Well, I had the procedure done 3 times. The 1st. lasted 1 week. I started to bleed real bad. The Dr. said meet him at the ER. I had emergency surgery and the procedure was done again. About 10 years later I had to do it for the 3rd time. That was 1978. No more sex. I am kicking 80 and still miss it. I have been married over 58 years to the greatest little lady God ever created. Found out SEX really is'nt all there is in life. It's really loving one another.
As for the person that said he didn't want to live?
Stop feeling sorry for yourself! Life goes on_____!
Hang in there friend. You can see my posts and many others are having same problem. I have posted the same thing as wanting to commit suicide. but i am now hopeful of more work in regrowth genetics going on. They have regrown destroyed prostates in mice. After several years i am starting to get rid of some tension after dry orgasm. but its barely enough. having a thorough orgasm is vital to health. Somehow we have to have an international and national organization that pushes for our right to get our wet orgasms back and sensual nerve endings regrown after this dark ages procedure called turp. hang in there, do not destroy yourself. there is real hope believe me
I'm 59. I had the Green Light TURP about 5 weeks ago. The catheter needed to stay in a week due to swelling. I had blood clots and bleeding on and off for about 4 weeks. Also picked up an infection from having to self catheterize a couple of times. The infection is improving.
Since I was unable to urinate at all the GL surgery was a success in my mind. I was cleared to have sex and so far the first couple of orgasms have produced no ejaculate and the sensation is somewhat different. So the trade off was to either have a Foley forever and no sex or have the surgery and be able to urinate normally, but with slightly different sexual function.
I had prostate surgery last year at the Ventura County Hospital, with an insane PSA of 109. I thought the surgery was for an enlarged prostate. I was only told the name of the surgery less than 4-days before surgery, called "TURP". The release form says nothing about consequences or benefits of "TURP".
My Loma Linda doctor told me months after that TURP does nothing for an enlarged prostate. My VC medical records show I was urinating, "no urgency" "fairly good stream". Radiographic exam also showed a "cystic structure" which turned out to be "high-risk cancer". The VC doctor claims in my medical records that he was aware the "cyst" was a prostate tumor before surgery. Well, that puts more of an onus on him to NOT do the TURP surgery. According to my Loma Linda doctor, the informal name for "TURP" is "roto-rooter" and it may stir-up cancer.
My VC medical records claim I did not want children, I said no such thing! And, a large paragraph of consequences "TURP" could or would create were also in my VC medical records that were never discussed with me. The said paragraph was written suspiciously after surgery when I was coming out of unconsciousness. For example,"alternatives", no "alternatives" were ever discussed with me [or was any medication(s) tried first]. And, TURP delayed cancer treatment by many months. I am now sterile, have low libido/said dissatisfaction, and incontinent after every single urination. I was never incontinent before. We are not "complainers", the negative effects of TURP are real and avoidable. We should do a class-action lawsuit in federal court to stop this madness that benefits the doctor but not the patient.
After 45 treatments of Loma Linda Proton Therapy my PSA is now 2.14, near normal. It is my understanding Proton Therapy shrinks an enlarged prostate too. VC doctors did an unnecessary, life altering potentially dangerous surgery for no reason. Radio-graphic exam, rectal biopsy, PSA's, and Proton Therapy were all that were probably needed.
Thanks for your comment. But unlike many wives that understand, mine divorced me as I had little desire for sex and it was painful and unsatisfying when I did, especially with the MUSE.
Now, I don't dare try to even date as I know I won't be able to satisfy them at all.
My ex wife now calls me gay because I don't get aroused with her.
It's so depressing, I have constant thoughts of suicide because of it.
I've never seen a medical procedure with so much complains and unhappiness and I'm one of them. Surely a urologist should be held responsible for telling a patient about all the different procedures and all the side effects. And if he cant do it or believe in a procedure he should still tell you about it. But I think the urologists only tell us about the procedures that will make the most money for them.
Frik