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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 3:22 am
Hi to all of you. it seems most of you live in the States. I'm an American ex-pat, born in California. I met my wife here in England and got married the same year. We've been together now for nearly 46 years.
Prostate cancer in my family is genetic. My father got it in his 60's and eventually died from complications, aged 86.
Two of my brothers got it in their 50's. One opted for radiation treatment, the other for radical prostatectomy. The radiation didn't work for that brother, and 10 years later he died. The other brother is still allive and healthy.
Both of them led stressful lives. I didn't. So it wasn't until fairly recently, when I was 63 or 64, that my psa levels got too high. Then I had a radical prostatectomy in Jan. '08. That was the beginning of the e.d. of course.
I found the situation embarrassing and difficult to talk about, even with my wife for well over two years. Sex had always been intensely private, not something I could talk about with others.
But the need for sexual expression after surgery got too strong to ignore. So I went to a male doctor and asked for help.
Ciallis was the first option. It helped at first, but then the surgeon recommended the pump and Muse.
I miss the spontaneity and the hardness and the length I once had. But my wife and I are emotionally closer now and manage to make love more often. There are frustrations and disappointments. We hope that with time things will get even better.
I'm going to try Muse injections on 27th September.
Prostate cancer in my family is genetic. My father got it in his 60's and eventually died from complications, aged 86.
Two of my brothers got it in their 50's. One opted for radiation treatment, the other for radical prostatectomy. The radiation didn't work for that brother, and 10 years later he died. The other brother is still allive and healthy.
Both of them led stressful lives. I didn't. So it wasn't until fairly recently, when I was 63 or 64, that my psa levels got too high. Then I had a radical prostatectomy in Jan. '08. That was the beginning of the e.d. of course.
I found the situation embarrassing and difficult to talk about, even with my wife for well over two years. Sex had always been intensely private, not something I could talk about with others.
But the need for sexual expression after surgery got too strong to ignore. So I went to a male doctor and asked for help.
Ciallis was the first option. It helped at first, but then the surgeon recommended the pump and Muse.
I miss the spontaneity and the hardness and the length I once had. But my wife and I are emotionally closer now and manage to make love more often. There are frustrations and disappointments. We hope that with time things will get even better.
I'm going to try Muse injections on 27th September.
