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644Hi,I had open surgery in July 06 at age 55,minimal side effects,PSA has stayed at <0.03,around 6 month ago i developed fibrosis in the proximal half of my penis,Dr dx this as Peyronies disease and doesn,t believe surgery played any part in developing Peyronies,i am not totally sure myself.
I would be interested to know if any men out there have developed fibrosis since their surgery,i responded well to ED medication so it wasn,t as if i didn,t get an erection (many times partial)for many months.I was flaccid for 5 weeks as my catheter refused to come out at 3 weeks so i was stuck with it for another 2 weeks with the balloon deflated when my body decided to expell it.
Keiran
If you us the SEARCH ENGINE on the Site and enter Peyronies, you will find the short piece I wrote - PEYRONIES - as well as several links to the stories of men who have had problems with this side effect.
Kerian although I was treated by EBRT, I had Peyronies disease develop several weeks after I underwent a TURP. My erect penis looked much like a banana with a 2cm area of hard fibrotic tissue on the right hand side penis base. I should add that I had an indwelling catheter for over 2 months prior to the TURP. I did not have any treatment for the Peyronies and now close to 12 months following the TURP, the fibrotic tissue is gone and my erect penis is now straight again.
