It takes time to recover after surgery. Viagra helped at first. I'd say it took 6 months before things started to function close to normal with viagra. After 18 months everything was right. You do occasionally pass urine in the early months when aroused, but you have to shrug it off as, time and patience plus an understanding partner, greatly helped.
The physical scars will heal.
Mainly psychologically. Performance anxiety in the early days with erectile disfunction. Embarrassment. It does pass. I had a fantastic surgeon who used nerve freezing to preserve function long term. Bladder function is affected but pelvic floor exercises help over time. Sneezing, farting, laughing hard can result in oops moments still, but it beats dying of prostate cancer!
Yes
It got rid of the problem in one swift go. My cancer was more widespread than initially thought, so it was a no brainer.
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