[sebbie]

I got to noticing yesterday when I was slightly aroused that there was a tiny strand of clear stuff running down from my penis, with a slightly larger "drop" at the end. I said to myself "that certainly looks like a tiny strand of my much beloved precum, from the Cowpers gland. But I thought I had lost my Cowpers gland when the prostate and the seminal vescicles were removed durning surgery.

Turns out, probably not. I found several blogs that address the specific issue by those who have had prostate surgery. Apparently the Cowpers gland is located downstream, well away from where the prostate is positioned, and the cowpers is not normally removed during surgery. There are many other guys reporting that they are getting dry orgasms post surgery with the exception of precum.

For me, having an intact Cowpers gland is one major key in getting back to resally enjoying myself. I did not realize all of this before as I was leaking too much uriine when I got sexually aroused post surgery, which was washing away the precum before it had a chance to form in drops. And I am starting to once again sense that really great-feeling tension I always felt at the initial stages of arousal I have always associated with a Cowpers gland springing into action.

This is going to take some time. I'm 5 months out of surgery. The data I read last night says that 37 percent of those who have had surgery similar to mine get an erection back in 12 months, but 67% in 24 months. Of the remainder, some were hot getting an erection prior to surgery, and some had too much nerve damage done during surgery, but the latter case is often guys who had much more complicated tumors to remove than I had.

Stay tuned. I'm glad I have all the different methods available for self- stimulation at my disposal. I can now proiceed carefully and at my own pace w/o concern with respect to a partner. My white aqux swim briefs were veru useful last night :-). Stuff is starting to happen for me (again).