2 years since prostate removed
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Hi is it normal to feel crap mentally after this long
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Posted , 13 users are following.
Hi is it normal to feel crap mentally after this long
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richard98806 jason_92207
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I would think feeling like crap occasionally would be normal. However, there may be medical underlying causes that should be discussed and checked out by your primary care physician.
Are you eating a good diet? Exercising regularly ?
As far as 'depression ' as a survivor of cancer I believe it is very common.
We all go through spells or moments when we feel like crap. Oftentimes talking through it works, other times I feel better after exercising.
If it is a 'mood ' thing I believe most of us have been there.
jason_92207 richard98806
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Thanks for your msg I'm 46 work full time in the building industry and still having trouble with the thought of not being able to proform as a husband to my wife,it's not that nothing is happening it's just different, feel like I'm a falure.
MK51151 jason_92207
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i was having same feeling second half of last year and my doc checked my T levels this a January and all came below the lower range.
Started Clomiphene in January and on April check up my Testosterone rose to 602. In January was 217. Few weeks after Clomiphene started, I started feeling better.
Worth to ask and check!
MK
leeniepie jason_92207
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barney34567 jason_92207
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Whatever is not as it should be can be best corrected by an endocrinologist.
Oh, and find a GOOD one. A crappy one will just waste your time (at best) and misdiagnose you,
as happened to me (at worst) before I found a good one.
Best wishes.
barrie62598 jason_92207
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We are told we have to assume we still have PCa cells waiting to declare themselves and while my PSAs are only 0.01 and 0.02 PSAs never got to anywhere near PCa suspect level before my diagnosis. My testosterone is below normal levels but urology will not treat this for fear of promoting Cancer’s return. Though I fill only 1 or 2 pads a day it’s always uncomfortable with many toilet visits. You don’t know when your pad will overflow when you sit on someone’s lounge or car seat.
My post-MRI biopsy targeted my two 3+4 PCa areas which bled profusely. They say this doesn’t spread the cancer because the survival rate from pancreatic biopsies is the same as for those that don’t. have them????? Hardly reassuring.
I guess feeling crappy is a byproduct of treating prostrates.
Barrie
rick75354 jason_92207
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It's been almost exactly 2 years since I had my RP. I had some complications right from the start with my urethra tube closing off, resulting in a further 2 surgeries. I still wear the lightest pad, but It is usually not even wet when I change it, so that I can live with, but it's the ED that I'm struggling with. I was told that both nerve bundles were saved, but so far I have had no luck. I've tried both Viagra and Cialis with no luck. Sometimes I feel like something is trying to happen, and I do get a little bigger, but nowhere near enough to do anything with.
I'll give it a little longer before I resort to trying injections. I'm probably more depressed now than I was at the beginning because I was really hoping to have at least something going on by now.
MK51151 rick75354
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the sooner you strait injections it is better. Don’t waste your time.
I started injections at 5 1/2 months post op. TRIMIX was too painful, BIMIX did not produce erections sufficient for penetration.
i decided on implant and was implanted 4 days ago 9/5/18.
So far recovery is not bad as I expected.
Good luck with injections.
MK
barney34567 rick75354
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Do you take Cialis 5mg daily? Even on days you don't have sex. I was told that is better than taking any ED drug just before you want sex.
rick75354 barney34567
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I tried the 5mg for a month with no success, also, my drug plan would not cover the 5mg tablets, but they do cover the 20mg, both Cialis and Viagra.
Every couple of weeks I'll take a Viagra for 2 or 3 days in a row and although I still have not had an erection, it does get a little bigger. I've got a good supply of pills so I might as well use them.
MK51151 rick75354
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do not waste your time on something that won’t work. If it would be for recovery and if erectile nerves recovered enough to react with PDE5i, it was already time to produce erection. As you report, it did not happen.
If you live in USA and you are covered by insurance either employer sponsored or your private, you should be able to be approved for an implant. Implant after RPis meant as a tool to restore sexual function and is covered by most insurance plans.
MK
MrBoneMan jason_92207
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barney34567 jason_92207
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john66968 jason_92207
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Hi, i had mine removed 3 years ago, had plenty of ups and downs since then. Exercise defiantly helps, its a b***h to get going after years of being a couch potato but worth a try.
As for ED, im on Viagra as and when i need it but i have also stumbled across CBD oil, it defiantly helps down below without a doubt, two drops a day or 1 capsule, it just seams to give it that little bit of extra life. if anyone else has any success with it , let us all know . Some people also say it helps with moods, so again worth a try. (CBD oil is an extract from the cannabis plant without the stuf in it that makes you high, it is also legal to buy in the UK)