Hi there, i hope someone from here could help enlighten me with regards to actual hypospadias experiences. What i read in the internet are from textbooks and doctors who shares their knowledge about it. It’s quite different if the actual person with this kind of thing would actually speak up as an adult to share what he experienced as a kid, and now as an adult. Are correction surgeries really worth to do? What Are the risks if surgeries would not be performed? Could child bearing still be possible? What are the risks if corrections are done? I’ve read successful operations during infancy, but there are no threads that i found where adults responded and did say that their surgeries are successful. Is there any painful erection experience ? Is sexual life really affected by surgery (sensation still present?)? Are infections really prone after surgery? Or is someone out there who could prove that operations could make someone’s sexyal life normal? I am a mother of a 7 month old scheduled for surgery this month. I am afraid to do or not to do so, for i do not know what is instore for him if we do or not do so. Please help. Thank you.
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Welcome to the SDMB, Ccmac.
For questions that involve personal experiences and questions that involve real-world medical issues, we prefer that you post in our In My Humble Opinion forum. I will move this thread there for you.
Best of luck with your son’s surgery.
Moving thread from GQ to IMHO.
Thank you for moving this to IMHO.
To make things easier for anybody else who didn’t know the word: hypospadias refers to a relatively-common birth defect by which the opening of the urethra isn’t exactly on the tip of the penis. The point of reference being used is the base of the penis for some reason, so “proximal” means that it’s really far from the expected spot (it’s close to the base) whereas “distal” means it’s close to the tip (far from the base).
IANADoctor and it’s the first time I hear about this so sorry, I can’t offer any information and my guesses are probably as good as yours. Best wishes for your nerves and your son.
Not much to say, except that I knew somebody whose infant son had surgery to correct this, and, months later, everything was going great. Good luck!