Reddy

Yes, but only for the hospital, anesthesia, etc. Not for Dr. Ivan. So it's less.

Due to Dr. Ivan needing to be overseas training other surgeons, my surgery was moved out a week. Now it's on June 8th. Still only about 6 weeks away now!

That sounds great. I hope you feel much better afterwards and have no control! Yes, at first I worried about a mix-up too. But I'm not worried about that anymore. He does a ton of penis enlargement surgeries and other surgeries and doesn't mess them up. You could ask for the prostate to be left intact, but I'm not sure they would agree and also I think that would put you at risk for retention problems. I don't think they will do an external incision. That sounds kind of amazing although I like still having my erections and I don't necessarily want a smaller penis. But all the rest sounds awesome! I hope you find a way to get all of that for yourself!

Sorry I haven't answered questions for a while. I've been distracted with some problems. I'll take a stab at them now! I make it to the toilet and most of my urine goes in there. I still wear a pull up in case of leaks but they're not very much. Ha! And I hope he is aggressive 😄 Omg. That would be insane. LOL Hey there, been healing fine and the good thing is I haven't had blockages that need a catheter for several weeks now. It's a really nice feeling to be totally healed. Of course, that won't last too long now since June 1 is getting closer by the day. But now I know that healing does come and it's not so bad at all. Thank you so much for the well wishes. I appreciate it. Well, maybe some day you can go for the surgery too. I never imagined it originally and now, well, here I am. My best to you for an incontinent future somehow. Thank you, I hope it goes well and I'm very optimistic this time around. We'll see soon enough..

Thanks 😁🙂 Yeah, I'm gonna have to go back to him again. However I'm hoping I don't need to! We'll see. I'm just having a hard time waiting for June 1 to roll around. Nothing else to report really.

I didn't explain anything to HR but I did already explain to my boss. I had told him what the surgery was originally. Then when I had to make my local appointment I told him why because I can't pee. He knows that I'm going back and it's for a repeat of the same surgery. He suggested taking short term disability. Anyway there's no problem at all getting the time off from work. Yeah it's gonna be another 11 days/10 nights trip.

During my first consultation he told me he had done about 15. And after my first surgery he did say often it requires a 2nd surgery.

Here's something positive. It's been just over a week since I got the new surgery scheduled, and now there's just over 9 weeks left. I'm hoping those weeks can move quickly. I couldn't help myself and when I emailed Paris this evening with some other questions I asked if Dr. Ivan has always seen effective results with a 2nd surgery or if he's ever needed to do a 3rd surgery. I just want something to latch onto. And I told her I'm hoping he's able to be "very aggressive" with this operation. 🙏

I wear diapers at work. I'm still nervous about having an accident if anything changes, and I have been leaking a couple times here and there although I'm mostly just dry. At home I don't wear diapers. Ha, yeah, it's definitely something that didn't seem the most likely and it's not what I wanted. But that's okay, the new procedure is barely two months away now. 🙂 No change other than feeling definitely fully healed now. Still retrograde ejaculation. Basically no blockages now. Very weak stream. And no leaking for the most part. I make it to the bathroom to pee out 99% of my urine. It's hard to tell what's best. In all the reading I did about TURP, larger catheters and keeping catheters in longer was associated with an increased risk of stricture. To me there shouldn't really be any need for the catheter treatment itself to become incontinent. It should just be in long enough to allow things to heal. Although I did read that urethral dilation prior to a sugery can reduce the risk of stricture. So I plan to cath up to 22fr or more on a regular and increasing basis prior to my upcoming surgery. But I'm still planning to take the catheter out on the normal schedule unless I see literature about longer or bigger catheter improving my outcomes. But so far I haven't seen anything supporting that. 🤷‍♂️

ME TOO

Yes, post void dribble for a few seconds. That's accounted for some of the dripping between diaper changes and peeing on the floor. Yes, I can stop mid stream. I've been testing that at the urinal. I can stop, keep it stopped, and then restart if I want to resume peeing.

My stream is very weak. It takes a long time to pee. It doesn't feel much more often than normal. Retrograde ejaculation is the most noticeable difference, yeah.

Yes, I am assuming so. It feels funny to be excited for all of that again, despite knowing how grueling those days of initial recovery really were. But, eyes on the prize!

Well, I've mentally really shifted to looking towards the future. I already have my flight and hotel booked. I'm staying at the exact same hotel. This time I don't have a day ahead in the hotel before my surgery, but I'm fine with that. It will be great to get the surgery going the very morning after I arrive. I continue to not be blocked, and not need diapers. So, I'm glad this has all been set in motion again.

Dr. Ivan doesn't charge a fee to do the follow up surgery since the first one didn't work. I have to pay the hospital fee/operating room portion. You are correct - that's not quite enough for me. I want a real good successful permanent no two ways about it incontinence. Haha, yeah. It will be like old times! Unfortunately the countdown is FOREVER away right now. But I'm glad it's at least on the calendar. 🙂