New from AZ - Post Prostectomy Surgery
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:28 pm
A friend of mine put me on to this site -- many thanks!
Last spring I was diagnosed with PCa, and elected to have the robotic assisted surgery at the Mayo Clinic. My urologist has been superb. When going over the possible treatment options, he advised me that ED was one possible side effect, but that he would work with me in erectile rehabilitation to do what ever is necessary to get things working again.
About a month after surgery he prescribed a vacuum pump and daily doses of Cialis 5mg. When I went back for my 6 month check-up on Monday, I told him that the only erections that I had were created by the vacuum pump, otherwise no stirrings at all. With that, he recommended discontinuing the Cialis and begin injections. So, I was set up with an appointment with a PA on Thursday morning for my instruction and first injection (0.20 ml). The only thing that I can say is that stuff (trimix) works. After two hours rock hard, I took two sudafed and applied ice, and was back down in another hour. They only do penile injection instruction first thing in the morning, so that if there is a problem, it can be addressed while they are still open for office hours.
I was apprehensive about the cost and my insurance coverage for Caverject and Edex, but discovered that he prefers to prescribe their own trimix formula. When I checked with the pharmacy, I was told it would be $8.45 for 4 ml -- enough for 20 injections of 0.20 ml -- or 20 units.
The trimix will be ready to be picked up on Monday, and I'll be starting off by reducing the injection to 0.15.
Glad to be here.
Last spring I was diagnosed with PCa, and elected to have the robotic assisted surgery at the Mayo Clinic. My urologist has been superb. When going over the possible treatment options, he advised me that ED was one possible side effect, but that he would work with me in erectile rehabilitation to do what ever is necessary to get things working again.
About a month after surgery he prescribed a vacuum pump and daily doses of Cialis 5mg. When I went back for my 6 month check-up on Monday, I told him that the only erections that I had were created by the vacuum pump, otherwise no stirrings at all. With that, he recommended discontinuing the Cialis and begin injections. So, I was set up with an appointment with a PA on Thursday morning for my instruction and first injection (0.20 ml). The only thing that I can say is that stuff (trimix) works. After two hours rock hard, I took two sudafed and applied ice, and was back down in another hour. They only do penile injection instruction first thing in the morning, so that if there is a problem, it can be addressed while they are still open for office hours.
I was apprehensive about the cost and my insurance coverage for Caverject and Edex, but discovered that he prefers to prescribe their own trimix formula. When I checked with the pharmacy, I was told it would be $8.45 for 4 ml -- enough for 20 injections of 0.20 ml -- or 20 units.
The trimix will be ready to be picked up on Monday, and I'll be starting off by reducing the injection to 0.15.
Glad to be here.
Congrats and best of luck with the injections.