common search on google that gets to prostate diaries…”sex drive after prostatectomy.”

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…