I've had radiation treatment for my prostate instead of surgery, only because shortly before I was gonna have it removed, I had a blood clot in my lung and was put on a blood thinner, so the surgeon didn't want to operate on me indicating that there was no good way to determine how much internal bleeding there would b because of being on the blood thinnere, thus the treatment option for my prostate cancer was 40+ sessions of radiation treatments.
on to the topic: I was having enlarged prostate issues before all of that and had been experiencing some leakage. Because I still have my foreskin, I have been able to put tissue paper over the head and wrap it over with my foreskin to catch any leakage so it doesn't hit any of my clothes. I don't get to be nude outside my home as much as I'd like, but in those situations, I have a towel either around my neck, around my waist, or in hand so I can cattch any leakage before it becomes too apparent. I'm also on a medication that helps me from having to make frequent trips to the bathroom. If I had more opportunity to be nude socially or outdoors, maybe my situation would be different.
Well, I ended up having the procedure last month. No real issues, although I did have to wear a catheter for three days. At first, I had to wear Depends because there was almost no time between the desire to urinate and the urge to do so. And it was frequent, like every couple of hours. I got to having a urinal at my bedside just in case I felt I couldn't make it to the bedroom.
After three weeks, I was able to sleep the entire night through without having to get up and pee. After a month, I no longer had to wear the Depends, although I wore underwear, even at night, in case I had a bit of leakage during that period of wanting-to-pee/needing-to-pee. I'm pretty much over that, six weeks after the surgery.
My urologist said that it sometimes takes four to five months to get back to normal. That's good news, and I feel that I'm already mostly there.
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