One evening last March, just after London lockdown number three, I developed a pretty bad case of peyronies what seemed like instantaneously. I had noticed a strange pain the night before, but I didn't think anything of it - it almost wasn't a pain at all, more like the feeling you get when you peel yourself off a hot leather sofa, but located entirely in the shaft of your penis. The next day I realised I had a dent, and my penis was bending about 45 degrees to the left.
I'd recently started taking finasteride and minoxidil for my hair, and I'd noticed they were suppressing my sex drive. I wasn't masturbating that much, and I rarely woke up with an erection, though I used to pretty regularly. I joined the dots and came of both the treatments straight away.
In the first six months I was taking a fair amount of over-the-counter treatments for peyronies as described on this forum - tadalafil, magnesium and arginine amongst others. I also went back to work, and whilst my job isn't the most active of them all, I was walking around more and generally getting a bit more exercise after months of lockdown inactivity.
After six months I stopped taking the supplements. I had just moved house and I didn't really have the mental energy to keep going. I had tried to book an examination on the NHS, but it was taking forever, and when they finally called I wasn't available to take it. I never had access to any prescribed medications. I'm good at building things, so I did make a DIY
traction device, but of course it was not as good as the commercial option, which I couldn't afford. I used the device that I made a few times, and it did actually create a noticeable improvement.
I stopped using the
traction device after a while, because life just kept going around me a bit too fast. Luckily for me, it seems like I might be in a group of people whose condition improves on its own. Started to notice improvements about five months ago, and since then I've almost gotten completely back to normal from having a 45° curve. I'm still disturbed that something in my lifestyle seems to have caused this to happen, but at least I'm better for now. I wanted to write this just so that I didn't become another invisible case of improvement. I think a lot of people who get better might forget about the forum, and that can make it seem like there's less of a chance of healing.
Wish you all strength to get through it, hopefully I won't be back here ever again!
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Topic: 1 year later, almost back to normal. (Read 2372 times)