Advice
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:00 pm
Request some advice and opinions.
I went to the urologist today for a blood flow procedure. He gave me an injection of Edex and I felt almost no erection. I laid on the doctor's table for 10 minutes until the doctor came back and checked the blood flow. He showed me a graph and said this shows a very poor result; your blood flow is low and it's not trapping the blood that does go into the penis. My history is about 10 years of declining performance until the last couple of years almost no morning erections and even the inability to masturbate without pills or injections. I've tried pills, vacuum, and injections with varying success - never steady - a lot of disappointments but some good times.
Anyway, he told me, look you tried everything: pills, vacuums, testosterone, and injections. You're at the end of the menu. I was annoyed he asked me what I wanted to do while I was laying on the table with my pants down! It seemed to me that besides no bedside manner, it was all about his motivation to perform another implant surgery.$$
Perhaps he is just a pragmatic doctor - I don't know.
Anyway, it wasn't the news I wanted to hear. I felt a little angry and disappointed. I told him: I'm not going to decide on the spot. He said okay and asked if I had any questions. I said I had two: Why the penis isn't working and is there any hope to rehabilitate it.
He said that even though my cardiologist says I don't have heart problems that ed is a precursor to heart disease that affects the smallest blood carriers first. Since I take BP medication he believes that explains the condition. As to the second part of the question, he said that there is nothing to restore the penis function. Its like a bad liver, its a progressive condition that wont improve.
Btw, this urologist is supposed to be "the best" in the country according to my sources here in Ft Lauderdale, FL.
I'd appreciate some feedback from anyone that thinks they can add some insights in this personal journey that I'm on.
I went to the urologist today for a blood flow procedure. He gave me an injection of Edex and I felt almost no erection. I laid on the doctor's table for 10 minutes until the doctor came back and checked the blood flow. He showed me a graph and said this shows a very poor result; your blood flow is low and it's not trapping the blood that does go into the penis. My history is about 10 years of declining performance until the last couple of years almost no morning erections and even the inability to masturbate without pills or injections. I've tried pills, vacuum, and injections with varying success - never steady - a lot of disappointments but some good times.
Anyway, he told me, look you tried everything: pills, vacuums, testosterone, and injections. You're at the end of the menu. I was annoyed he asked me what I wanted to do while I was laying on the table with my pants down! It seemed to me that besides no bedside manner, it was all about his motivation to perform another implant surgery.$$
Perhaps he is just a pragmatic doctor - I don't know.
Anyway, it wasn't the news I wanted to hear. I felt a little angry and disappointed. I told him: I'm not going to decide on the spot. He said okay and asked if I had any questions. I said I had two: Why the penis isn't working and is there any hope to rehabilitate it.
He said that even though my cardiologist says I don't have heart problems that ed is a precursor to heart disease that affects the smallest blood carriers first. Since I take BP medication he believes that explains the condition. As to the second part of the question, he said that there is nothing to restore the penis function. Its like a bad liver, its a progressive condition that wont improve.
Btw, this urologist is supposed to be "the best" in the country according to my sources here in Ft Lauderdale, FL.
I'd appreciate some feedback from anyone that thinks they can add some insights in this personal journey that I'm on.