Lost Sheep wrote:There is no hard limit on the number of revisions (or partial revisions, to complicate matters) a man can have. It is HIGHLY dependent on specific details of his condition. The causes of the need for revision bear on this, also.
Your Doctor's advice to wait is sound. If you have a working penis (however marginal) destroying that erectile capacity for a mechanical device is short-sighted and foolish.
SHEEP I think this guy makes good points on the implant thoughts?
Look at it this way;
An implant is non-reversible and will render you unable to get an erection without it. An implant does not cure E.D. It guarantees 100% impotence until you inflate.
If you could run a 6 minute mile on your own feet, would you opt for prosthetic feet that enabled a 4 minute mile, but if (when) they failed, would leave you in a wheelchair until you have another surgery?
Implant is not a cure. It is a treatment. A very good one, but not a cure. A natural erection if far superior in many ways, so if a treatment that is less invasive, destructive and flawed than an implant will work for you, take it. Most treatments do not leave you permanently changed as an implant does. But if NOTHING is available, then do consider an implant
We often hear that an implant is the last resort for erectile dysfunction. My agreement with that is dependent on what is meant by the term “last resort.” If by last resort, we mean that after an implant, other options such as injections and oral meds are closed to a man suffering from erectile dysfunction, then I would agree. However, if we mean that you should not consider an implant until you have tried every other option and not until every other option fails to give any relief, I would totally disagree.
Since this is, after all, a Peyronies Disease forum, it should be noted that an implant by a good high volume surgeon can completely solve erectile dysfunction and Peyronies Disease deformity with one outpatient surgery taking less than an hour. When Peyronies Disease exists with erectile dysfunction as it often does, there are few other real options since no other treatment addresses both issues at once.
Even for erectile dysfunction alone, implants are sometimes a better option even if other options give an erection. Often men are not willing to take the risk of injections (development of scar tissue), or they find the monthly costs, lack of spontaneity, opposition to self-injection, transporting and storing drugs when traveling, unacceptable. Penile implants are a real option, NOT just a last option for these men. The same is true for men that get inconsistent results, negative side effects, and find the cost unacceptable for Viagra and other oral drugs.
My current assessment is that I wasted years and thousands of dollars with VEDs, pills, traction, injections, over-the-counter supplements, “cock rings,” and more. In my case, I can clearly attribute my struggle with Peyronies Disease to penile injections. All of this could have been spared by an implant 15 years ago, and it could have ended the hassle, the cost and restored spontaneous youthful sex over a decade earlier. Waiting for this “last resort” cost me untold hours dedicated to traction and VED use. Even though I have been pretty successful in working with a loving wife to maintain intimacy, I feel it could have been far better. Maybe worst of all, it cost me penis size because each setback with Peyronies Disease and every year with erectile dysfunction cost me. Fortunately, I started far above average, so I will end up at least average, but it is a cost I don't take lightly.
Just a few reasons I would pick an implant even if other methods gave me a usable erection
1. The only Erectile Dysfunction solution that gives spontaneous sex
2. No ongoing cost and prescription hassles of oral and injectable medications
3. No issues transporting devices or medication when traveling (refrigeration needed for most injectables)
4. No side-effects of medications (low blood pressure, stuffy nose, vision issues, backache) or devices (trauma to the penis, limited time erect, cold glans)
5. provides a larger flaccid hang
6. Straightens all deformity and prevents future size loss
Don’t just buy the line that an implant is the last resort. It discounts serious answers to serious questions that many men should be asking.
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In my case yeah maybe i'll get better but this is the 4th or 5th time I have injured the same spot of my dick. IT IS TOTALLY MY FAULT If I go through a breakup or fall into a depression it triggers this weird porn obsession and I end up jerking off on stimulants (which make erections poor) for hours sometimes days at a time and the plaque is about midshaft right where I'd been rubbing my soft dick.
