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

I’m 80 and still have the desire. RP3 months ago and hoping to recover! Planning to use tri mix when my Incontanance stops!

I pity you who still think with your prick. If not for your treatment perhaps you would be facing a horrible and painful death. I lost my mojo at 59. But I can look back on all the crazy sex my wife and I enjoyed and rest on my laurels. Yes it would be nice to connect sexually but you can still love and caress and you aren’t dead.

@rooroo
I'm sorry to learn of your stage 4 recurrence nine years into your PCa journey and appreciate the details shared in your bio for context.

What treatments have you chosen for the recurrence? Best wishes for a successful outcome!
Bill

@dailyeffort

I’m on adt. Monthly check. So far so good. I am just happy that living in a rural area I found a great doctor. Was gobsmacked when pet scan showed metastatic tumors. I push forward. Feel fine except for low testosterone. I’m still a man. And I still do all my chores to keep the home running and am so lucky to have a woman who loves me. Have told no one except my wife and best friend. Why worry my kids or have others look at me differently. Until my condition becomes visible it’s mine to carry. Never feel sorry for yourself. Look at all you have experienced and been given. I have lived a good life. With good docs it will continue. Thanks.

@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!

@rooroo Amen to that brother.

@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

@rooroo I'm so sorry for the irreparable nerve damage. I'm hoping the endoscopy/colonoscopy Friday will provide my doctor some answers to move forward. I'm pushing exercise pretty hard, perhaps too much so. When I split my home routine into A/B days, my energy dropped quite a bit. I have quite a bit of pain due to my only being able to use Tylenol while on the blood thinner, Eliquis. Yes, still alive and testing well. Six more months planned for ADT. Thank you for the encouragement.

This is so individualized that I don't think anyone can predict your outcome. I had them shortly after RP but after 2 years post RP I had BCR followed by radiation and 1 year post radiation I no longer have them. Suspect radiation killed the nerves along with the cancer. I can gratefully live with that for hopefully many years. Started at Gl-9 Grade5 and undetectable for 6 months post radiation.