Bringing this to the community, because I know this affects people here directly.
A new study this week confirmed something I've written about in Prostate Mania — something that still doesn't get nearly enough attention. Erectile dysfunction after radical prostatectomy is extremely common. Most men know this going in. What they don't know — what most surgical teams never mention — is that structured penile rehabilitation programs exist, and men who enter them recover at three times the rate of those who simply wait.
Three times. That's not a small difference. That's a life difference.
The failure here isn't medical. The treatments are real. The evidence is there. The failure is informational — the conversation just doesn't happen before surgery when it needs to.
If anyone in the community is navigating prostate cancer treatment decisions, this is the question worth asking your surgeon: "What is your protocol for penile rehabilitation after this procedure?"
Has anyone here navigated this conversation? What were you told — and what weren't you told?