Living with and beyond cancer
Urinary functioning
Ten years after having radiotherapy for prostate cancer Eric is getting up twice a night to pass...
Ten years after having radiotherapy for prostate cancer Eric is getting up twice a night to pass...
Eight years after having radiotherapy for prostate cancer Ken has to pass urine more than once...
Eight years after having radiotherapy for prostate cancer Ken has to pass urine more than once...
Five years after having radiotherapy for prostate cancer Ray began to experience urinary urgency,...
Five years after having radiotherapy for prostate cancer Ray began to experience urinary urgency,...
Frank needs to pee sitting down since his partial penectomy but said that sit-down toilet...
Frank needs to pee sitting down since his partial penectomy but said that sit-down toilet...
After surgery for penile cancer Les found the end of his penis was closing up, causing spraying;...
After surgery for penile cancer Les found the end of his penis was closing up, causing spraying;...
I still have to go back for check-ups, and it’s like the end of my penis now is, well one of my mates was telling me is it like a welders glove. It’s sort of quite hard and I have to moisturise it, and the end of the penis is closing up. And I was in hospital, it was just after Christmas, so that would be January 2011, where they did the, what they call the, is it ‘meatus dilation’? And they put this contraption in and blow the end open a bit and, now that is really really sore and I must admit I actually spoke to the nurse at the hospital last time, if I’d have known it was going to be that bad at that time I wouldn’t have had it done. But the results of it have been pretty good, because the reason I went was this hole was closing up, and every time I went to the toilet it was just spraying everywhere, it was just like a fire sprinkler and I had to sit down to go the toilet all the time. And after going through this procedure, you know, I’ve now got a proper stream when I go to the loo. And I have to sort of moisturise it still, and they’ve told me to put a catheter in twice a week just to keep the opening open, and that’s where we’re up to at this present day.
After having cancer removed from his penis Steve had a reconstruction; he was told he would have...
After having cancer removed from his penis Steve had a reconstruction; he was told he would have...
Nerve damage from a hysterectomy for cervical cancer left her unable to feel when she needs to...
Nerve damage from a hysterectomy for cervical cancer left her unable to feel when she needs to...
Last reviewed October 2018.
Last updated August 2015.
