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Posted 5/25/2010 1:23 PM (GMT 0)
Haven't posted in a while but I've been here keeping up reading every day.  I have healed well around all of the surgery sites aand I am basically dry-1 pad/day and a Depend/night mainly because I don't entirely trust myself yet but they are usually dry. I do still have quite a bit of perineal pain when standing for any period of time.  Walking doesn't seem to bother as much.  Some "quick-sharp" pain occasionally in the testicles and penis-which I guess are nerves beginning to wake up.  Which brings up a question-when should the pump be started-wait for less pain or sooner?  I've started Livitra every third day now-nothing-zip!
Posted 5/25/2010 1:54 PM (GMT 0)
Excellent signs of recovery...great to hear!

My suggestion...give the pills a chance to work before you start thinking in terms of pump...a couple of months at least.  Most men find that further steps (like using a pump) are not required.

[Hopefully, you already understand this and so these additional words are not needed here, but I've come across situations (more than one) where someone started taking pills and simply looked down there waiting for an erection to happen on it's own.  It doesn't work that way; you have to be a little more, eh, involved.  Manual stimulation is required.  This changes over time, but count on it at first.  Hopefully, you already knew that.]

Post Edited (Casey59) : 5/25/2010 7:59:24 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 5/25/2010 1:54 PM (GMT 0)
Chatuge,

Good to hear from you but sorry about the pain you are continuing to experience. My pain lasted for a rather lenghty time so I had to put off take ED meds for over 5 months. Felt like I didnt need a bad headache on top of my other pain. Walking and movement in general seemed to disapate the pain, at least for awhile. You are just a little over one month out from surgery so all in all seems like you are doing well, just not as well as you would like. Try not to compare your recovery period to others recovery time as we all heal at our own speed.

I have not used a pump so will let others respond to that question.

But thanks for the update and hope to see you in a couple of months up in the mountains and I will buy you lunch.

Michael

Posted 5/25/2010 1:55 PM (GMT 0)

Sounds like good news.

As I recall - I started the pills and pump after the cath was removed.

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