What were you told? was..... penis length is shortened

[Guest guest]

Mike,

I had a MiniPoll on my site last year to

focus on what men were and weren’t told about what might be termed the ‘minor’

side effects (Erectile Dysfunction and Incontinence being the ‘major’

side effects). In using this term I don’t wish to downplay the fact that

they can cause serious concern to men who have them.

The results were here http://www.yananow.org/MiniPoll2.htm

Clearly this isn’t a scientific poll and may well be biased, but it does

demonstrate perhaps that most men are not fully informed about the potentials

of their choice of therapy beforehand.

It seems clear from the commentaries I

have read about these ‘minor’ side effects that the reason that

they are now surfacing and being investigated more fully is because of the ability

of men to communicate via the Internet and Support Groups. I believe that too

often in the past the medical world has ignored these inconvenient outcomes and

has downplayed them. Many men would have felt, because they were led to this

conclusion, that they were the only one to complain about the issue – and

they were the exception to the rule. Clearly, given some of the numbers in some

of the limited studies, this isn’t so.

This is another reason why I think it is

so important to share information, even informally by way of anecdotal

evidence. It removes that ‘aloneness’.

All the best

Prostate men need enlightening, not

frightening

Terry Herbert - diagnosed in 1996 and

still going strong

Read A Strange Place for unbiased information at http://www.yananow.org/StrangePlace/index.html

From: ProstateCancerSupport [mailto:ProstateCancerSupport ] On Behalf Of Mike

Sent: Monday, 21 February 2011

3:54 PM

To: ProstateCancerSupport

Subject:

penis length is shortened

I had my prostate removed but was never told that it

usually also affects the length of the penis. Make sure you talk to your

surgeon about the chances of it happening, as it was and is quite a surprise to

find out after the fact. I saw it mentioned by several other people in here

before, so I started reading up on it in medical journals on the net. Most men

that have it removed lose on the average 1/2-1 inch in length. It would have

been nice to know before the operation or I may have looked for an alternative

plan. I only had a 5 inch penis before, and now it's closer to 4 with a full

erection.