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I am just writing a general response to what seemingly is the majority of comments: I too do not notice anything beneficial to taking my daily 5 mg tadalafil. My doctor also said it is to help with blood flow and healing. He did not mention anything about fibrosis/scarring prevention. Either way, I have not noticed anything sexually. I am 6-months post-RP and can't get an erection AT ALL. I have my 6-month follow up appointment next week and will ask my doctor "what the heck...when will I get and maintain an erection?" I am 70 years old and was quite capable of sustained erection and sex prior to the RP surgery. I am now divorced...God's cruel joke, just when I was looking forward to starting an active dating life and sex with some partner(s), I am dead in the water. I have not started dating as a result...it would be too humiliating to say: "um...ya...so...I have ED...I can't get an erection." One thing NONE of us really know either is whether our urologist "really" did "preserve the neurovasscular bundles" as read in our surgical pathology reports. Who the heck can ever "check on that" to prove it? The urologist could have accidentally damaged/severed the neurovasscular bundles and we'd never know. There is no test for it, other than whether we can get an erection or not, and I have heard that some men just never become capable of it after surgery even with the neurovasscular bundles supposedly preserved. Frustrating.

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@rlpostrp I feel your pain , I’m one year post surgery, recently gave up on injecting myself without results but yesterday a slight miracle during some foreplay a partial erection, tears were flowing. I hope it continues and wish you and others. This was and always will be will be a big part of my life

@rlpostrp Try 20mg Tadalafil or 100mg Sildenafil and if that doesn’t work then try Trimix injections. If none of those options work, you are a candidate for an IPP implant. (Inflatable Penile Prosthesis). After my radical prostatectomy, I was able to get an erection, but when I had a recurrence and was put on ADT which resulted in my testosterone going down to undetectable, I developed ED. You can still have sex and still have orgasms without getting an erection, but that might be problematic if you are dating. I got an IPP implant almost a year ago and my wife and I have both been very pleased with the results. There are a number of good informational videos on YouTube about IPP implants that you may want to view to get a better idea what is involved. BTW an IPP implant is not visible since it is all internal. My surgery was fully covered by Medicare.