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Reverse Retrograde Ejaculation?
My prostate was "re-sectioned" and following that procedure, I now have retrograde ejaculations. I don't like them and any orgasm I have now is different and not as profound as those when I ejaculated externally. As a matter of fact, retrograde ejaculations keep me from having any sexual relation with anyone and keeps me from masturbating, as well, since there is an unpleasant feeling in my penis following a retrograde ejaculation.
Is there anything to be done to reverse retrograde ejaculations, so that my ejaculations would be external?
Russ
Is there anything to be done to reverse retrograde ejaculations, so that my ejaculations would be external?
Russ
I didn't have TURP but I have retrograde ejaculation (RE) for another reason. It was the side effect to a lymphadenectomy. That's where lymph glands are removed and examined for the presence of cancerous cells. It's a routine follow up procedure done after performimng an orchiectomy, which is the removal of a testicle. I had to have my left one removed because of testicular cancer. Even though the tumor hadn't metastasized they still perform a lymphadenectomy to insure this is the case. Lucky for me all lymph tissue was negative for cancer.
The surgeon was quite clear about the possibility of RE. He even gave an estimated percent risk factor for RE based on overall past experience. He said he'd do his best to tease away the nerve tracts responsible for bladder sphincter closure during ejaculation, before lymph gland removal - but admitted how sometimes that fragile nerve network is so intimately enmeshed with the lymphatic tissue it's not always possible. I guess the same is true for prostate.
I remember the 1st time I masturbate afterwards, how relieved I was that my orgasm was still greast, but how odd it was that it wasn't accompanied by ejaculation. There was zero fluid emitted - totally 'dry'. Actually, I thought this would be viewed as an added bonus by women because it meant I was safe, wrt birth control and in their mind, also from the spread of sexually transmitted disease - even though I don't have any - still, it's added insurance. Also...I assumed women in general would also like RE because there's no 'ick factor' i.e. the mess you make shooting sticky fluid everywhere, and also not having to taste it, in the case of oral sex.
Now I'm not so sure women view it that way. I think it's the opposite, for some women anyways, who like to see a man ***, or feel it inside them, or maybe even like the taste. I don't know. It's really starting to concern me now. I haven't had a sexual relation yet and I'm worried and wondering.
What DOES the average woman think about ejaculate??? I have normal erectile function and normal orgasms, but if you can't deliver ejaculation fluid is this good, bad, or doesn't matter? I admit, I'm worried. Sometimes I feel embarrassed and like a freak, something less than a man.
The surgeon was quite clear about the possibility of RE. He even gave an estimated percent risk factor for RE based on overall past experience. He said he'd do his best to tease away the nerve tracts responsible for bladder sphincter closure during ejaculation, before lymph gland removal - but admitted how sometimes that fragile nerve network is so intimately enmeshed with the lymphatic tissue it's not always possible. I guess the same is true for prostate.
I remember the 1st time I masturbate afterwards, how relieved I was that my orgasm was still greast, but how odd it was that it wasn't accompanied by ejaculation. There was zero fluid emitted - totally 'dry'. Actually, I thought this would be viewed as an added bonus by women because it meant I was safe, wrt birth control and in their mind, also from the spread of sexually transmitted disease - even though I don't have any - still, it's added insurance. Also...I assumed women in general would also like RE because there's no 'ick factor' i.e. the mess you make shooting sticky fluid everywhere, and also not having to taste it, in the case of oral sex.
Now I'm not so sure women view it that way. I think it's the opposite, for some women anyways, who like to see a man ***, or feel it inside them, or maybe even like the taste. I don't know. It's really starting to concern me now. I haven't had a sexual relation yet and I'm worried and wondering.
What DOES the average woman think about ejaculate??? I have normal erectile function and normal orgasms, but if you can't deliver ejaculation fluid is this good, bad, or doesn't matter? I admit, I'm worried. Sometimes I feel embarrassed and like a freak, something less than a man.
Question about how to use alpha-blockers and still have good sex.
