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Post by Rick Redner on Jul 31, 2013 13:16:41 GMT -5
I recently discovered this article. It's a few years old, but I wonder if it's still true. Many men felt life was worse after surgery. Life Better or Worse?Please participate in this poll and join the discussion in the thread above this one |
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Post by Larry Siegfried on Jul 31, 2013 13:50:02 GMT -5
I'm Alive.. I'm hoping my cancer continues to half itself.. but life is not better.. I never had a problem with leakage... or ED.... So Life while I have it.. is nice.. but what I'm missing out on.. was also nice.. very Nice..:-(
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Post by brian kawa on Jul 31, 2013 14:10:11 GMT -5
Basically it was difficult at first and then got better
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Post by michael on Aug 1, 2013 18:33:11 GMT -5
Still struggling with ED.
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Post by Rick Redner on Aug 5, 2013 23:21:26 GMT -5
Basically it was difficult at first and then got better What happened to allow for things to get better? Rick |
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Post by Johnny G on Aug 10, 2013 23:45:37 GMT -5
Life is good. Being alive sure beats being dead! Life is different though.
I had radical prostatectomy and not DaVinci robot surgery. I have no regrets having chosen the most aggressive and traumatic treatment option available. I was diagnosed at age 51 and made my decision based upon radical prostatectomy having the highest long term survival rate.
Knowing intellectually how tough the recovery period was going to be is very different than going through it. Surgery was 5 1/2 months ago and my energy level isn't quite back to where it once was. Slowly getting there but not there yet. I still have energy crashes, not as bad as they were in the first few months after surgery but still worrying. I always have some food with me as insurance so I can't get something into me quickly so I don't get too shaky (almonds in the car, I always have fruit and almonds in the office.) That is different than life before surgery.
Cancer makes you contemplate your own mortality. Yes, we are all going to die someday, but cancer makes you think about your expiration date much more concretely. On my first walk outside after I got home from hospital I remember hobbling past a weed in my neighbor's yard and I thought that weed had the most beautiful yellow flower I had ever seen. I hold that picture in my head. In a book I am reading, "My Name is Red" by Orhan Pamuk, the protagonist (who happens to be dead) says, "Our lives are a brief moment of illumination between two eternities of darkness." Having been through my prostate cancer I now understand what this means.
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Post by sauny on Jul 10, 2019 16:59:41 GMT -5
you have a good attitude and wish I had it
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Post by Rick Redner on Jul 10, 2019 19:09:22 GMT -5
you have a good attitude and wish I had it It takes time! There are things to grieve and unwanted life chito adjust to. Don't judge yourself harshly for feeling unhappy or sad. |
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