My Operaurologist tampa florida
Thursday, March 8, 2012 1:36:49 AM
urologists, What Does A Urologist Do?, What Does A Urologist Do?I find Urologists, especially mine, to be very competent in all technical aspects of removing your bladder when it is discovered that you have bladder cancer. My deepest sympathy goes out to those men who happen to be in that age range when they have to have their prostrate removed for any reason what so ever. I really don't think that I cold have handled the situation without a great deal of help from someone.
When your prostrate is removed, in most cases, you can no longer get an erection. Therefore intercourse is out the window. Also with the seminal vesicles gone, you are sterile. At 61 not too bad but still a shocker.
Yes, I know that there are some artificial means out there to for erectile dysfunction but who wants to have a pump installed in your ..... Pills, such as Viagra and cialis, do not work for me and do not work for a lot of other bladder cancer patients.
Some Urology Surgeons will take the time during the operation to make sure that the nerves are left intact but most do not. I would hope that in the lower age group that they would take the time.
My beef here is that at a time when we are very vulnerable, because of the cancer news, the surgeon can not take the time to make sure we understand completely the way our life will change after the surgery. We are not in any shape mentally to even think about these questions let alone do any research to find out the answers.
Don't forget, that even at sixty, we just might have been having a very active sex life before this disaster happened.
Eight years after my surgery, I am still having situations, occurring from this surgery, that are new. Trying to get answers from the Medical Establishment is almost impossible. They just do not have the answers. But there is a group out there who have the answers to most of the problems that can ever occur. These are the Urostomy patients themselves who communicate to each other through blogs and forums.
Bless us all.
Just a final thought to those men who have recently been diagnosed with bladder cancer and have not yet had there surgery. Make sure that the Urologist explains to you how your life will change after the surgery. If you are still sexually active, make sure that you understand that intercourse may be over.
It would be interesting to read an article from a women who has survived bladder cancer and how the change has affected her life.
At the earliest sign of kidney diseases and anatomic disorder don't hesitate to pay your first urologist visit. This is just like your regular consultation but only coupled with some series of laboratory tests and physical examinations. For you to feel comfortable on your first urologist consultation you have to know the actual occurrences that might happen there. Of course the consultation will start from a long discussion about the symptoms that you are experiencing that might have a relation to kidney disease and anatomic disorder. The discussion will include "what they are", "when they happen", "how bad they are, and more, more questions.
When your prostrate is removed, in most cases, you can no longer get an erection. Therefore intercourse is out the window. Also with the seminal vesicles gone, you are sterile. At 61 not too bad but still a shocker.
Yes, I know that there are some artificial means out there to for erectile dysfunction but who wants to have a pump installed in your ..... Pills, such as Viagra and cialis, do not work for me and do not work for a lot of other bladder cancer patients.
Some Urology Surgeons will take the time during the operation to make sure that the nerves are left intact but most do not. I would hope that in the lower age group that they would take the time.
My beef here is that at a time when we are very vulnerable, because of the cancer news, the surgeon can not take the time to make sure we understand completely the way our life will change after the surgery. We are not in any shape mentally to even think about these questions let alone do any research to find out the answers.
Don't forget, that even at sixty, we just might have been having a very active sex life before this disaster happened.
Eight years after my surgery, I am still having situations, occurring from this surgery, that are new. Trying to get answers from the Medical Establishment is almost impossible. They just do not have the answers. But there is a group out there who have the answers to most of the problems that can ever occur. These are the Urostomy patients themselves who communicate to each other through blogs and forums.
Bless us all.
Just a final thought to those men who have recently been diagnosed with bladder cancer and have not yet had there surgery. Make sure that the Urologist explains to you how your life will change after the surgery. If you are still sexually active, make sure that you understand that intercourse may be over.
It would be interesting to read an article from a women who has survived bladder cancer and how the change has affected her life.
At the earliest sign of kidney diseases and anatomic disorder don't hesitate to pay your first urologist visit. This is just like your regular consultation but only coupled with some series of laboratory tests and physical examinations. For you to feel comfortable on your first urologist consultation you have to know the actual occurrences that might happen there. Of course the consultation will start from a long discussion about the symptoms that you are experiencing that might have a relation to kidney disease and anatomic disorder. The discussion will include "what they are", "when they happen", "how bad they are, and more, more questions.
