Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | You know I started a thread about this topic almost 3 years ago when I first came here and it's not been a frequent topic so maybe it only affects a few of us or maybe it's not that easy to talk about it but..... my wife and I have a pretty active sex life. I mean she was a Sky Slut at one point of her career but I digress. Anyway sex is a very normal part of our life and when I was just to "preoccupied" during the throws of Tx to either just not be interested or even worst couldn't it affected both of us. Probably me more than her because I guess it meant another part of my life had been taken from me by this cancer. I don't care how strong your sexual desires are, at some point your body has to reprioritize it's functions to deal with all the physical and mental challenges it's dealing with. I don't remember how long the Tx affected my desire or performance (probably 3 to 4 weeks) but I do know it was one of the first things to come back when I walked out of my tunnel.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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