Just be aware that it happens.
Go on a diet and join a gym ! And sleep in a towel dressing gown for the night sweats !
My partner of 51 years ( husband of 11 years) had just died before I was diagnosed so I went down hill rapidly. I joined a support group called Silver Rainbows who provided me with counselling. I had always though that this was hogwash but no more. It brought me back from the brink.
It took away all sexual drive and as a gay man whose husband had just died greatly diminished the chances of finding anyone. As it happens I did although I can only be the passive partner now.
Yes
Life is better than death, but I would query the medics to see if there were different options to radiotherapy followed by hormone treatment. I have read other stories since mine of men who have had different treatment and have normal sex lives.
The radiotherapy passes through good tissue on its way which includes the hip joints. After the treatment some mornings I could barely walk because of the pain. Fortunately the good tissue repairs itself and I am in a gym most mornings now for an hour and the hip pain is rarely noticeable.
Go and have counselling. it worked wonders for me.
The temporary damage to my hip joints and the inability to ejaculate and the frequent passing of blood with bowel movements. A colonoscopy showed damaged blood vessels in the rectum.
Yes
Life is better than death, but I would ask a lot more questions about alternative treatments as some don't seem to have the same side effects.
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