much more supple and advice from you and one or two other folk on here have encouraged me to find other ways to get it back into full working order. Yes, it is a solitary pass time these days and that is a real regret but I view it as an essential pass time to maintain full penile health, general health and mental health. I am lucky enough to be able to have daily fun if I want, plenty hard enough and without the mess to clean up afterwards. Images on the internet of all genders are very helpful!

Cheers,

Jeeper.

User
Posted 29 Aug 2022 at 17:26

Well done Jeeper! You have also gone through a lot of positive transformation along this journey and welcome to your new possibilities!

User
Posted 29 Aug 2022 at 17:29

Hi Mish,

I just wanted to jump onto this thread to offer my gratitude, firstly for being so candid about your hope and eventual progress, which had you asking a question,that people like me, when they first come calling here, find themselves wanting desperately answered and to hear from those that have stepped in our shoes sometime ago.

A brilliant thread mate, with equally brilliant comments.

The first reply on the thread, as is almost always the case,is one of the best detailed responses you are likely to see and is what makes this site more valuable than any of us could possibly calculate. It definitely helped me. Thanks Andy!!

Mich, I wish you well and the very best in your continued recovery.

All the best mucker.

Jamie

User
Posted 29 Aug 2022 at 17:38

Indeed this group was the first place I found that offered real human support about the questions I was desperate to ask and couldn't even find anywhere to spit them out.

Thanks Fullscreen for honouring the way this community creates value together!

When I posted that at 6 months I was pretty low. I keep thinking back about what it took to hold things together -not completely, just enough - for my body, mind and soul to heal and find a new way of being in my new body. In my case that has been more than two years, quite a long time, and I am not out of the woods yet. I'd love to hear the thoughts of others on this!

(Also it will be the topic of our next global Zoom Recovering Men support call on Monday 5 September at 4 pm UK time. Details at https://www.recoveringman.net/talking-prostate-cancer/)

Big thanks to this community for being an important part of my support system for more than 2 years!

User
Posted 28 Nov 2022 at 20:09

Reading this thread has been very valuable and helpful for me. I am 60. Very fit and in excellent shape, 7 months post op with nerve sparing. Two PSA readings since: 0.02 then 0.048.

Initially, I thought my erections were ok and improving but that was only whilst masturbating. And, really, total firmness was only achieved at orgasm. Previously, I had had very strong erections and a healthy sex drive. My libido has gradually decreased since the op. 

In the past month, I have started a relationship with a beautiful and very sexual woman. In that regard, I am in heaven. But in the bed: the first attempt was the road-to-hell. I was utterly distraught. Sildenafil did nothing but I thought that  it had previously worked with masturbation. She was very kind and understanding and incredibly emotionally wise, for which I am very grateful. But I felt stripped of my manhood.  We talked at the time and we made progress in some aspect. She had a good time but I felt extremely challenged and vulnerable. I still thought it could be the end of the relationship.

Two days later, after more talking and sharing of feelings, I have some perspective. I actually have so much to be grateful for. 

Reading Prostate Pete's post brought me to tears. Post op, I have become much more able to access my feelings and I am grateful for that. I am not ashamed to be scared, to cry, to tell people how I feel.

Thank you to all you good men for sharing.

 

Ok. Update. Nearly a month on.  I took a pill and purchased a penis pump (great alliteration) but neither the alliteration, nor the pump, nor the pill, did anything for me. I also spent coin on a cock ring, but that was of little help (!). 

Incredibly, and thankfully, my erections have started to function to some extent without all the paraphernalia.  Hooray! They are not consistent and do not stay the full length (!) but there is a clear improvement. Why? I am not sure.

Sex remains a challenge, psychologically and physically. However, I feel very encouraged that there IS change, improvement and further opportunity to explore sexual avenues that are, as yet, unexplored. My beautiful and understanding partner is key. We talk. We accept. We slow down. We are grateful.

Edited by member 16 Dec 2022 at 20:22  | Reason: update

User
Posted 29 Nov 2022 at 13:37

Tim, your story sounds a lot like mine (which is laid out in more detail, as it unfolds, in my blog at www.recoveringman.net) Like you I thought I had escaped the ED bullet in the first few months, but my erections began to fade around the same time as you mentioned. Also, I found from about 6 months to 2.5 years that it was easier to masturbate to orgasm than in particular to reach orgasm through penetrative sex. You describe very well that experience of only getting properly hard at the point of orgasm. For at least two and a half years I missed that eager firmness I'd had for the previous 50 years.

The good news I want to share is that now at nearly 3 years post surgery, my erections are harder and more reliable and orgasms through intercourse are much more frequent. And orgasms are at least as good as, often better than, before my prostate surgery. 

My wife has been very helpful in encouraging me not to overestimate the impact of my unreliable erections on her. She enjoys making love but she is probably a lot more flexible in the how of making love than I was - we have learned a lot about erectionless sex. You can read her story starting at 
https://www.recoveringman.net/include-partner-in-cancer-treatment-process/

User
Posted 29 Nov 2022 at 13:55

Thank you Mish for your response. I will take some time to look at your most valuable blog. The brief outline of your story gives me hope and strength. And I will certainly check out your partners blog too.

Much appreciated.

Tim

User
Posted 07 Dec 2022 at 08:50

As a new member this is my first post.

So why this conversation, well amongst many other unknown areas this is one i am keen to know more about my recovery and reading the many replies have certainly helped, many thanks Mish58 for starting it off.

i am very early days in since having nerve sparing RARP only 1 month ago, so the road sounds like a long one.

 

User
Posted 07 Dec 2022 at 08:53

Wishing you well Si14! Indeed it is a long process. My urologist kind of told me whatever I hadn't recovered by the 2 year mark was lost forever, but in real life I have continued to recover further during Year 3.

User
Posted 07 Dec 2022 at 09:08

I havnt had my follow up consultation yet where i have several questions for my consultant. But i see there is plenty of mentions around the use of a pump to maintain a healthy penis. Where do i purchase one or do i need to speak to a doctor first 

User
Posted 07 Dec 2022 at 09:59

Each person probably has their own favourite VED. Mine is the vacurect (www.vacurect.com). I've written about it on my blog www.recoveringman.net

User
Posted 07 Dec 2022 at 10:10

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

I havnt had my follow up consultation yet where i have several questions for my consultant. But i see there is plenty of mentions around the use of a pump to maintain a healthy penis. Where do i purchase one or do i need to speak to a doctor first 

Ask at your post-op appointment whether vacuum pumps are prescribed on the NHS in your Trust and, if so, whether the surgeon prescribes it or whether you need to be referred to an ED clinic or andrology service. 

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

 
Forum Jump  
©2024 Prostate Cancer UK