Seeking sexual guidance from Doctors, nurses and or other qualified professions.

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Prior to my PCa dx I always had a high appreciation of good sex a

good relationship and an active life. I think from the ages of 40-

50 my drive may have deminished a bit, but not my appreciation.

Testosterone levels when I was in my early 40's were 850 or so.

Today at 52 they range in the 500's on a good day. I want to

suppose this is a normal decline.

My drive has diminished even though thinking of sexual enjoyment is

still often. Physically, the ability to sustain a quality erection

has diminished as well as frequency of intercourse.

I would dearly love to know a medical professional or someone from

that community in person that is aware and interested in this

subject for us.

My Uro is a pretty cool guy, but I can tell from his questions and

responsiveness that he really wants to hear me say " Yes, everything

is ok, its all back again and full steam ahead " . He mentioned

once, " imagine how bad things would be if you didn't dp al;l that

you do to take care of yourself... "

This isn't how I feel. I am a bit bummed. I do get hard ons and I

started getting nocturnal erections a couple months ago. Frequently,

I wake with one. Sensitivity has diminished, quality and

sustainability isn't what I would consider 5 star either for that

matter.

Over all I would say my own personal grading went from an A in my

20's and 30's to a B+ or A- in my 40's. In my 50's, I hate to say

it, the grading slipped to a D- post surgery then possibly improved

to a C- 18 months later. Perhaps in the future it will continue to

improve; I do grieve the loss of my previous vigor.

Sometimes I wonder if it is me, my gf (we are both in our 50's), age

related declination, post rrp healing or other issues or our

society.

I run, eat healthy, keep my bp down, keep my sugar low in range, my

triglicerides, total and bad cholesterols down, dont use tobacco,

minimally drink (less than an averave one glass of wine a night). I

try as I may to think sexual thoughts and make romantic setings as

often as possible.

Do you suppose in all of the hoopla from PCa that I just aged and am

not used to this new and older Mick? Damn, I didn't think this is

how life would turn out; guess I should have windexed my crystal

ball, huh?

Do you suppose (reaching for straws...) all the extra running is

taxing the libido as well? I have a 26.2 mile marathon to run on

the 17th of next month in Austin, TX. Its my first and something

that has been on my personal " bucket list " for a long time. I

feel a great need to complete this mission.

Today is a day of rest. Tomorrow I run 14.0 miles then 40 more next

week, culminating in a 20.0 mile run next Saturday. Fortunately,

the training schedule tapers down from there to the Austin event.

Introspectively, Mick -- Abilene, TX

PS: Laurel, I tried the copy and paste operation and still failed.

(Doh!) Thanks for bringing the op/ed piece here in text format.

Best, M

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> > > Someone on another list posted this opinion/editorial piece

from

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> > > Boston Globe last week. After forwarding it to Gregg, I asked

him

> > if

> > > his urologist of nearly 3 years has ever asked him about any

> > sexual

> > > issues. Gregg said that he never has. Pretty sad state of

> affairs,

> > > considering the number of breast, prostate, colorectal,

bladder

> > and

> > > gynecological cancer survivors who are left facing sexual

> > disfunction

> > > as an enduring side effect.

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www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/01/07

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> > > ts_talk...

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> > > Laurel

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