Eight Year Report

This is my annual post.

Eight years after my radical prostatectomy, my PSA levels continue to be undetectable.

I am still 99+% continent. On the other hand, I believe I am impotent, although my wife divorced me as soon as I was diagnosed and no woman has offered me sex since 2008, so who knows? [The flip side of this is that I have published four books since then - a mixed bag of fiction, poetry, philosophy, and mathematics. You have time for stuff like that after sex sails out of your life.]

My particulars for those who are interested:

Age at diagnosis/surgery = 56
I traveled to M. D. Anderson in Houston, Texas for my surgery.
Last pre-op PSA reading: 5.8
No positive margins or extra capsular extension; no seminal vesicle or lymph node involvement.

My best wishes to all.

Zen9

Zen9,

You do not need a partner to try out your ability to get and sustain an erection. If you need an assist, there are oral meds, injectables, insertables, and a pump.

On the other hand, I am envious of your literary output. In Annie Hall, Woody Allen quotes Balzac (probably apocryphally), "there goes another novel!" Maybe I should try abstinence for a while.

- Allen

Thanks for the update. Interesting we are the same age and both of us are 8 years post surgery.

"no woman has offered me sex"

what about your hand haha?

ed

congrats on the good news, very impressive! hope you get a love life going to compliment all your successes!

Congratulations, Zen! May I suggest you attend activities where ladies attend? Anything from Church to bowling. You might be surprised. Maybe even try the Internet? Just don't rush the sex talk.