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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Apr 27 12:00pm | Replies (7)
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I am 68 and I have built furniture for a living for 50 years. I was mortified back in November when I was told my prostate cancer had come back after being told 11 years ago I was clean.
November I went for a blood test and my PSA was 168. Been on hormone therapy since January.
Was worried sick I would lose my enthusiasm for my trade. That hasn’t happened and I feel blessed.
As far as sexual activity, that’s a whole different story. Still coming to grips with that, but I do feel there’s an upside to being freed from the tyranny of sex.
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Brother, you said a mouthful!! On ADT I felt ZERO sexual urges and had no thoughts about sex whatsoever. I was happy…
Now, off ADT and with a resurgence of T, I am starting to think about it more often - maybe more than I should. Many would cheer at this development, yet it feels strange and unsettling to me…just so weird!!
I think the word ‘tyranny’ is a perfect way to describe the all encompassing power this hormone has over our lives. It literally forces us to think and act in certain ways, sometimes to our detriment, ie: ‘thinking with the little head’.
My wife’s female friend had a bout of postpartum depression (for lack of a better term) after her third child - not severe, but bad enough. No interest in anything, especially sex. Her doctor prescribed testosterone cream.
Well, she confided in my wife that she became ‘horny as hell’ and literally forced her husband to have sex at her pleasure. After a time, her husband didn’t like it at all. She fantasized about the mailman, the plumber, the landscaper - you name it. All she thought about was sex!!
She finally stopped the cream when she literally couldn’t take it any more…now THAT is true tyranny….
Phil