THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO AN UPDATE REMINDER IN 2014 SO THERE IS NO UPDATE.

I am not sure where to begin here, but I will start from the beginning. I am a 44 year old man (wow that makes me seem like an adult) who has prostate cancer in my family history. My dad is 2+ years into recovery from it (he had radiation therapy) and doing just awesome! I was diagnosed with it in the very early stage T1a in March of this year (2013) and elected to have the surgery.

I am about a week and a half away from my surgery and I am doing all I can to not freak out. I am maintianing a strong face in front of my wife and family but inside all I can think about are the complications. Will I have a decent erection again? Will I be able to deal with the catheter? Will I return to work and piss myself? Will my wife leave me because of my "lack" of performance? Yeah, really logical and rational thoughts I know but it is what is rattling around this thick skull of mine.

I have spoken to a old friend who had just gone through the same surgery about a year or so ago - he reassured me that all will be fine. But as a man, certain things still cause me to fret. Ya know? It seems that many aspects of our self-esteem and self-worth comes from our ability to "perform" - whether it is being able to provide for our families to feeling like a "man" in closer confines. That is where I am currently, I will update after my surgery to let you know how this goes...

Marc's e-mail address is: fcpavidmarc AT gmail.com (replace "AT" with "@")

NOTE: Marc has not updated his story for more than 15 months, so you may not receive any response from him.