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Chapter 6
His Prostate and Me
proceed with the penile implant surgery and once again
become a paramour, thanks to a bionic part.
I was satisfied that he was in good medical hands. Dr.
Fishman, who had helped Dick along the journey to potency,
would be the surgeon. He was renowned in the field and had
done many of these procedures. Dick asked me to come with
him to several of his pre-op appointments with Dr. Fishman.
Since we weren't married yet, I was taken aback and
embarrassed both by the subject of the visit with Dr. Fishman
and my role after the surgery. However, Dick needed
someone to care for him once he got home from the hospital,
so I decided that I should learn about his post-surgical
medical requirements and be aware of what to do in case of an
emergency. Fortunately, the nursing requirements were more
in the line of bringing food and pills rather than bandages or
some other treatment of the organ in question, so I willingly
agreed to take the job.
When the day of the surgery arrived, I was there to hold
his hand and act as a consoling companion during his short
hospital stay. As you can imagine, I was not my usual chatty
self with our friends when they asked why Dick was being
admitted to the hospital for a few days. Instead of giving them
explicit details, I tempered my conversations with, "It's a
prostate cancer related problem, but don't worry. The cancer
has not returned." My brief reply seemed to satisfy most
people. Friends don't usually probe when something involves
certain regions of the body, particularly the middle third.
After Dick was released from the hospital, I returned to
Dick's house with him while he recovered. After you read my
version of the recovery period, you will understand why. You
will also see clearly why it is important to get a female's
perspective on health situations.
The following is Dick's version of the surgery and the
outcome:
"The surgery lasted a little more than an hour and was
not difficult. My hospital stay was only a few days, and my
recovery time at home was short as well: about two weeks to
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