Hear Me, See Me Podcast with Elvin Box, Prostate Cancer Campaigner.

Two weeks ago I was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer.

A good friend of mine, Cheryl Witham, put me in touch with a fantastic man, Elvin Box. He is a Prostate Cancer Campaigner and a generous human being. He selflessly gave me lots of his time, reassuring me and educating me on what I am facing. I knew immediately that I had to do a podcast with him to share awareness of this much underestimated disease.

We have a full and frank discussion about my experience so far and I hope this helps other people in this situation.

This is information from Elvin :

All of those born with a prostate should get to a Gym, and focus on the following exercises to enhance their continence and potency. However, once treated for prostate cancer, the following exercises are a must: core muscles; pelvic floor muscles; cardio vascular. A good workout can be done at home if you wish, and this brilliant web site provides necessary instruction: https://www.floorandcore.com/

• My “No holds barred” article for the online Sex Shop, Jo Divine; which is probably the most explicit piece freely available in the public domain, about living beyond a prostatectomy, can be found here: https://www.jodivine.com/blogs/perspectives/winning-back-our-sex-life-after-prostate-cancer-a-personal-story-by-elvin-box

If the above is failing to help sufficiently, next steps to attain and maintain an erection are:

• Seek on NHS the Caverject injection https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/2918/smpc#gref
• Last resort is an operation to insert a penile prosthesis https://www.penileprosthesis.co.uk/what-is-a-penile-prosthesis/

Other relevant web sites:

• The ‘Hospital On Wheels’ mobile PSA Blood Testing Unit, The Errol McKellar Foundation: https://www.theerrolmckellarfoundation.com/
• The Movember True North Prostate Cancer programme:

https://uk.movember.com/story/movember-launches-online-support-for-prostate-cancer-survivors?utm_source=mo.com&utm_medium=programs+carousel&utm_campaign=position+4&utm_term=UK&utm_content=story+cause+prostate+cancer

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