:confused: Its been a while since i posted here. Aug. 7,2006 was date of radical surgery for cancer. Can feel need to urinate & stop the flow. As far as sexual sensation there is none. Has anyone else gone this long without feeling anything. Surgeon bragged surgery only took him 1 1/2 hrs. Wondering if this is now the outcome. Or is it still too early? Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks.

I am 53 - surgery 3.5 years ago. I could beat my penis with a hammer and not feel a thing - have you heard the joke get the tweezers? I need to go to the bathroom?

There are spots especially on the top of my right leg that alternate between being numb and tingling. Doc equates it all to nerve removal and damage. My cancer had spread so as he said, everything within five acres was removed.

I had a 5 hour surgery and 5 units of blood -

continence is OK - I leak when tired, startled or try to pick up something heavy that is flat on the floor.

totally impotent - pills do NOTHING! I hate VED's - shots? there is no way -

So I live on - what else can I do? Good luck to all of us that have been there. Those still in tact have NO idea -

Thanks for your reply. There is feeling on the surface, its the sensation of sexual arousal thats absent. If your implying what i think you are as far as the tweezers joke i noticed the same thing. Didn't realize that the surgery would affect the "size". Thought it was my imagination. Hope others who read these posts get help with any problems right away. Unfortunetly there were never any noticable symptoms.
( wife is typing, but my dictation).

Like Ron Z implies, your return of sensation will depend a great deal on how much nerve tissue was spared during your operation. Your doctor probably told you if he attempted to spare one or both of the nerve bundles that control erections. If your operation was the nerve sparing type, it may take a while, up to several years, before you get significant response. Patrick Walsh has an honest assessment of erectile problems in his book on surviving prostate cancer-- the skill of the surgeon is so important to the success of nerve sparing.

Regarding size, there are some folks, me included, who feel that a good medical-grade pump is instrumental in regaining and maintaining size after surgery. There is current research ongoing to try to confirm or deny this. It makes sense to me that if you don't regularly fill the erectile tissue with blood, then this tissue will atrophy over time. This is one of the purposes of the natural nocturnal erections you had before surgery.

Thanks for your reply. Will get the book. As far as any info from the surgeon. There was none. And i do mean none. Had to use him, because of insurance. Will check into the pump. Don't know if family doctor can help with that or not. MOST of the info we got was from this website-- before AND after surgery. Hoping for the best. Thanks

Bowler, i glad that you are in remission :) I understand your point of view. Just wish the dr. (jerk) would have been more forthcoming in what i was to expect. Its a pain in the &^$##@@ not to know whats going on. Insurance was cancelled after going back to work. Now is process of trying to get other insurance. Never got 2nd PSA test. So we don't really know how successful surgery was. Hoping to be able to go to another dr. and get better advice and support. Again, we're glad your in remission. If ED is going to be my future so be it. Thanks for your reply. Its been helpful.