Dave48003
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 3:31 pm
Hello everyone. I'm Dave and I live in Almont, Michigan. I joined in November of 2010 but never really got on until March 2011. And I must say, I waited too long. What a great bunch!
I will be 60 in August. I've had erection issues all my life. Even as a teen, I was able to get a pretty good erection, but when I tried to do something with it the firmness would fade fast. About a year after Viagra hit the market, I talked my doctor into letting me try it. Initially, that was wonderful! For the first time ever, I could put it in and not feel it start to fade in minutes (or seconds). Unfortunately, this didn't work all that well for very long. So, I tried Levitra and Cialis also, about the same results.
So, I bought a VED. Now, that worked pretty well. I got a nice, fat erection. And the fat part seems to be permanent. I've had a noticable increase in girth. The downside was loss of sensation as the lack of oxygen desensitized the nerves. And, ejaculation wasn't all that great. But, it was an improvement.
December 2005, I became diabetic. I've done real well controlling it, but it does take its toll on the nerve endings. So, the combination of circumcision (which robs you of a large percentage of the most sensitive nerve endings), diabetes, and blood pressure and depression medications made the ability to ejaculate a real challenge. Using the VED and the constriction band just made it worse. Several times I just gave up, exhausted and frustrated, no ejaculation. Time to try something else.
So, injections. Caverject initially worked pretty well. But, I was getting severe pain during intercourse and after. So, the urologist put me on tri-mix. Finally, a good erection without pain, well almost anyway. But, my success rate was only about 50%. Talking with the pharmacist at the compounding pharmacy, he worked with my urologist and i moved up to quad mix. Better, but still not a sure thing. So, another conference with the pharmacist and he instructed me how to properly inject, something my urologist had not. So, armed with a constriction band from my VED, I followed his instructions and now have near 100% success. Some pain now and then, but what an erection! I'm going places that no man has gone before, if you know what I mean. The wife loves it. However, pain after, total loss of spontanaity, etc., I decided to proceed with an implant. St. Paddy's Day, March 17, 2011 is the day. I will be implanted with an AMS 700 LGX. I'm excited.
I will be 60 in August. I've had erection issues all my life. Even as a teen, I was able to get a pretty good erection, but when I tried to do something with it the firmness would fade fast. About a year after Viagra hit the market, I talked my doctor into letting me try it. Initially, that was wonderful! For the first time ever, I could put it in and not feel it start to fade in minutes (or seconds). Unfortunately, this didn't work all that well for very long. So, I tried Levitra and Cialis also, about the same results.
So, I bought a VED. Now, that worked pretty well. I got a nice, fat erection. And the fat part seems to be permanent. I've had a noticable increase in girth. The downside was loss of sensation as the lack of oxygen desensitized the nerves. And, ejaculation wasn't all that great. But, it was an improvement.
December 2005, I became diabetic. I've done real well controlling it, but it does take its toll on the nerve endings. So, the combination of circumcision (which robs you of a large percentage of the most sensitive nerve endings), diabetes, and blood pressure and depression medications made the ability to ejaculate a real challenge. Using the VED and the constriction band just made it worse. Several times I just gave up, exhausted and frustrated, no ejaculation. Time to try something else.
So, injections. Caverject initially worked pretty well. But, I was getting severe pain during intercourse and after. So, the urologist put me on tri-mix. Finally, a good erection without pain, well almost anyway. But, my success rate was only about 50%. Talking with the pharmacist at the compounding pharmacy, he worked with my urologist and i moved up to quad mix. Better, but still not a sure thing. So, another conference with the pharmacist and he instructed me how to properly inject, something my urologist had not. So, armed with a constriction band from my VED, I followed his instructions and now have near 100% success. Some pain now and then, but what an erection! I'm going places that no man has gone before, if you know what I mean. The wife loves it. However, pain after, total loss of spontanaity, etc., I decided to proceed with an implant. St. Paddy's Day, March 17, 2011 is the day. I will be implanted with an AMS 700 LGX. I'm excited.