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Chapter 6
His Prostate and Me
Re-establishing Potency
Since marriage was probably going to be in our future,
we agreed to have some in-depth conversations of a sexual
nature, too. Before our conversation, I decided to read about
the impotence problems related to the treatments for prostate
cancer. I learned first that most men who are diagnosed with
prostate cancer are middle-aged to older and are already
confronting changes in their vitality and are extremely
disturbed by their lowering hormone level and the subsequent
decline of their potency. In other words, among other age-
related problems, men may already be dealing with impotency
problems of varying degrees, none of which are related to
prostate cancer.
To illustrate this point, a 1994 New England Research
Institute study reported that over half of the American men
over forty had some measure of impotence, varying between
minimal, moderate and total. The physical causes aside from
those related to prostate cancer may include: alcohol, fatigue,
vascular problems, particular drugs, illnesses or injuries that
affect the spinal cord, endocrine system, pelvis, groin or those
that cause severe pain or great stress. In addition, many men
are facing retirement or are already retired and are adjusting
to their new state of life, which can also cause stress that may
affect a man's libido.
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