postponed.

[corporatestiff]

I had been scheduled to have implant surgery on Oct 6.

I had some things happen that prompted me to postpone my surgery. I had built a sort of "house of cards" of conditions where I could have the surgery. All of these conditions fell into place right up until until they didn't anymore. I brought my A1c down, met my insurance deductible, etc. About a month before my surgery date a couple of the conditions fell apart. I wasn't able to bank as much vacation time as I hoped to, and my employer changed short term disability providers and coverage now doesn't kick in for a full 7 work days. That left me with almost a week of unpaid leave assuming no complications. I chose to put the surgery on hold. The main fear being if anything went the least bit sideways and I missed more work, the financial impact would be devastating.

Maybe next year I can revisit the surgery. In the meantime, an unexpected thing happened: by lowering my A1c, my circulation has improved. My wife tells me I'm getting better erections and they feel warmer. Still nowhere near intercourse, but movement in the right direction. I have ordered a refill on my trimix and am interested in seeing how that works for me now. Also curious to see if adding regular exercise further improves things for me.

[Lost Sheep]

Good news on the A1c and the effects of that.

Yes, exercise can help.

A member ("Nowhard") had a recipe for a concoction he swore by. It was natural foods and many of the ingredients had known benefits for general health. If I can find the recipe I will send it.

Lowering arterial plaque (related to athersclerosis, related to high cholesterol) can certainly improve circulation, too.

All the (or most) general health improvements we can make have a very good chance of improving erectile function. The also have an even better chance of two other effects. Longer ability to keep making love (I am talking tens of minutes-you will not tire so quickly) and longer ability to keep making love simply because of living more years in a healthy state.

Kudos to you.