Richard's Story

Ethnicity
White British
Work
Retired
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Geography
East Anglia
Relationship status
Married/In a Civil Partnership

Radiotherapy

Tips and advice for any bladder or bowel side effects of treatment

Prehabilitaion therapy - pelvic floor exercises for 6 months before the radiotherapy was very good - and the 'squeezt' app for men that is available on android or iphone helped minimize side effects after the radiotherapy. I also had a gel barrier inserted and this (I believe) was very successful in reducing side effects

Tips and advice for any sexual side effects of treatment

Tadalafil was slightly effective

If I had to do it all over again, would I choose the same treatment?

No

Why did I give this answer?

I thought that it was more likely that I would retain some function - but this wasn't the case - so I might consider the surgery

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