What is a prostatectomy?

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[DallasBiff]

A prostatectomy is a surgical procedure in which a urologist removes your prostate to treat prostate cancer or benign prostatic hyperplasia. The two main types include a simple prostatectomy and a radical prostatectomy. Risks include incontinence, erectile dysfunction and surgical risks. Most people recover after four to 10 weeks.

[DallasBiff]

Oh my, DOD Sec., LLoyd Austin is embarrassed that he can't light his candle anymore, and he has to give full disclosure as a federal government official, yet he hid it from everybody, including his boss, but there should have been full disclosure.

I'm sorry about his condition, and pray for his recovery.

[MeganC]

“Most people recover after four to 10 weeks.”

I wish my husband had been one of them.

[telescope115]

Politics aside, I hope he recovers ok. My Dad had that done….very painful.
He shouldn’t have been so secretive about it.

[Rummyfan]

Generally speaking, any ectomy is a surgical removal of the referenced organ or body part.

[DallasBiff]

I’m sorry for your loss.

[Gen.Blather]

My understanding is that he had the procedure, then went home. A week later he was back in the hospital. I had a Turp, a procedure referred to as a RotoRooter. I went home. A week later the bleeding had not stopped. I ended up spending three weeks flat on my back in the hospital. If he had to return to the hospital there were complications and complications can kill you.

[DuncanWaring]

Most people recover ...

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Most “people”?

Couldn’t bring themselves to say “Most men”?

[DallasBiff]

Politics aside, I hope he recovers ok. My Dad had that done….very painful. He shouldn’t have been so secretive about it.

I know, if they had been public, there would have been sympathy, but keeping it out of the voters knowledge, it just shows their hegemony.

[House Atreides]

“ Couldn’t bring themselves to say “Most men”?”
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What’s a man? /sarc

[Eagles6]

🤣👌

[fwdude]

I didn’t know there was a “simple” type, I was only offered the radical brand.

I feel cheated!!

[Scrambler Bob]

Most people recover after four to 10 weeks.
= = =

How long does it a man to recover?

[Vesuvian]

What are you, a biologist?

[fwdude]

“Healthcare providers most often recommend a radical prostatectomy to treat prostate cancer confined to the prostate in men and people assigned male at birth (AMAB).”

Yeah, a medical journal now writes this kind of drivel.

[MeganC]

Thank you.

[AlaskaErik]

Everyone I know who has had that procedure performed on them can no longer get an erection or function sexually. They’re as limp as a wet noodle. I would hard pass on that.

[DainBramage]

Women whom identify as men never have to do it in the first place.

[Aria]

I identify as Melania Trump.

Just ignore that I’m only 5;4”.

[Hang'emAll]

Women whom identify as men never have to do it in the first place....

They may opt for a Stapedictomy however. ;-)

[ViLaLuz]

He had his cancerous prostate removed. How is that elective surgery?