Pickled Walnut or I am just going to you call Pickled for short, ( love the tash by the way)
I have only just seen your comment back to me, I tend to skip through things these days (it's my age)
So I will forgive you for calling me Trevor , I did think the avatar would give it away but you young ones just don't concentrate and pay attention. Yes the avatar is me and not Trevor (Trevor's better half) ( he doesn't post because he is black and there isn't a black 60 plus male section ) YET but I am working on it.
The avatar by the way is a little bit misleading this was me in my younger day sadly I am know 4 stone heavier and sport a beard ( but this is what age does) so yes I get that when family gather some of the younger generation want to spend time on there own and have more private conversations, BUT they are the teenagers IE not yet men. They don't tend to do a lot of chatting just texting .
40 Is actually middle aged ( not young) and by this age I would expect people to be rounded and able to converse with people regardless of age.
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Julie - apologies for using your user name, I thought it might make it easier to spot replies. Your avatar is lovely by the way and thank you for your comments re the tash - I'm still cultivating it from last Movember and it's a good conversation opener for conversations with people of all ages.
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Dave,
What you said about the shortening of the penis following surgical removal of the Prostate is true though this will vary from man to man. But men who have had HT/RT can also suffer a reduction in length and girth as I can personally testify, a side effect that is less well known.
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Hi Barry,
I was not aware of that. Does that mean if you have RRP, you might lose an inch and if you have follow up RT or HT you might lose another inch, or 2, 1 for each treatment?
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Not necessarily but while on HT it might retreat a lot (if the man loses his libido, for example) and without regular use via a vacuum pump or other exercise, the atrophy can be permanent. Orchiectomy has the same effect.
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I'm pretty sure that Brachytherapy has the same effect, at least to some degree.
Not that I would discuss that with John but I notice it
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The question of atrophy was mentioned when I saw my GP re penile health.
If you look at my post re "ed- penile rehabilitation " you'll see that it's important to " exercise the muscle ".
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Well I'll go to the foot of the stairs! Not only have I got a short willy from HT/RT I have also got Peyronnes disease which gives me a bent one and shrinkage of the appendage with that also . Not sure where this is going to end up but at the moment it works around corners!!
Does this mean that when I finish HT that this situation reverses and a full service will be resumed ? I do not have a problem with excercising it (don'think my wife will either) my problem at the moment though is getting interested in the first place to do anything at all.
Lyn, mine has Deffinitely retreated a lot LOL still never mind it is a small price to pay for ridding myself of this bl****y cancer!
Keep taking the pills. Cheers Chris/Woody
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Again Chris/ Woody !
Same hymn sheet ....
Roll on end of HT - but I'm seeing ED clinic next month but it might be too late, not much left to rescue....
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Are you stalking me John? Are you reading my personal emails?
Keep me posted if there is anything that will help you(and me) . Just a question ... How many times have you been married?
Cheers Chris /Woody
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Chris/Woody ,
Now I can't give too much info out. After all this is meant to be a site of anonymity !
Ok , so I've bared all re my emotions and you'll know that I have the odd ED prob or two being on HT.
But wanting to know if I've been married before ?
Should I confess to only the once and for 29 years as well ?
Will you reveal your score ?
But thanks for the offer re help. All I ask is for your 0.01 Psa score -
Not that I'm envious or anything !!!!
And there's the PM service too....
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Well we are on similar paths so have PM'd you just to set the record straight.
Carry on baring all John it' a lot easier now with all the female hormones floating around our bodies and when you get fed up with it you can let the tears flow just because...then fall asleep with tiredness... Then get up for a wee, again then again and again. By the way last night it was back to normal with getting up five times, so the once only was a freak occurance.
Hang loose, cheers Chris/Woody
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Congratulations William, great news having a nice low PSA score, I know how you feel as I was told three weeks ago that mine is down to the same as yours following an initial PSA of 63 back in Feb last year.
Being so young with a young family was a bit of a worry for you I am sure and agree with you that earlier testing and poss every two years would be good for us menfolk. Problem will be getting most men to go for a test in the first place but I suppose that if there was a routine educating from an early age aimed at lads in school with the idea of teaching males to talk about and look after their health so that as they get older they will get themselves checked out regularly.
Best wishes to you and long may you stay undetectable.
Regards Chris/Woody
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You are very fortunate William but I can assure you it isn't a scare story, it is a scientific fact. Some men are left so shortened that they are no longer able to wee standing up. Generally, you can expect to lose the length of the prostate gland although it depends a bit on how quickly you are able to regain erections (naturally or otherwise) and certainly the pump helps to draw it back down. It isn't simply about the urethra being shortened; it is also down to atrophy which reduces the length as well as the girth in most cases.
As I said, you are very fortunate but that doesn't mean you should doubt others who have not been so lucky. Interestingly, John is not aware that he has this problem because I have never mentioned it to him - I guess he can't remember that it was ever different or is unaware that it just doesn't hit my spot anymore.
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God Lyn that's harsh !?
I used the pump from week 7 and have basically used it up until now which is 8 months. If anything , with the pump and the rings , I am as long as I ever was but with greater girth ( maybe all those penis growth adverts WERE true ). So despite an inch or so being cut out , I think regular use of the pump from approx 8 weeks really helps. I'm an engineer and totally get the mechanics , but I've been lucky maybe. But nothing natural -- so not so lucky :-((
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Not doubting your measurements for one moment Chris , I am just a mere woman and can't tell my metres from my inches🤔 But I think I will go with Lyns description on sitting down to pee. (Loved that Lyn) . Why OH Why do men have to stand up I have never understood it. I suppose that is what the term splash back is for.🤐
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Just to make clear that the lost inch is more about flaccid length than erect. Julie, our Mr P told us that almost all of his patients claim to be the same size erect as they were before but the wives said different when they were given a questionnaire to fill in :-(
A lot of men on HT find their penis withdraws and I know that there are 2 or 3 men on here who have been left with such little willies they would go into the cubicle rather than stand at a urinal.
CJ, is it harsh? I have described on my detailed thread that some of our favourite positions are simply impossible now because it isn't long enough. I am not going to tell him if he hasn't worked it out - it would be devastating.
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I don't speak up either, what would be the point.
John didn't even have the op but I am sure Brachytherapy has a similar effect even if not as drastic.
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all I can say is what ever works be glad, as I cant even raise a smile
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nidge
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I don't know what happens after a prostate removal but five years of HT has had such an effect it's just as well it removes the desire.
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