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@cwd21682nd

Not to be argumentative, but a biopsy can be a “big deal”.

I experienced odynorgasmia that took 10 weeks to resolve after my 21 core biopsy. Still have a small (but manageable) issue two years later.

Studies suggests that painful ejaculation after a prostate biopsy, especially when 20 or more cores are taken, is a recognized complication with a prevalence possibly in the range of tens of percent,

Granted this is a “minority report” (for which no one even mentioned was a possibility before my biopsy). I was told “Yeah, that can happen” by my urologist, after I described my post biopsy symptoms.

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@handera
Sorry to hear your complications. With any surgery (and a biopsy is surgery) can have complications.

Your urologist should have briefed on the complications that can happen even if considered rare.

Can I asked did you have your biopsies done transrectal or transpernial?