the chances of you getting your sex life back are extremely high

Would you rather be dead or would you rather be impotent? That is the question that some men actually have to face and in a number of cases have chosen to die rather than to lose the ability to get an erection!

According to Dr Peter Lim from Singapore one of his patients, a recently married man was diagnosed with cancer of the prostate but when he was told that the surgery to cure him could lead to impotence he refused to go ahead and have treatment. The man said that he wanted to continue having sex with his young wife and have children and as a result he died six months later. Doctor Lim said that in Singapore many men were in denial about their prostate problems and it was often only after the wives got involved that the men came forward for treatment.

A lot of men suffer from erectile dysfunction after being treated for prostate cancer and the rates depend on the quality of the surgery and whether the surgeon is skilled enough to avoid the surrounding nerves which are required for good erectile function. However it is important to know that just because you have prostate cancer does not mean that your sex life has come to an end. If you can get treatment early and your surgeon knows what they are doing the chances of you getting your sex life back are extremely high.

In fact, some research has shown that men who make an extra effort to regain erectile function as soon as possible following prostate cancer surgery and treatment by using one of the three erectile dysfunction medications Viagra, Cialis or Levitra are likely to be able to have sex just as effectively if not even better than before the illness.

A decision not to have surgery if you have cancer of the prostate because of concerns about your future erectile function would always be a mistaken one.  Regular prostate checkups as you get older are always a good idea!