A recent study from the Journal of Urology regrading this previously unpublicized side effect:
Men who have hormone and radiation therapy for prostate cancer can experience penile shortening, a study has suggested.Turkish researchers studied 47 men who were receiving the treatments, the Journal of Urology reported.
Eighteen months later the researchers assessed the men again, and found a decrease in average stretched penile length from 14.2 to 8.6 centimetres.
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I told my husband about this, and he said, “Well, I sure don’t need that!”
I suggested to him that the only thing he’d be doing with his penis after prostrate surgery would be peeing, anyhow.
I wonder why they decided to measure penis length anyway?
They probably thought they were going crazy… penis keeps looking shorter and shorter. I’d probably measure it too.
Do they get to immediately start practicing law, or do they still have to pass the bar?
Do they get to immediately start practicing law, or do they still have to pass the bar?
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