Hello poiscenter, new member here.
I was wondering if anyone has ever had their bulbourethral glands, aka Cowper's glands, removed - or knows of anyone who has.
These glands are only contribute a small percentage towards semen volume, but they produce virtually all the pre-ejaculatory fluid (sometimes called pre-cum) that is released prior to ejaculation (or often during any form of arousal at all).
The most well known case of POIS-related surgical intervention on these forums is presumably Animus, but he did not actually have these glands removed (see the Animus Solution thread, post 65).
The procedure exists - it even has its own code at
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CPT/53250 - but I can imagine it will be very hard finding a surgeon willing to perform it on a patient that does not have an obvious medical problem e.g. infection there.
Not only do I blame this gland for my own personal (relatively mild) POIS symptoms, I absolutely hate the fluid it produces. I seem to suffer from a particularly excessive production of it, and it makes a disgusting mess inside my underwear. I have to tediously remove it with a damp cloth myself before putting the underwear in the washing basket, as I do not want anyone to notice it - it is very obvious once it dries.
Even if removal of this gland did not cure POIS, I would be very pleased at never again having to deal with this pre-ejaculate again. To be honest, it would probably be my main motive for the surgery.
The only real concern I can see with such a procedure is a potential minor impact on fertility, as this fluid helps neutralize Ph in the urethra for the benefit of sperm - but for me, fertility is not a concern at all, so this point is moot. I am not remotely afraid of the surgery itself. I'm a veteran of quite a few procedures much more invasive than this one so it does not scare me at all!
If anyone has any ideas on how one would go about doing this, I'd love to hear from them.
