Does removing the prostate for prostate cancer or having a vasectomy make you less of a man?

  Well what makes you less of a man...For the most part it is the male hormone Testosterone. The circulating levels of testosterone do not change after vasectomy or prostatectomy. A vasectomy does not affect erections. A prostatectomy and radiation do potentially negatively affect erections...so in that sense it may very well make someone less …

Prostate cancer treatments, sexual dysfunction, incontinence, and ….oh yea will it cure me of the disease.

I 'm the one in the blue diapers- When it comes to prostate cancer treatment decisions the likelihood of cure is only one of the factors to take in consideration. ps...I made the diapers out of the corner of the envelope the card came in....clever huh?   Prostate Cancer Treatments Often Cause Side Effects 05 …

Are comments like these from Otis Brawley contributing to stories like this in regards to the late diagnosis of prostate cancer?

Otis Brawley: I have never had a PSA and do not desire one. I have had relatives with the disease. I just do not believe it saves that many lives. As chief medical and scientific officer of the American Cancer Society, Otis Webb Brawley — who is also a professor of oncology and epidemiology at …

Prostate cancer…carefull what you say….Twitter sayings and prostate cancer decision making!

quote dojo‏@quotedojo on Twitter While thou livest keep a good tongue in thy head. ~William Shakespeare If you have had prostate cancer and pleased with your treatment and your doctor that does not mean that your disease, your treatment or your doctor is right for a friend recently diagnosed. Your experience whether good or bad …

Prostate cancer patient saw Jimi Hendrix live in Atlanta in the seventh grade circa 1967

When my mother and father were divorced we lived in Smyrna, Georgia. The courts decided my mother was unfit and I was sentenced to live with the lesser of the two "unfits" in a house that had been converted into a dog kennel and then back into a business. My little brother's room and my …