Good news, bad news

The good news is that my third round of intermittent HT is working as expected. Just had a second 4 month shot of Eligard and my PSA had dropped from 10 pre-HT to 0.28. Hopefully it will drop to undetectable next time. I had worried that this round might be strike three with resistance setting in.

The bad news is that the HT is working as expected. Hot flashes are just a minor annoyance but fatigue and mental cognition are worse this time. I even forgot my appointment and had the doc waiting on me for a change. Libido loss is expected but it has been absolutely crushed this time and orgasms have become elusive along with a further retreat by willy and the boys. My partner is very understanding and experiencing some libido loss herself, but clearly my diminished member isn't providing much of a thrill. We help things along with toys, oral and my "magic fingers". We enjoy lots of kissing and touching and fall asleep in each other's arms most nights, unless one or both of us gets too hot. Still, my first instinct when crawling into bed with my nearly naked honey should not be to turn on The Daily Show... and then nod off before its over.

On the good news side again, I can still work the 16 hour days required in the busy farm seasons, blast off on a 800 pound motorcycle and enjoy our leisure time. Most people would never guess I have incurable cancer and some days I can forget it too.

All the best,

Thanks Startech, looks like you are doing well with a tough G9 diagnoses. I hope that continues.

There is truly no better therapy than a twisty road on a rumbling V-twin or a howling triple or whatever your two wheel prescription calls for. I can't believe I went nearly 30 years without one, but work, kids and all the demands of adult life made it easy to dismiss as a luxury I didn't have the time or money for. I guess I am more selfish these days.

As for my partner, you are right on. Starting a new relationship at age 55, on HT, with all the physical, emotional and sexual baggage that entails, was not a mission you would expect to end well. But we have been very good for each other and I am thankful every day to have her in my life.

All the best,

Biker56 said...
There is truly no better therapy than a twisty road on a rumbling V-twin or a howling triple or whatever your two wheel prescription calls for. I can't believe I went nearly 30 years without one, but work, kids and all the demands of adult life made it easy to dismiss as a luxury I didn't have the time or money for. I guess I am more selfish these days.

Amen to that! There are no motorcycles in front of psychiatrist's offices.

Our cycle therapy is a Honda Gold Wing touring bike, and swinging it through twisties is quite restorative! WE usually put about 10,000 miles a year on it. Sadly, Michigan doesn't have many such roads (any?), and my ongoing HT has rather squashed my desire to do anything at all. I know the side effects are becoming troublesome when my wife nearly has to twist my arm to go for a ride. That's not normal for me, at all!