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Default Feb 14, 2014 at 08:44 PM
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Here's one I don't think there might be a simple answer to.
Progressing along this road of illness and the uncertainty of it all I now find myself with the early stages of becoming impudent or it feels like it not being able to perform properly in the bedroom. God it is hurting the ego . For what is a man when he can't be a man?

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Well, this is my first time in this forum. I don't post, or reply to posts, here typically. I just happened on your post. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer at around age 50, I guess it was. I'm now 65. Because I was so relatively young at the time, it was recommended that I undergo a radical prostatectomy, which I did. I did not need any radiation or chemo. I ended up impotent as a result, although I'm not at all sure that this was entirely due to the surgery. I'm more inclined to think it was the surgery in combination with my mental health struggles, antidepressants, & some other stuff. I also still experience some mild incontinence. But the cancer was gone & that's the main thing. Best wishes...
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Skeezyks thanks for sharing your story .
I have found the waiting to know the hardest to live with and at this stage they think they may have of got to me in time so no invasive treatment yet. So heres hoping medication will do the trick . Going through all this puts so much mental pressure on us that it makes up a big part of the disease whether we beat it or not. The scars nobody can see .
I now know more than I ever wanted to about the relationship between the brain and the physical side of being a man .
Thanks for sharing because any information we gain should be shared so others may benefit of our experience.

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Once again my prostrate has flared (for want of another word) psa has risen 2.1 times from last time. Once again it starts

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Once again my prostrate has flared (for want of another word) psa has risen 2.1 times from last time. Once again it starts

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Hello daggy: I was diagnosed with prostate cancer... oh... maybe 15 years ago... I was quite young considering. I was fortunate though in that it was caught at an early stage. I underwent a radical prostatectomy but did not have to have radiation or chemo therapy. So I guess one could say I was lucky. Allot of what you're going to experience probably depends on how advanced your cancer is & on what treatments your physician recommends. There are treatment options available today that were not available to me, or at least were not recommended. Anyway, I wish you all the best with your battle ahead.

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Hello daggy: I was diagnosed with prostate cancer... oh... maybe 15 years ago... I was quite young considering. I was fortunate though in that it was caught at an early stage. I underwent a radical prostatectomy but did not have to have radiation or chemo therapy. So I guess one could say I was lucky. Allot of what you're going to experience probably depends on how advanced your cancer is & on what treatments your physician recommends. There are treatment options available today that were not available to me, or at least were not recommended. Anyway, I wish you all the best with your battle ahead.
Thanks for sharing it is quite daunting at first . Here is hoping the medics have advanced enough now that the treatment can catch it all early.

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If you ever want to correspond privately, daggy, you are welcome to P.M. me here on PC...

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And so the systoms begin again

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So ouch not the best thing to have done but at least it's benign next 3 moths will tell .

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Good luck man I hope the tests come back in your favor in 3 months. Cancer is so damn intimidating, stay optimistic though bud.

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The words "probably benign" still doesn't give a person any relief. Still living on the edge for the next few months though .

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I hear ya man, I've just gone through a serious cancer diagnosis in my family and the doctor told my family member "you're cured, but you should still see an oncologist to see if you need chemo". Talk about mixed messages, sounds like your doctor is similar with not having a concrete answer for you. "probably" is not a word you want to hear when it comes to your health.

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Good news if there's any . Drs were thinking might have tumor in the portoid gland as well but they got on top of diagnostic really quick but nothing there . So now despite the all clear it's a wait and see also.

That's 2 rolls of the dice .

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Take the good news with a smile when you get it man. I'm sure you're tired of all of the blood tests and xrays and stuff, but at least you're lucky enough to live in a time and country where you can have these things addressed, right? Sorry if that comes off as condescending, just trying to help you look on the bright side.

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Take the good news with a smile when you get it man. I'm sure you're tired of all of the blood tests and xrays and stuff, but at least you're lucky enough to live in a time and country where you can have these things addressed, right? Sorry if that comes off as condescending, just trying to help you look on the bright side.
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And we fast forward the long way around and we find ourselves with t3 just for the hell of it .
I do not fancy the " cure"
Once again i shall disappear for awhile

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So its not as long as I thought . Being silent just waiting. Well strike whatever .
I just dont need everything crammed into the last few months of the year.
Rising psa .mri and whatever else they can trow at me .
Add to that some serious thought processes .
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Well as they keep telling you to write down feelings
So so how has time gone for me ?

After years of living on the psa line it has not tipped in my favour.
So within 6 weeks it has gone from
lets look at it
Lets mri
We found a big mass
Surgery due in 10 days

And all I hear is "ARENT YOU LUCKY They fitted you in before christmas"

I might not reply to msgs or even txt
Does anyone know anxiety
Fear
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Acceptance

All these things i have to deal with within a week.

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Forgot to mention all the lonely side effects but thats another story

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Well, this is my first time in this forum. I don't post, or reply to posts, here typically. I just happened on your post. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer at around age 50, I guess it was. I'm now 65. Because I was so relatively young at the time, it was recommended that I undergo a radical prostatectomy, which I did. I did not need any radiation or chemo. I ended up impotent as a result, although I'm not at all sure that this was entirely due to the surgery. I'm more inclined to think it was the surgery in combination with my mental health struggles, antidepressants, & some other stuff. I also still experience some mild incontinence. But the cancer was gone & that's the main thing. Best wishes...
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