Prostate Cancer

[honeybun35]

Would a man have to pull out durung sex if he had prostate and will it make him finish quick? 

[Buenchico]

Prostate cancer, per se, doesn't affect sexual activty but many of the treatments for it might well do so.  (For example, the hormone therapy that I'm on for my prostate cancer aims to block the production of testosterone in my body.  Thus I have absolutely zero libido).

As there are so many different types of treatment for prostate cancer, there can't be a single simple answer to your question.  There links though, which are all from well-respected organisations, can offer you some pointers:

https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/impacts-of-cancer/sex-life-and-prostate-cancer

 

https://prostatecanceruk.org/prostate-information-and-support/living-with-prostate-cancer/sex-and-relationships

 

https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/prostate-cancer/practical-emotional-support/sex-relationships/difficulty-getting-erection

[douglas9401]

Now Googling R&B singers with prostate issues.

[barry1010]

A man cannot pass on cancer if he ejaculates 

[Old_Geezer]

All men have prostrates.

 

If he pulls out before climaxing he may well find it finished quicker than he hoped.

 

I know of no connection between cancer of the prostate and the rest of what you refer to. But I am not an expert on the subject.

[anneasquith]

Chris, is your ' hormone treatment ' for life ? 

[Buenchico]

^^^ Yes, Anne.

It started off with using women's HRT patches (at 6 times the dosage that women use), which worked quite well for three years but then didn't do the job as well as hoped.  So I was switched to hormone injections instead but they, alone, didn't work either.  Hormone tablets were then tried, alongside the injections, but they failed to do the job either.  (I was getting worried by then!).  However I'm now on extra strong hormone tablets, plus the injections, and my cancer now seems to be back under control at the moment.

[ladybirder]

I'm very pleased to hear that Chris.  xx

[anneasquith]

A lot of hormones Chris, but working ,that's the important thing .

[Buenchico]

^^^ Thanks, LB and Anne.

Merry Christmas!

[douglas9401]

Ain't it amazing how utter drivel leads on to something personal and possibly even helpful to others?

When are they going to go with westrogen though? Got to be worth a try.

[Peter Pedant]

I know of no connection between cancer of the prostate and the rest of what you refer to. But I am not an expert on the subject.

I am - and there is still no  connection

[anneasquith]

Lol @ Peter .

[Bazile]

 

Chris

From previous posts ,i believe you have stated that you had Radiotherapy to the prostate .

If you don't mind me asking.                    At what stage did you have radiotherapy ?

What is you current psa reading ?

 

 

[ladybirder]

And a Happy Christmas to you Chris.  You do have and have had a lot to put up with.  xx

[honeybun35]

All of you saying you don't know they connection but that is a big thing if you don't know no need to answer. Having prostate treatment has caused  E. D

[Buenchico]

Honeybun35:
Please accept my apologies for partially derailing your thread but there's plenty of relevant info (from well-respected and authotitative sources) in my three links above.

 

Bazile:
My cancer diagnosis was nearly four years ago now (at the start of 2020).  I was very quickly started on hormone therapy and then, throughout much of 2020, I had ten sessions of chemotherapy (at a dose which the nurses said it was impossible for anyone's body to take more than eight sessions of).  From there, I went onto 37 sessions of radiotherapy, finishing right at the end of the year.  I've been continuing with hormone therapy (with this year's modifications to the regime that I've mentioned above) ever since.

My PSA started at 135 but was fairly swiftly brought down by the consultant's "let's throw everything at it" approach throughout 2020.  It was under 1 for a couple of years, up until the end of last year, when it started to creep up.  When it got to 8.4, I was taken off the hormone patches and switched to injections, in the hope that it would drop again.  However it actually went up to 27.  So I had hormone tablets added to the injections but my PSA again rose, this time up to 44.  Then I had those hormone tablets replaced with extra strong ones (still alongside the injections) and my PSA started to stabilise at 52.  My most recent blood test (at the end of October) showed that the curve has now started to head downwards again, with a count of 35.  I'm hoping that my next test (at the end of next month) will show a further fall too.

[smurfchops]

Douglas, what did you find out ??!!!

[Bazile]

Thanks Chris 

37 sessions of radiotherapy and presumably you had a CT bone and CT thorax and abdomen  scan .

Doesn't all that radiation subject you to substantially increased risk of secondary cancers ?

[Thisoldbird]

My son had problems having sex when he had Prostrate Cancer. He had a Penile Implant that I understood worked !! 

[Buenchico]

Bazile:
I think that I pobably had every type of scan possible!

While any type of scan carries a very slight risk of causing cancer, rather than helping to sort out an existing one, I'm prepared to trust that the oncologist, radiologist and radiographers know what they're doing!