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Sex after prostate cancer: personal conversations
Will sex feel different? What do you say to a partner? Dick and Steve are willing to ask the awkward questions out loud. Episode 4 is the main conversation about Dick's sex life after surgery: he describes orgasm without ejaculation, seeing a sex therapist and becoming more attentive to his partner. It also raises fertility questions. Episode 2 captures his earlier fear about erections, while the edited Episode 6 transcript brings in Marzena's perspective as Richard's partner. Episode 3 provides the recovery background. These are personal accounts, not predictions about how your body or relationship will change. For questions about sexual function, fertility or support, speak with your own care team.
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What Dick discussed with a sex therapist
Dick remembers talking about expectations and other approaches to intimacy, including accepting that things might not work as he hoped. Read his account of that conversation.
He also describes his own experience of orgasm without ejaculation. Read the passage in Dick's own words. It does not establish what another person will experience.
A partner's voice in the conversation
Marzena offers her personal perspective on intimacy and being involved as a partner. Read the edited exchange about asking and listening.
If the relationship conversation is your starting point, explore the pages for partners and family.
Read Richard and Marzena's perspectives on partner conversations.
A short clip: saying the worry out loud
Steve, a veterinary surgeon, asks Dick about his worries around sex after surgery. From Episode 4.
This is an extract from a personal conversation, not advice about your own health.
