The journey towards recovery from prostate cancer, treatment and its aftermath
3 December 2020: Being open to outcomes allows people to address directions and issues that can't be nailed down with firm definitions. Reflecting on the year that's ending, I see [...]
By Martin Wells After my radical prostatectomy didn’t catch all the cancer, I was prescribed 25 sessions of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and two and a half years [...]
by Steve Jones When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in October, 2020 I was scared, apprehensive and anxious. I didn’t really listen all that intently to the numbers. [...]
25 November 2020: It's so good to get help with unavoidable sexual changes after prostate cancer. My wife and I love each other as much as ever, but the way [...]
By Martin Wells "No sex after ADT" - the biggest fear of many men with prostate cancer. Here's how my sexuality adapted to Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT). Along the [...]
By Pierre Röscher The single most inspiring moment of my life as a physiotherapist happened in 2015. I was there when world renowned Australian prostate cancer specialist physiotherapist Dr. [...]
17 November 2020: Practical ways of combining penile rehabilitation with sexual play are finally dawning. What were a disparate set of decidedly unsexy rehab exercises can actually be integrated into [...]
13 November 2020: Here's how real time ultrasound biofeedback is helping me fine tune my urine control and penile rehab programme after prostate cancer surgery. It's hard to keep on [...]
11 October 2020: I've spent the last month as chief nurse and assistant physiotherapist to my wife after her knee replacement operation. She's been given a crystal clear recovery roadmap [...]
1 September 2020: Recovering from prostate cancer is nudging me towards greater gender fluidity and my marriage toward more open-ended sexual experimentation. Today is the first day of spring. But [...]
27 August 2020: Celebrating the benefits of pelvic floor physiotherapy with the wonderful Hester van Aswegen. Her specialist training and simple direct manner are helping me go beyond the basic [...]
3 August 2020: I still can't get erections, but today I feel much more satisfied and less frightened. My wife and I are learning to navigate erectionless sexual connection. It's [...]
Here is a remarkable prostate cancer survivor story documented live, as it happened, on video - with loving care and clarity. "It's an inner journey, deep in my core [...]
24 July 2020: This is about, and goes beyond, my body changes after prostatectomy. I am healed on the outside. I can do everything I used to do out in [...]
By Jeannie and Pratap Mehta Looking back after ten years on how prostate cancer affected our marriage, the big picture emerges. We have been together nearly 60 years, and [...]
By Jeannie and Pratap Mehta Sex over 80 (for him) and approaching 80 (for her) "keeps us both young in many senses." A loving couple, together for nearly sixty [...]
Guest story: Practical senior sex after radical prostatectomy By Pratap and Jeannie Mehta Here is some of the "nitty gritty" detail of practical senior sex: how we have maintained and [...]
23 July 2020: Pelvic floor physiotherapy was the missing piece in my recovery puzzle after prostate cancer surgery. Because of systemic weaknesses in post-operative care, I got minimal practical guidance [...]
By Pramod Daya I like measuring things. Especially the reports on my health – cholesterol levels, blood sugar levels, blood pressure, weight. And graphing them, to get a sense [...]
By Pramod Daya Adult incontinence is an unpleasant and often undiscussable side effect of prostate cancer treatment. It's a frequent consequence of prostate cancer treatment and affects about 40% [...]
