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Posted 11/4/2014 8:57 PM (GMT 0)
I'm 54 and 21 months from RP and still have ED. Bilateral nerve sparing surgery was successful, so docs are not sure why I haven't returned to erections (with Viagra as prior to RP).

The down and dirty is how many guys have returned to spontaneous (or helped by Viagra/Cialis) erections?

Have used Trimix with mixed results but won't go into the details there.
Posted 11/4/2014 9:07 PM (GMT 0)
It took almost exactly one year, but I'm one of the lucky ones and they were only able to spare the nerves on one side. The other side I only have about 25%. Sorry, no words of wisdom other than I exercise daily and the fact my wife is 9 years younger and "hot as hell" yeah

Tom
Posted 11/4/2014 9:28 PM (GMT 0)
22 months later, my boyfriend gets a good erection with Viagra. Not what it was before, but it's good and getting better. He's 67 now. We used trimix regularly until the pills worked.
Posted 11/5/2014 3:31 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the good stories. That's encouraging. I just don't even want to think of penile implant. Scares the heck out of me, but this is really getting old - physically, emotionally, relationship-wise.

Thanks very much.
Posted 11/5/2014 5:11 AM (GMT 0)
Franco,

With all that nerve sparing you "should be" getting some results so keep on practising. How were the erections prior to intervention? One assumes if erections were good prior to the op they ''could be" good after the op safe some serious intervention. I've got 1/2 my nerves spared and getting a hardon is HARD WORK.

I test my erections at least 3-4 times a week. It does take time. I think I posted once where it took almost 2-3 hours just to get to some "fat" in the beginning. It now takes between 5-10 minutes!

At the moment I can get a good "natural" erection ready for penetration, BUT I have no staying power. Any short distraction causes it to wane. The good bit is, I can get an erection whilst lying on my back which I think is a major improvement.

You’re a young fella at 53, so keep working at it. I do my "exercises" early in the morning. (I've written a little bit about ED in my extended profile, just click on the link below)
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Posted 11/6/2014 3:22 AM (GMT 0)
 

Franco

   I feel for you for sure. 19 months out and still struggling everyday with ED. Both nerves were spared according to the Doctor. I'm very fit very healthy but exhausted from all this to be honest. I used trimix for awhile then on my 25th injection bam my penis bent in half like a coathook, so that really screwed things up. What a nightmare this has all been. Now  I'm facing all kinds of whacky attemps to fix the hook, oh boy. Nobody really knows what to do. So I am heavily weighing the implant deal -- but that sounds crazy to me also. I'm still angry over the BS I was told before the RALP that everything would be fine-- BS. So I find it hard to believe anything these Uro's tell me.  

Posted 11/6/2014 3:29 AM (GMT 0)
Bigal,

Trimix scared the b-jesus out of me. The risks are just to great!

I agree we were told a lot of crap during our FUD phase. FUD = Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt!

Today is my off day ... Tomorrow its back to exercising the old fella.

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Posted 11/6/2014 4:14 AM (GMT 0)
I had nerve sparing in 2008. Started getting partial natural erections in five days with cath still in. Had to use Cialis for a while to get it going but after nerves healed completely full spontaneous naturals came back. I was 59 then and 66 now. Always had a very active sex life with my bride of now 45 years marriage. It's still going strong. You should have had some stirrings by now. I wish you the best of luck.
Posted 11/6/2014 6:42 AM (GMT 0)
Frankco,

Here is an exerpt from my routine in April this year (6 months out).

PSA3DOT7 in April 2014 said...


I dont give up easily, so today at

1. 8:30am I took 10mg Levitra (i actually split a 20mg)
2. waited - watched a movie - the comedy channel
3. 9:40am I took a 100mg Viagra
4. waited - watched the History Channel
5. 10:40 - started stimulation in a standing position (lying down does not work -- gravity works against me)
6. 11:00 - Had a massive hard-on (90% firmness) which stayed firm for about 20 min.

I think I was a bit impatient with the PDE5is (Viagra, Levitra and Cialis). But waiting 2.5 hours to get a usable hard-on is not my ideal, but I was encouraged by the results suggesting that some nerves still work!

I hope that the Trimix would have a shorter cycle; Like you I'm concerned about Priapism and Penis Scaring (Pyronies).

I had one massive headache this afternoon.

It takes time ....but it pays dividends ...
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Posted 11/6/2014 9:38 AM (GMT 0)
Franco, I am in the same boat as you. Nearly two years out and still sporting a limp noodle. No erections but I can climax. Have tried it all Cialis, Viagra, pump. Any progress I have made surely was halted with SRT. While I was resistant to Trimix I am seriously thinking about giving it a try when I see the Uro in December....if I don't chicken out.
Posted 11/7/2014 12:32 AM (GMT 0)
I am north of 3 years post surgery and it's not looking promising for a return to natural erections. I use bi-mix and it works well. It's been difficult to adjust emotionally and to the new "logistics" required to having relations with my wife, but it is what it is. I'm lucky to have the best wife in the world and we make it work.

I hope you have a better outcome. My doc said it can take up to 3 years to recover function but you should probably be doing injections as part of your rehab.
Posted 11/7/2014 8:59 PM (GMT 0)
I'm a little over 2 years out and still no major stiffies. I can get the job done but I'm not happy with em yet. Only about 60% of the man I used to be. Except in my dreams...there I'm a raging stud so there is still hope.
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