TY  - BOOK
AU  - McDowell, M. J.
TI  - M. J. McDowell's Sex, prostate cancer & me: a wife's chronicle of her husband's prostate cancer, diagnosis, radical prostatectomy & sexual recovery / 
SN  - 9781466221703 (paperback)
PY  - 2011///
CY  - North Charleston, SC : 
PB  - Createspace
KW  - Prostate
KW  - Biography
KW  - Cancer
KW  - Patients
KW  - United States
KW  - Treatment
N2  - Every year in the U.S. approximately 220,000 mend receive a diagnosis of prostate cancer. Deciding which course of therapy will provide the best outcome is a daunting task. Long-term survival and quality-of-life issues must be considered. Sex, prostrate cancer & me takes the reader on a journey with the author and her husband as they negotiate the process, from diagnosis, to over-coming the effects of a radical prostatectomy on their sex life. Ms. Mc Dowell offers hope, as well as suggestions for couples concerned about intimacy after surgery. Hers is a forthright and personal narrative. She encourages couples to be proactive and resourceful to achieve the best outcome. This is an affirmative story of love, commitment, and triumph over challenges.
ER  -