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Colin's Story

Ethnicity
White British
Age
60-69
Work
Office
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Geography
East Anglia
Relationship status
In a relationship
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Radical Prostatectomy (Surgery)

Tips and advice for any bladder or bowel side effects of treatment

Do pelvic floor exercises on the hour every day for the first few months post op

Tips and advice for any sexual side effects of treatment

Speak to your nurse team about any issues- they can help with ED advice, and they’ve seen it all before so be honest!

Tips and advice for any mental and emotional side effects of treatment

Talking about your symptoms and feelings- you will help others by sharing your experiences and yourself too

How this treatment impacted my life the most

The time off work and not being able to exercise. However, each day I could do a little more and made progress

About six weeks after the operation I had sepsis and was in hospital onto occasions. Both times are made a full recovery. I would say the biggest impact has been on my willingness to talk to anyone who will listen about my experience

If I had to do it all over again, would I choose the same treatment?

Yes

Why did I give this answer?

my biopsy suggested the cancer was one side only but turned out to be on both. Literally not sitting on my Prostate was the right thing to do. At the same time my two brothers had their Prostates removed, and their’s were close to breaking through the membrane

I was told I had all options open to me at the point of diagnosis. However, I didn’t want to be literally sitting on a potential medical time bomb and indeed when the prostate was removed to find out a score is seven confirmed my decision to control what I could.

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