I had my prostatectomy one month ago and have been recovering from the surgery. I will have to say the recovery has gone well so far with little pain! I had read a lot about the treatments, surgery and side effects. However it appears my physical changes after treatment and surgery are exaggerated as compared to other results I read about. I would love to hear from other men who have gone thru this about your physical changes and how long your recovery has taken. I took medications to shrink my enlarged prostate in order to take proton therapy however it did not shrink my prostate enough to enable that. It lowered my testosterone level which in turn shrank my penis from 6 inches to 3 inches over 18 months. That was my first surprise! Then I had a prostatectomy which shortened my penis another inch!
Do get me wrong I am happy that the cancer is removed but I was surprised at how much of a physical changes I experienced. It seems that a shrinkage of 1 inch is normal but my experience was 4 inches in shrinkage! Is that unusual? And the big question will it improve? Any information is greatly appreciated!
I have had "shrinkage" since the start of H/T.
The best way I can describe the current state of affairs is that I imagine a man in a urinal next to me glancing over and thinking "Well, where's that coming from them?"
I am not really concerned about it, though.
It was just unexpected.
Steve
Changed, but not diminished.
