I went back to my urologist for my 3 week check up. I told him up front that his brochures were too mild on the various "discomforts" caused by the urolift itself. I told him that my urine stream was starting up much better and faster now, but it wasn't ending quickly yet. He had me do a u...

I didn't have a prostatectomy but that's not the only surgery that leads to a dry orgasm. TURP does too, and one reason I opted for the Urolift was to avoid that. I specifically asked my uro about that topic and he assured me the urolift was okay. I am three weeks into recovery from the urolift and ...

It's been two weeks since my Urolift and I can honestly say I see a definite improvement in my stream. I can start peeing on command, with some decent flow. I won't say the same about finishing. The prostate is still swollen, (I can feel slight discomfort in there still when I sit down) and that kee...

I live on a lake in the northeast and after Labor Day most seasonal owners have retreated to their other homes. We year round residents have the place to ourselves and this past week we have experienced amazingly warm sunny days. I have been able to be naked outside and am loving it. My wife (who in...

For those of you that haven't read this entire string of posts, I am basically lamenting the change in attitude in America that now equates nudity with sex. Certainly nudity is wonderful when sex is involved; but sex is not the only reason for being naked in my opinion. It is unfortunate when people...

Yes tomas1, the urination problem was the impetus to have the urolift. I have BPH and have been taking Tamsulosin. Four years ago my urologist, through ultrasound, said my bladder was holding way too much urine, and the musculature around it was stretched so badly I couldn't void it out well. I coul...

Well, I am two days past having the urolift procedure. The prep was easy, getting off of blood thinners, stopping caffeine and alcohol for a couple of days. This was an outpatient situation done in the urologist's very well equipped facility. The anesthesiologist there talked at length about what to...

Remember that you still have a brain and that brain can still detect arousal and that arousal can still start the chemicals flowing that produce an erection. Just because our penises don't hold onto the blood very well doesn't mean the chemicals aren't flowing anymore. The injection forces the caver...

My doctor warned me about this retrograde ejaculation when he gave me a flomax sample. Flomax makes our genitourinary openings relax and widen. We want the route to the outside wider for better urine flow, but it also allows the openings back into the bladder to widen. Our ejaculate from the prostat...

Well, I had my preliminary tests. First the voiding of a full bladder while the computer records the volume and duration of the event, then an ultrasound of the bladder empty. Next, a TRUS or trans rectal ultrasound of my prostate. Finally, a flexible cystoscope up my penis until the urologist could...