Hi everyone,
I decided to start this topic with some of the improvements I saw during the last months. I hope you can give me some more insights and help me with the next steps.
INJURY/DEVELOPMENT OF Peyronies DiseaseI had
congenital curvature to the left, but it was never a problem nor affected me in any manner. I have no idea of my previous curvature degree.
My first injury was on October 2019. She was on top and, well, that was painful. Urologist minimized it and said I should take vitamin E. The classic BS. I had an ultrasound and no plaques appeared nor anything calcified. Pain remained until at least January and then disappeared.
Then came the pandemic and my life became more sedentary and filled with more stress because of work. Around September or October 2020 I masturbated and felt something strange with my urethra. Also started feeling some discomfort in the perineum.
On November 2020 I wasn’t hard enough and injured myself again having sex. It was not rough at all, but just happened.
I saw the same urologist as before (I shouldn’t have done that, but I didn’t know anything about Peyronies Disease and he’s a respected doctor). Did an ultrasound again and blood tests. Nothing strange and, again, no
plaque. He prescribed some meds for prostatitis, as I was feeling pain and a constant sting. Urethra was also causing me pain. I started some anti-inflammatory meds.
This time I saw a second urologist and he prescribed
Pentox, Cialis and said I could start
traction.
I did a Doppler with half the content of a Caverjet injection (I was afraid of
priapism and we agreed on doing that). The problem is that, of course, my erection was not completely full. The technician said I had some venous leak but that he could not see plaques or any calcified stuff. I plan to redo the Doppler next year, around April.2022 to know more about the venous leak.
OBSERVATIONI had an ophthalmologic disease for around a year and had to use tons of eye drops containing timolol and costicosteroid. It took five ophthalmologists in two countries to discover it was uveitis caused by herpes simplex. I read that timolol can increase the possibility of Peyronies Disease but don’t know if this added anything to my problem. My eyes are good now.
TESTOSTERONE Total Testosterone level was 4,41 ng/mL in November 2020.
Lab says men should have it between 2,5 - 8,4. So I was right in the middle. I only did total testosterone. I do feel less sex drive/aroused though. I am working like crazy and I guess this does not help.
PENTOXI started really slow with
Pentox. 400mg once a day. Then twice a day. I now take it twice, then thrice, then twice again, etc. I don’t think I’ll have it 3x/day everyday. Always have it with some food and the last one I have at 4PM or 5PM maximum.
CIALISI am having daily 2.5mg of Cialis before bed.
SUPPLEMENTSVitamin E 400iu + Vitamin D 400 iu + Vitamin C 1g + COQ-10 200 mg + Magnesium citrate 200mg +
L-Arginine 1g + Fish Oil 1g + Propolis 1g + Probiotic 1x
I was having L-Cutrillune 1,5g and Curcumin 325 mg before. Not anymore.
DIETNothing special here. But I don’t eat sugar at all (just fruit). Added some Brazilian nuts, more smoothies with fruits and almond/soy/rice milk. More ginger, more turmeric and garlic. Apart from that, the normal. Rice, beans, pasta, chicken, pork, eggs, water (3l/day), coffee (2x/day), etc.
I am not eating red meat often, as it is quite expensive here.
TRACTIONI am using PMP since January and I am quite happy with it (although I really hate using this thing). The first month was a pain, as I kept having frenulum issues and swollen glans. Because of that, I just couldn’t use the device for more than 1 hour a day. There is a learning curve.
Things changed completely when I started using castor oil instead of the lubricant that comes with PMP and when I changed the cream sluice to the blue sluice. Since I bought PMP, I had to substitute the blue sluice twice and had to buy more.
I also had to install the adapter within PMP chamber. It does not come with it. With that, my glans could stay in the chamber without issues and I could use the device for around 6h/day.
I apply castor oil in the intervals as well. I am now with a bit more than
200h usage of PMP and this is the amount of tension I am using now. I can see around 4 levels when using. I will increase length again with another small part in the next week.
I only use PMP with the rod system and normally when sitting and working from home. Never used the belt or outside home.
NOTICEABLE IMPROVEMENTS• I did some transitions from hot showers to very cold water on my penis for one or two months and I guess this helped with pain in the beginning
•
NTE reappeared
• Gained
girth • Gained around 1cm of length
• Erection quality improved, I can clearly feel the base of penis “firmer” when erect
• No pain anymore
• No hard
flaccid/hinge effect
QUESTIONS1. As I don’t have pain anymore (erect of
flaccid), that means I am over the
acute phase? If yes, that means I am not expecting to see symptoms get worse?
2. Curvature to the left remains. I don’t think I had any improvements in curvature. I still have around 30/35 degrees and that’s really frustrating. I was really expecting to see any improvements here. Should I continue with
traction as such or change anything in the usage of PMP?
3.
Erectile dysfunction: still there although somewhat mild.
4. Should I include more red meat?
5. Should I add any other supplement (pine bark/serrapeptase/pycnogenol/red ginseng)? Increase dosage? Remove any of them?
6. For how many months one should have
Pentox/Cialis? I am on month 5 now.
WHAT NOW?So, I am now thinking about next steps and would also like your opinion.
I plan to continue with PMP, the same supplements above (or new ones if you suggest), Cialis and
Pentox for more 5 or 6 months and then reevaluate.
Lack of curvature improvement is really frustrating.
Should I add
VED? If so, I thought about getting the SOMACorrect, with 3 cylinders. As I am in Europe, I only found this link:
https://www.mypelvichealth.co.uk/en/men/erectile-penile-health/penile-curvature/somacorrect/ Is this the one you recommend? Should I wait longer before adding
VED?
Considering that I will not do
DMSO, is there anything else that I should add? Increase Cialis?
Thanks a million.