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The reason that there is nothing definitive on this site about recovery rates from ED is that there is no good data available. The subject is covered in the area dealing with surgery at SURGERY - I assume you read that?
It is clear from thousands of posts that every man who has conventional treatment for PCa will have some degree of ED. Just how much depends on an enormous number of variables, not the least being a definition of ED.
What is also clear is that studies carried out by the medical profession tend to understate the degree of ED and that studies involving men who have had treatment show higher numbers affected.
Re: erectile dysfunction any body tried lozenges, nasel spray, injections
Grant,
I am 47 and 8 weeeks out from my surgery. I tried the pump and it is a pain but atleast it makes me look big again even if it is only for two minutes. My brother had prostate cancer at 42 and needed radiation he could not achieve an erection for two years but after that he says that he has sex two or three times a week. He can achieve an 80% erection own his oun and 95% with Viagera. I used the pump the other day and tried to have sex and heard the words that all men want to hear"are you in me". My friends have offered to step in for me,what great friends!! Keep your spirites up things will get hard again!!
