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Reply: I'm 33 and I get up 6x a night to urinate

This is getting scary. I had my spleen removed many years ago after an accident. As for...

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Reply: Androgel and Shrinkage

Was never told about ADT. Thanks for that! My cancer was "fully encapsulated" with good...

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Reply: Androgel and Shrinkage

To again clarify, my urologist, and not my shrink prescribed the Androgel. I see the...

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Reply: Androgel and Shrinkage

Hi countero, Apologies for the confusion caused by my trying to be brief in my post....

Posted by meddeveng

Hi countero,

Apologies for the confusion caused by my trying to be brief in my post. Here is the full sequence of events:

1) Right foot surgery requiring me to put all my weight on my left side for three months. I used crutches at times, but mainly used one of those rolling knee walkers (like this https://www.rentakneewalker.com/item_details.php?id=10285&Free Spirit Knee Walker).

2) Mild left testicular pain after 2 months of getting around work, etc.

3) STD tests by my urologist, antibiotics no help. My urologist finds prostate cancer during rectal exam.

4) Prostatectomy using robotic DaVinci system by a different urologist. No change in left testicle pain.

5) A few months later - Epididectomy by my urologist. Some evidence of former infection upon pathology tests on removed left epididimus. Major increase in left testicle pain.

6) About 5 months later - Left orchiectomy. Post-op bleeding caused scrotum to fill up so big it looked like a water balloon.

7) Several months later - Surgery to remove scrotal hematoma due to bleeding after orchiectomy. No change in left testicle pain. Pain so debilitating, can no longer work.

Several months later flew cross-country to have a surgeon cut my genitofemoral nerve (genital branch only). Hi countero,

Apologies for the confusion caused by my trying to be brief in my post. Here is the full sequence of events:

1) Right foot surgery requiring me to put all my weight on my left side for three months. I used crutches at times, but mainly used one of those rolling knee walkers (like this https://www.rentakneewalker.com/item_details.php?id=10285&Free Spirit Knee Walker).

2) Mild left testicular pain after 2 months of getting around work, etc.

3) STD tests by my urologist, antibiotics no help. My urologist finds prostate cancer during rectal exam.

4) Prostatectomy using robotic DaVinci system by a different urologist. No change in left testicle pain.

5) A few months later - Epididectomy by my urologist. Some evidence of former infection upon pathology tests on removed left epididimus. Major increase in left testicle pain. Libido intact.

6) About 5 months later - Left orchiectomy. Post-op bleeding caused scrotum to fill up so big it looked like a water balloon. Painful recovery. No change in left testicle pain. Tried Androgel, did not help my now non-existant libido, so stopped it after breast tissue increase and lump on left nipple.

7) Several months later - Surgery to remove scrotal hematoma due to bleeding after orchiectomy. No change in left testicle pain. Virtually bedridden with pain.

Several months later - Flew cross-country to have pelvic pain surgical specialist cut my genitofemoral nerve (genital branch). No change in left testicle pain.

9) Saw an endocrinologist about no libido. He gave me a testosterone injection. Let's just say that negatively affected my personality with disastrous results personally. My ultra sensitive PSA test went from undetectable to 0.2 away from recommended level for radiation treatment for cancer recurrence (has dropped back to undetectable now). Helped libido a bit, but had me sleeping on the couch!

10) Few months later - Flew to have same surgeon cut the perineal branch of my pudendal nerve. During flight back, penis and scrotum fill with fluid due to air pressure in the airplane.

11) Re-started Androgel usage, 3 - 5 times per week. Still zero libido. Testosterone ~280.

12) A couple months later - MAJOR penis shrinkage occurs. Not an optical illusion by any means. You'll have to trust me on that one. I'll spare you details, but lets say I am almost half my previous "somewhat average" penis size.

13) My psychiatrist recommends Arimidex and HCG to block estrogen and says my testosterone level should be 800. My urologist says he knows nothing about these drugs. My primary care doctor says she thinks they are "alternative medicine" treatments and knows nothing about them.

So how do I get back my libido? How do I get my penis back to its original size?View Thread

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Reply: I'm 33 and I get up 6x a night to urinate

counterso (apology to dawgphan , as this thread is about you and not me) Now you have...

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