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I've got to disagree with those who claim that a prostatectomy does not shorten your penis. Before my RALP, I said to the surgeon, if you remove a walnut length of urethra from me (the average size of the prostate) how do you make up that difference? Does my penis withdraw that much? His answer was that the hope is the bladder will drop down that much, but usually there is a "compromise" and both happen. The bladder is held in place by many things in your gut, restricting its ability to move lower and make up entirely for the loss of urethral length. My penis is still shorter two years after the surgery, even doing VED therapy daily. How do I know? Foreskin piles up around the base of the glans, like a turtle head withdrawing into its neck. And I'm circumcised. It never did that before.
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@tomf
I agree with you! It definitely shortens your penis! I had an extremely enlarged prostate on top of prostate cancer. I took medications to reduce my testosterone for 1.5 years to shrink my prostate and then I had a prostatectomy! My before measurements was 6 inches long soft. After taking the meds for 1.5 years my penis began to shrink! I, like you, was circumcised at birth but my penis shrank to 3 inches long. I have so much extra skin after 50% shrinkage it looks like I’m uncircumcised now! In fact I experience “turtling” where the penis is inverted. I understood that the prostatectomy would shorten my penis, especially with my very enlarged prostate!
After surgery my soft penis is now 2 inches long! Being 4 inches shorter and being unable to have an erection is very troubling! Do you feel this may change as I continue my recovery? I am 1 month out from my prostatectomy.
Any advice or information would be appreciated!
Bill
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Tom I agree with you I to come up short