Hello there again. It was such a huge part of my post surgical recovery and additional adverse symptom associated with my “RALP,” and I forgot to previously mention it!
When I was totally off of “TRT” I had absolutely “ZERO” LIBIDO at all. I had been off “TRT” about 3+ weeks prior to my surgery. Normally, only being off of “TRT” for that long wouldn’t have any effect on my Libido.
Given that I had taken my last regular “T” injection on 10/3/22, that would have been within my normal every 2 week injection schedule to take another injection on 10/17/22, which I did not. So realistically, I was only about 1 week short of my normal “TRT” regiment when I had my surgery in 10/25/22. My wife and I enjoyed 2 wonderful nights of romance and sex the 2 nights prior to my surgery. My Libido was strong along with my sex drive and keen desire for my wife.
The day following my surgery, any and all Libido immediately disappeared and would remain that way for the next 5+ months. I didn’t have one scintilla of desire for sex or anything like it.
When I resumed my “TRT” in the last week of March, 2022, my Libido and sex drive returned immediately.
Of course, a great deal of my Libido loss can be directly the result of my surgery and it was. However, as the months rolled on I was still experiencing ZERO” Libido and sex drive until I resumed my “TRT!”
Now the immediate problem was my level of Incontinence and ED. The Incontinence cleared up almost back to normal 5 months following my surgery. However, my ED is still a concern after 11 months following my surgery. My Libido and desire are back but my Penis can only achieve about 60% of a normal erection and that isn’t strong enough for an erection to have penetration. So, as I had discussed in my prior article, I’ve gone to TRIMIX injections and those has solved the inadequate erection problems. However, I mainly wanted to discuss the loss of Libido as it is directly related to LUPRON THERAPY. I don’t know how much the radiation treatments cause because I’ve never had them. However, speaking for myself, I could never take LUPRON and loose all my physical and mental strength along with my Libido. It would just be too much. Hence, I chose the surgery. Importantly, if my cancer ever returns, I do have the radiation option available where you do not have it if you selected radiation first as your primary treatment protocol to eradicate your prostate Cancer. Just wanting to be as transparent and as informative as I can be.
Best wishes to all of you,
GODSPEED