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Radiation vs. Prostectomy (nerve sparing)
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I am in the midst of SBRT (5 treatment regimen) and ADT (Lupron) for Stage IIIC, Grade 5 PCa. I am approaching my 74th birthday and have enjoyed an active sex-life until now. I worry more about the loss of libido and ED from treatment than I do about the possibility of a recurrence. Still, I am happy to know that good treatments exist and hope that I can continue to live a happy and fulfilling lifetime. I hope to successfully not allow the sexual repercussions of the treatment define my happiness and sense of well being. Time, I am sure, will tell …
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@rbtsch1951 If you’ve enjoyed a healthy sex life up to age 74 you are one lucky guy!
Mine ended at age 64 and others on the forum were cut short much earlier than that.
Speaking for myself, I LOVED my sex life but after a time you do move on…I love my wife and feel worse for her since she is an innocent bystander in all this.
You do come to understand (thanks to surgery, radiation and ADT) that there IS more to life, you just couldn’t appreciate it with your erect penis blocking the view!