Intimacy With Impotence: The Couple's Guide to Better Sex After Prostate Disease [Paperback]

Ralph Alterowitz (Author), Barbara Alterowitz (Author)

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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Da Capo Press; 1 edition (May 7 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0738207896
ISBN-13: 978-0738207896
Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 16.7 x 1.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 399 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #248,834 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #5 in Books > Health, Mind & Body > Aging > Impotence
- #18 in Books > Health, Mind & Body > Psychology & Counseling > Sexuality > Disorders
- #20 in Books > Health, Mind & Body > Aging > Cancer > Prostate Disease

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"[This book is] outstanding, well-written, and should be read by all men and women."

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Erectile dysfunction is a frequent consequence of prostate cancer and other prostate disease treatments. Though unwelcome and embarrassing, it doesn't have to end a couple's sex life. Both informative and practical, Intimacy with Impotence gives couples cause for hope. It discusses impotence in lay terms, provides information on the commercial therapies and medications both available and being researched now, and gives practical advice about lovemaking-from getting in the mood to commonsense suggestions to erection-less satisfaction. Written with complete honesty and compassion by a prostate cancer survivor and his wife, this is the essential resource for couples trying to reestablish intimacy and sex in the face of impotence.

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Amazon.com: 4.6 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews)

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Intimacy with Impotence, Aug 26 2004

By J. Rifkind - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Intimacy With Impotence: The Couple's Guide to Better Sex After Prostate Disease (Paperback)

With the more frequent and earlier detection and treatment of prostate cancer in men, the diminished sexual capacity that accompanies treatment for the disease is affecting an increasing number of people.

The basic point of this book is: A couple's love-life does not have to end with impotence or reduced sexual capacity. If a couple is determined to have a satisfying sex life in spite of physcial limitations, this book will show them how.

"Intimacy with Impotence" is written by a couple for couples. With a minimum of preaching it deals with the physical, emotional, and psychological challenges accompanying impotence and gives practical advice on overcoming them. As a survivor of prostate cancer disease myself, I can highly recommend this book.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Read this book as a couple before prostate cancer surgery!, Oct 4 2004

By One Who Knows - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Intimacy With Impotence: The Couple's Guide to Better Sex After Prostate Disease (Paperback)

My husband is a physician and I am a marriage and family therapist. This book covers, in a reader friendly manner, the proverbial psycho social medical waterfront concerning erectile dysfunction. The most important message is that about penile rehabilitation, ( to be done with doctor's approval ) to be practiced quite soon after recovery from surgery. Published in 2004, it has all the up to date information on both drug and other therapies. In our opinion, this book should be in the hands of every person considering prostate cancer surgery, so that they will be informed about what they need to do after follow up.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Must reading, Oct 4 2004

By Stephen Corman - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Intimacy With Impotence: The Couple's Guide to Better Sex After Prostate Disease (Paperback)

This book not only covers all of the mechancial and pharmaceutical approaches to Erectile Dysfunction, but more importantly dwells on the social and psychological needs of the couple. Initimacy CAN be achieved with impotence, but NOT without love and understanding. This is well covered in the first half of the book.

This book is a "must read" not only for Prostate Cancer patients, but also to those suffering sexual dysfunction from many other causes whether they be physcial or psychological.

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