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Posted 06 Sep 2024 at 10:33

I had a RP more than 4 years ago. Nerve sparing and with tadalafil I can get effective erections. PSA initially 0.08 but has reduced to 0.05 over the time. 


Within the first year after the op I often, but not always, experienced painful orgasms. The symptom was a sharp, sometimes agonising pain, in my rectum. The pain would subside after a few minutes to a dull ache that would remain sometimes for hours but at a manageable level (no painkillers required). If I didn’t orgasm for a while, the pain would be less the next time I did. If I was more sexually active, the pain tended to be more intense. 


After the first year or so, the pain seemed to disappear. Sometimes I would get mild discomfort but nothing to demotivate me from having sex. 


However, it has now returned, but seemingly worse than before. If I abstain from any sexual activity for a period (recently a month), the pain on the next orgasm tends to still be intense and almost unbearable. It recedes over time, as before, to a dull ache and eventually goes altogether although when I have a wee I can sometimes feel a very, very mild version of what I experience on orgasm. 


There’s plenty on line about painful orgasm after RP, but not much on the treatment/management of it, or indeed the experiences of those who have suffered from it. 


Anyone in the same/similar boat? I’d love to hear from you. Thank you. 

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Posted 06 Sep 2024 at 11:28
I’m 9 1/2 years on now post RP and now incurable on HT for last 3 1/2 yrs. You sound quite similar to me tbh. Went through periods of painful orgasms. Then orgasms got weaker and I eventually lost the squeezing feeling of ejaculation. I can still orgasm but they are weak. Still nice but more of a flutter tbh. Sometimes too I get a mini orgasm just from a scratch sat on my chair
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Posted 06 Sep 2024 at 11:49

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member
Within the first year after the op I often, but not always, experienced painful orgasms. The symptom was a sharp, sometimes agonising pain, in my rectum. The pain would subside after a few minutes to a dull ache that would remain sometimes for hours but at a manageable level (no painkillers required). If I didn’t orgasm for a while, the pain would be less the next time I did. If I was more sexually active, the pain tended to be more intense. 


I had exactly the same problem and symptoms about ten years before I had the op. Fortunately it only lasted for about 6 months, then seemed to clear up. 

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Posted 08 Sep 2024 at 13:40
Thanks men. Really appreciate the replies and it seems its not an uncommon thing after prostate surgery. I’m booked in to see a urologist and will keep the forum updated. Actually had sex this morning with very little discomfort, so it’s not something that happens all the time.
 
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