I am 59 years old, prostate cancer , yes years ago, age 54. Gleason Score 4-5, PSA, 4. Had a robotic prostectomy. NO side effects or conditions Problem Erectile Dysfunction. No social life. I work out at the gym 3x a week completing a rigorous Cross Fit/Weight training regiment. Despite keeping fit, once men find out, I cannot get an erection, "the make nice routine" begins and the date ends. Thus, I have had no intimacy in over 4 years. I have friends but with no physical intimacy, I have this constant melancoly feeling that does not go away. I tried the ED drugs, the tortuously painful pump, do not want the penis implant, and do not like to inject my penis with the medication to create the erection. This leaves nothing else. I need to hear from other men to learn how you are coping and most importantly ,what we can do,allowing us to create fulfilling relationships with other men that include intimacy and the potential of a LTR.
in addition, I found out I did not have to have the operation. The amount of cancer was microscopic, no tumor, a handful of cells. I could have been a candidate of the SPOT-ectomy where the surgeon goes in to the prostate, like a biopsy, takes out the few cancer areas, and then monitors PSA for the next year. Most with this small level of cancer are essentially "cured' When I found this out, it pissed off
Prostate Cancer in Brazil
Cancer undetectable but PSA is rising.
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Sorry to say your not the only man a doctor has operated on when he didn't have to. To many men are left impotent and the doctor really doesn't seem to care. Wish all men could have a group like this to talk to before they have their prostrate cut out. I had to have something done but had Proton Therapy instead of invasive surgery and had no side effects. Wish every man would at least look at having Proton Therapy before having their prostates cut. My cancer was cured an been gone since 2011. I wish you the best , you can get your erection back but you have to work on it all the time.
Michigan Jim
the surgeon was horrendous and could careless