Once the parallel hormone treatment had worn off and I got interested again I found other ways to please my partner not requiring penetration.
Getting the weight off afterwards is hard. The gym rebuilds muscle and a healthy diet helps.
As more time passes since treatment and it looks to have worked I'm getting happier
Complete loss of interest in sex which took time to recover. Residual problems with urinary frequency and retention
Yes
Most friends with PCa have gone for surgery, but several have had problems since, ranging from sexual problems or requiring a permanent catheter up to failure to remove all the cancer and subsequent recurrence. The combination of radiotherapy and hormone therapy I had seems to have completely cured my aggressive Gleason 9 cancer, and with a minimum of residual side effects.
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