I’m normally in a good mood but this news has been a bit jarring! Hoping for some perspective…

[the_prodigy]

Thanks for the reply!

Seems the case that if they don’t work, then implant is up next. I’d be happy to get to some sense of normalcy tbh. What would you do in my shoes if you don’t mind me asking?

Truthfully, I hated doing the injections. If I would have known about implants before sticking the first needle in me I would have gone that way. Granted they worked, for a while for me. But when they started failing it was like ED coming on for the third time. That got me quite depressed. Unless you have accepted it's sooner or later for an implant, pass up the Trimix. Other than having my youthful penis back the implant is the best. No waiting, no scheduling sex, no drugs into my system.
I know others will hang me for saying that, but that's just my experience talking.

How old were ya when ya got the implant done buddy?

[the_prodigy]

Age 29 was when I saw a doctor the first time about “my erection quality isn’t what I think it ought to be.”

Back in the dark ages I guess I was 31 by the time I had the Doppler study and pressure monitors shoved in my pecker and strapped to a table for X-ray pictures with contrast etc etc.

Big time venous leakage, very position dependent. Bad news is it doesn’t go away.

The good news is even if pills don’t work, it’s possible that injections will. Definitely give them a try.

I was on shots for 32 years. In retrospect I probably should have implanted 5 years sooner. Towards the end shots did work, just not terribly well. Erection duration wasn’t great after about age 60. I implanted at age 63.

If the shots work, use them for all they’re worth. Follow medical instructions. You’re putting chemicals via injection into your junk. Once you know your dosage, don’t experiment on yourself.

Good judgment and sanity with the shot needle can buy you a lot of good time and the sex was great. In my case I went 32 years. No ER trips for priapism. No scarring or Peyronie’s. Everybody’s going to have a misfire, but I can count them on one hand. It’s pretty obvious if you aren’t injecting in the right spot.

Good luck. Implants are great too. But don’t be in a hurry to get one until there are no good options left. When I started injecting, all we had was bimix, a few brave souls were getting malleable, and the 3-piece inflatable was still basically on the drawing board. If you can wait 15 or 20 years, who knows what they’ll come up with?

Well, the 15-20 years in the future thing, way I look at it, imagine what they could do for holders of older implants (ie they could do a lot for average Joe but also the ones who have older implants).

So you liked the injections more eh? May I ask why? Way I see it, seems the implant is superior to injections in every way (travel, spontaneity, storage, etc)

And side note. Any way to put all my responses to various posters in one comment, not 3 like I just did lol

[Old Guy]

How old were ya when ya got the implant done buddy?

Old, aged 68. Wish I'd had it done when I was 55.

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[the_prodigy]

You mentioned good erections earlier in your life. Wondering what happened or if some of your problem is psychogenic. Did you experience injury or do you not really like your woman?

Us guys sometimes forget we are not all that different from our female counterparts. Needless to say there is more to getting highly aroused and ready for sex than just saying the word, commanding it done or just pressing a button.

I thought about that, the not really liking my woman part, but I don’t think that’s it. I’ve had blue balls with her without having an erection. That says to me that it’s a blood flow issue, along with weak morning wood, and solo issues too. The weak erections started more than two years ago.

If it is my woman, and part of it is psychogenic, with the way I feel, the hottest woman in the world MIGHT make have some success with me, BUT I think the psychogenic issue is tiny and shouldn’t be enough to bring on issues like this, as evidenced by the physical responses nocturnally and when alone.

One day with her, I came after fellatio. Half hour later I was hard again (to the best of my body’s ability) and she was stimulating me but the erection was weak and I ended up telling her to forget it because I could feel it softening in her mouth. I don’t think that would happen without attraction to her, the short refractory period like that.

I mean even in marriage, people gain weight and change and all that. Any psychological issues shouldn’t be present tbh; I’ve had erection success with women less attractive than her. I feel crazy trying to sort through my psyche for a psychological cause tbh. If it was, it would be bad enough to warrant needle use to overcome the issues. Basically, if my issues were psychological, I’d be so down bad I’d need the needles anyways. But I don’t believe that’s it.

[the_prodigy]

Update: I spoke to my Uro again. I told her on Viagra, I can get pretty hard. (It's only on Viagra, not on Cialias, and I do the 5 mg Cialis daily btw along with the Viagra). I haven't had intercourse with my gf yet though. I don't like the Viagra side effects either.

But I don't know anymore, on one hand, I'm wondering, is it my gf? She is okay average, I think she's cute, I love her, but it's not like I think she's the most attractive girl in the world by any means. I do get a bit self conscious about that, having a girl that is seen as pretty by my friends and the world...I wonder if that plays any part in this. She's so good to me though!

On the other hand, I don't see many girls around here who I would trade my gf for at all, with her personality included. And then it's like, just give me the injections so I can live a bit more of a normal sex life. It's driving me mad how these urologists are so reluctant to perscribe the injections at my age! Like you're messing with a man's wellbeing here!