I have been taking alpha blockers afusozin or Rapaflow, to deal with my BPH issues. I have been told by my urologist that when the prostate continues to grow, that at some point in the future, the medication may no longer be effective. So even now, while it is effective at allowing me to live a normal life without the urge to urinate 4 times an hour (not all day but at certain times of the day), there are still some sexual side effects. The strength of climax is diminished, and the amount of ejaculate is small, which i suppose is better than retrograde. So, one way of dealing with this is laying off of the medicine on the weekends, so that i can have at least one good orgasm per week, which is really helpful for releasing tension. Is there any adverse effects to this, besides having to pee more frequently and with more urgency for a few days? While Saturday had me on the hunt for restrooms, today (Sunday) i am feeling no urges or frequency of urination. That of course is another question, as to why my symptoms have not always been consistent, even before starting on the medication.
I have been taking alpha blockers afusozin or Rapaflow, to deal with my BPH issues. I have been told by my urologist that when the prostate continues to grow, that at some point in the future, the medication may no longer be effective. So even now, while it is effective at allowing me to live a normal life without the urge to urinate 4 times an hour (not all day but at certain times of the day), there are still some sexual side effects. The strength of climax is diminished, and the amount of ejaculate is small, which i suppose is better than retrograde. So, one way of dealing with this is laying off of the medicine on the weekends, so that i can have at least one good orgasm per week, which is really helpful for releasing tension. Is there any adverse effects to this, besides having to pee more frequently and with more urgency for a few days? While Saturday had me on the hunt for restrooms, today (Sunday) i am feeling no urges or frequency of urination. That of course is another question, as to why my symptoms have not always been consistent, even before starting on the medication.
I, too had the TURP procedure and, of course, I now have retrograde ejaculation ( which I call "INJACUATION). I agree that orgasm is not a satisfying as it was, but it is, thus far, not unacceptable. I expect that I'm older than many of the people posting here, but don't believe, even for a moment, that sex at age 68 ( wife is 67 and looks 50) is less important than it was when we were younger. I guess that, if I had to make the decision knowing what I now know I probably would not have had the procedure, but it has not ruined my life. Tell you the truth, though, I think the doctor should have made this a more prominent topic of presurgicsl discussion. I don't think he was honest.
Legal action against doctors performing this unnecessary procedure sounds logic to me.
Hi All
From birth i have had to deal with urinating issues,having had a hypospadias repair at an early age i can't tell you how hard puberty was... kids can be cruel... Teachers not letting me go to the toilet, then the anguish of meeting girls.What i would of given to be normal. After many years of constantly needing to urinate i go to a urologist who tells me i have BHP. after a look inside and stretching everything he also has to remove hair growing in the urethra at the hypospadias repair causing stricture. Puts me on flowmaxtra and that would be that.Well it didnt last,i didn't like RE so stopped the flowmaxtra of which the dose got more and more.NOW just yesterday new urologist does a cystoscopy,removes hair again, stretches the urethra at the hypospadias repair.Then tells me he thinks i'll be up for bladder neck widening. I am 45 my wife is 34 and i am terrified of the future either way,have the surgery or not??.I have had anger and anguish and maybe some depression about this my whole life.The person that finds a way to compromise these two issues [ RE and Normal urinating] will be rich and famous
From birth i have had to deal with urinating issues,having had a hypospadias repair at an early age i can't tell you how hard puberty was... kids can be cruel... Teachers not letting me go to the toilet, then the anguish of meeting girls.What i would of given to be normal. After many years of constantly needing to urinate i go to a urologist who tells me i have BHP. after a look inside and stretching everything he also has to remove hair growing in the urethra at the hypospadias repair causing stricture. Puts me on flowmaxtra and that would be that.Well it didnt last,i didn't like RE so stopped the flowmaxtra of which the dose got more and more.NOW just yesterday new urologist does a cystoscopy,removes hair again, stretches the urethra at the hypospadias repair.Then tells me he thinks i'll be up for bladder neck widening. I am 45 my wife is 34 and i am terrified of the future either way,have the surgery or not??.I have had anger and anguish and maybe some depression about this my whole life.The person that finds a way to compromise these two issues [ RE and Normal urinating] will be rich and famous
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