← Return to No orgasm 10 years after radiation treatment: Anyone get it back?

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@rooroo Congratulations on your good outcomes during treatment. My experience after 13 months of ADT is that I am once again a pre-pubescent 10 year old boy. While I still have facial hair, almost all neck-down hair is gone. My strength is again boyish and I have a boy belly instead of muscle. I have given up on sex because I boyishly have no desire, no erection and even with my wife's diligent help, no climax, and Trimix gives me abundant pain with any erection, so no. Fatigue is a huge issue, with a few better hours in the morning and then fading hard after lunch. Apparently, radiation has left me with 8 months of daily diarrhea and ongoing fecal urgency (5-7 bowel movements daily) and occasional fecal incontinence. So what do I do? I fight. I work out 60-90 min. weekdays, adding weight training to cardio so as not to lose more muscle mass and to reduce fatigue. I try to give my wife more affectionate touch that she enjoys, without its becoming sexual. I take extra fiber and a probiotic in an attempt to regulate my digestive system, and I'm having another exploratory colonoscopy this week in the hopes that the current condition can be improved. And I hope that if I am able to take an ADT holiday this summer after 18 months total of treatment, my body will begin recovering to a more normal state. All is not lost, and occasionally I have a better day like today in which I feel somewhat less tired and sore. May your success continue!

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@jime51 sorry to hear about your side effects. Mine were not as severe although I do have many of the symptoms you mentioned. Never went the route of trying to recover my ability to have intercourse as the nerve was cut during surgery. Was angry for some time but have gotten over that. Perhaps you are trying a bit too hard to regain strength and muscle leading to exhaustion. I’ve learned that this is the new normal. I’m never going to become the younger me again but that’s ok. I’m still here. Not in pain. Enjoying life and going for the gusto when it presents. This is our lot. Depression comes and goes but always remember people count on you to be in their lives. So don’t get discouraged