Tony's Story

Ethnicity
White British
Age
60-69
Work
Other (please specify)
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Geography
North East
Relationship status
Married/In a Civil Partnership

Radical Prostatectomy (Surgery)

Tips and advice for any sexual side effects of treatment

You must do your pelvic floor exercises and I try to walk up to 10 miles per day.

How this treatment impacted my life the most

I had my Prostate removed on in October 2022 and it is not nice having to wear pads for leakage plus losing control of your sex life BUT I am alive and reasonably very well for my age and there are lots of people with bigger problems.

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

Yes

Why did I give this answer?

I had to choose between surgery or radiotherapy, I choose surgery as it is alledgely a faster healing process rather than having radiotherapy. My first blood test results are showing 0.01 which I am over the moon with. Can I just end by saying to all you men out there, “if you have a problem peeing or worried about things down below, PLEASE get yourself to your GP”.

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