My Listmania page on Amazon…Famous and interesting men with prostate cancer. 

I love history and particularly biographies that not only tell you about the  person but the times in which they lived. 

For instance: Timothy Leary’s life was crazy. Lennon wrote “Come Together” for his gubernatorial race in California against Ronald Regan. He did not complete the race because he was arrested for possession of marijuana. Amazing, and that’s just the tip of the Leary iceberg. 

Unfortunately, while researching this list, I came upon the following this am. 

From ‘Rebel Without a Case’ to ‘Easy Rider’, Dennis Hopper brought an edge to every role

David Hinckley 

Sunday, May 30th 2010, 4:00 AM 

Brinon/AP

Dennis Hopper died Saturday at the age of 74. He is best known for playing characters who didn’t trust the rules.

Columbia Pictures

Hopper wrote and produced the movie ‘Easy Rider’ in 1969.

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If you see the nerves better with the robot and “you spared them” why is it then that people still have erection issues? Why is that to date there is no better success rate shown by the robot vs traditional open prostatectomy? The following is quite good.

Look at the next video…does it appear that they actually see “the nerves” or they where they would be? Can you see a “nerve.” If they think they see the nerves, then do they see the “subvisual” branches that then go to the prostate? I think not. And that is why there is so much variance in how people do after a “nerve sparing ” prostatectomy. There is still a lot we don’t understand and I am bit disappointed in surgeons that announce to their patients,” I spared your nerves.” I think it would be fairer to say, ” I feel very good…

Okay…one more time. 

• sex drive is called libido and is dependent on testosterone
• testosterone is not affected by removing the prostate
• testosterone is produced by the testicles and gets into the body through the blood stream independent of the prostate
• potency is the ability to get an erection
• an erection after prostatectomy is a function of sparing the nerves
• a prostatectomy does not affect the testicles or the level of the males hormones or testosterone
• it is possible to have a very high libido and not have the ability of having an erection (which can happen after any treatment of prostate cancer)
• fertility is the ability to have children which is unrelated to potency or libido…but will go away with a prostatectomy but may not with radiation of the prostate

So…In answer to the search question…Sex drive or libido which is hormonally driven… will…