Listen to Sue's story about her experience of her partner's prostate cancer, how she's managing and the impact it's had on her life.
Our sex life is zero- no testosterone = no sexual desire which is very difficult to come to terms with. I worry more about 8 weekly PSA results than my husband does. Stress caused under active thyroid so now on thyroxine. But after 5 years of feeling depressed I am coming to terms with the situation
Counselling can help you come to terms with the profound changes that testosterone deprivation brings about. The medical profession don’t seem to address this at all, but relationships often become deeper and more affectionate once the sex drive has vanished and if you love someone it’s a relatively small price to pay for them continuing to live . My husband now has bone metastasise so his cancer is no longer deemed curable but us treatable . It’s a matter of living with and managing the cancer - a bit like diabetes. When all is said and done life is terminal but we don’t spend every day worrying that it will soon end.
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