prostatediaries
Baseline sexual function
Whatever the level of your sexual function, it will take a negative hit after any of the treatment options. As a rule the better your function before treatment the better it will be after treatment and the better chance it will recover. Radiation affects it over time but not initially...but affects it just the same. Surgery affects it up front...but has the potential to recover with time. You need to know the difference.
Baseline sexual function
Whatever the level of your sexual function, it will take a negative hit after any of the treatment options. As a rule the better your function before treatment the better it will be after treatment and the better chance it will recover. Radiation affects it over time but not initially...but affects it just the same. Surgery affects it up front...but has the potential to recover with time. You need to know the difference.