Frank Talk Admin wrote:Guys,
I don't very often step in, but implants are not at all a treatment for hard flaccid. HF is caused by tight, inflamed, and spasmed pelvic floor muscles. The treatment is a good physical therapist, plus learning coping skills for stress and holding your tension in your abs/pelvis. Get to a therapist to learn to manage stress. If needed, valium suppositories are helpful. Botox injections sometimes help. It is all about releasing the tight pelvic floor. Once that is cleared up, normal sexual function will return.
There is no easy fix. But the answer is definitely NOT surgery of any kind.
Please read the sticky post at the top of this forum on educational materials.
Paul
I replied on there but because that forum is so niche it barely gets any attention.
Im not necessarily criticizing the post, but I must ask does the poster have any of those conditions or have they just read about them?
Its quite frequent that absolutely none of the options mentioned work in the slightest. Valium suppositories might help a little but also Valium causes ED. Botox again can help but the action of the pelvic floor muscles makes erections harder. ' Just releasing the tight pelvic floor' is one of those things that is a bit throwaway, as If I were to say 'Its just about repairing the nerves after Prosectomy' 'Its just about getting over Diabetes' etc.
I have suffered from Pudendal Neuralgia CPPS and on and off HF for 3 years now- it is ( or can be) a hellish nightmare condition that ruins your life even without the fall out issues such as ED.
I have pain from the moment I wake up until the moment I sleep that is a mixture of throbbing tight stabbing and burning, and has made spontaneous erections impossible- the bulbospongiosis muscle is completely wrecked with hypertonicity and pain.
I can get ok erections about 70% of the time with high doses of pde5s, but injections are generally out of the question- partially due to being in THE UK ( No Trimix) and partially due to having such a difficult penis to inject as it goes rubbery and difficult.
The thought of an implant is often one of the things that keeps me going and I was a little dismayed to hear it refuted in cases such as mine. I understand there is at least one person who was cured with an implant- and someone else told me their pelvic pain lessened a lot due to there being less strain on the muscles.
I know its a personal thing anyway- but I tend to take a lot from the advice of the experts here as I age towards to point where I will inevitably need one, and would like to hear more from people. either with the condition or experts in the field.
Thanks.
