Hi, forum!
I'm a 22 year old child cancer survivor (had my bladder and prostate removed when I was a baby) struggling with ED. While there must have been quite a lot of nerve/tissue damage due to the operation, it's not like I don't have erections at all. It's more like they come in spells. For instance, last week I managed to get pretty decent ones* while masturbating, almost every day; this week I haven't had any luck so far.
*for my standards anyway... the most I've stayed hard for is 2 min, tops, and if I'm lucky, on a good day, my penis grows to 4 inches fully erect.
Before anyone tells me to seek medical help, I already have. An urologist prescribed a NPT test which my medical insurance didn't cover and I was too skint to afford. At any rate, as far as I could tell all that test did was sort psychological from physiological causes (go to a shrink or start taking viagra) and I'm pretty sure at least there ain't nothing wrong with my head. Other than that, I'm regularly tested from top to bottom (other tests my medical insurance does cover xD) and I seem to be (as) ok (as I can be), so I'd rule out vascular problems, etc.
I've tried Kegels and having things like ginseng tea, green tea, dark chocolate, avocado, etc, etc, without much luck, though I must confess I wasn't very consistent in my efforts nor did I have much of a clue what I was doing :P.
That's pretty much it, thanks for taking the time to read and I'd so appreciate it if you could give me some advice or share something that's worked for you in a similar situation.
Cheers!
I'm a 22 year old child cancer survivor (had my bladder and prostate removed when I was a baby) struggling with ED. While there must have been quite a lot of nerve/tissue damage due to the operation, it's not like I don't have erections at all. It's more like they come in spells. For instance, last week I managed to get pretty decent ones* while masturbating, almost every day; this week I haven't had any luck so far.
*for my standards anyway... the most I've stayed hard for is 2 min, tops, and if I'm lucky, on a good day, my penis grows to 4 inches fully erect.
Before anyone tells me to seek medical help, I already have. An urologist prescribed a NPT test which my medical insurance didn't cover and I was too skint to afford. At any rate, as far as I could tell all that test did was sort psychological from physiological causes (go to a shrink or start taking viagra) and I'm pretty sure at least there ain't nothing wrong with my head. Other than that, I'm regularly tested from top to bottom (other tests my medical insurance does cover xD) and I seem to be (as) ok (as I can be), so I'd rule out vascular problems, etc.
I've tried Kegels and having things like ginseng tea, green tea, dark chocolate, avocado, etc, etc, without much luck, though I must confess I wasn't very consistent in my efforts nor did I have much of a clue what I was doing :P.
That's pretty much it, thanks for taking the time to read and I'd so appreciate it if you could give me some advice or share something that's worked for you in a similar situation.
Cheers!
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