Tuesday, April 7, 2009

7 Secrets for Better Sex After Prostate Cancer

7 Secrets for Better Sex After Prostate Cancer

Sex after prostate cancer is just not the same as sex before prostate cancer. Let's say you've already undergone treatment, most likely one of the big three: prostatectomy, brachytherapy or radiation therapy, perhaps ADT, hormone deprivation. You've been through so much already. Now what?

Should you wait until next year to reinvent your sexuality? Absolutely not. Research shows that the sooner you begin to resume some kind of sexual activity, the more erectile function you're likely to preserve. After checking with your doctor to determine which activities are currently safe, Victoria Hallerman, author of How We Survived Prostate Cancer: What We Did and What We Should Have Done, suggests you keep a few things in mind. Learn more.