Remember how good it felt? Do you remember how great it felt to make love with your partner? Remember the feeling of your bodies close together, the pleasure it gave to both of you, and the lovely warmth of lying together afterwards? Do you recall how the simple act of making love seemed to bring …
Have you been looking after yourself? Before you read … This article was written in the thick of the Coronavirus epidemic, but many aspects remain valid years down the track. We’ve all been impacted by the COVID pandemic. In the case of Prostate Cancer Support Groups, many of us haven’t been able to meet face-to-face. …
Are you still leaking after prostate cancer treatment? For many men, the incontinence issue has been resolved 12 months or so after treatment. For others, “leaky plumbing” can be an ongoing battle – often not spoken about except within the confines of a Support Group setting. Over the years of giving presentations about the NAVIGATE …
How’s your plumbing? When Fiona and I travel around giving talks about prostate cancer and men’s health, we often meet men who are dealing with incontinence. They tend to be men who have already had treatment for prostate cancer – sometimes quite some time ago. Clearly, ongoing “plumbing problems” are an issue out there in …
Can your nerves be spared? As you can see from the wonderful diagram below, the prostate gland is in a very inconvenient position when it comes to removal. Getting that gland out without utterly destroying those precious nerve bundles is a seriously tricky task. Nerve sparing refers to the technique designed to protect …
Did these guys get support? What do I have in common with Ben Stiller, Sam Newman and Wayne Swan? We have all had prostate cancer. And I’m the best looking, right? I wonder whether Ben, Sam and Wayne knew about Prostate Cancer Support Groups. For more than ten years, I have been the Convenor for …
Could menopause be the problem? If you’ve had treatment for prostate cancer, you probably know it can be hard to get hard (or stay hard). Assuming that you want to have sex, what do you do if your partner isn’t interested? If your partner is female, perhaps her reluctance has something to do with menopause …
How do partners experience sex & intimacy after prostate cancer? Following surgical removal of the prostate gland, men and their partners experience a “new normal”. Firstly, they need to deal with urinary incontinence, which can last from a short period of time to a considerably longer period of time (how long is a piece of …
What is the patient experience? It’s great to notice improvements in healthcare and medicine – new techniques, new equipment, new medications, in particular for prostate cancer. It’s especially wonderful to see changes that focus on the patient and the “patient experience”. Talk about “your healthcare team” has been around for quite a while. Unfortunately, often …
What about my sex life? This is the most frequently asked question and the thought uppermost in many men’s minds when they are first diagnosed with prostate cancer. There is no straightforward answer, because it depends on the stage of the cancer and the treatment that the man undergoes. It also depends on your definition …
