Hi! 74 year old from UK

[greybeard]

Hi forum. At my current age of 74, it was a bit of a shock when I first experienced an extremely painful erection sometime in January/February.
After having it happen a couple of times, and just putting up with it, the onset of a sudden change in the curvature that I've had all my adult life, to more of a bend, accompanied by a definite constriction at the 'root'(?) of the penis, next to my body, tipped the scales, and sent me to my GP last week.
I'd self-diagnosed Peyronies, found this forum and registered, even before the visit, so I went in armed with a tracing, but a simple way to open the discussion.
I had prostate cancer 5 years ago, treated with brachytherapy, which for those that don't know it, involves 60+ tiny titanium tubes(about 2mm long and containing radioactive iodine) injected from behind the genitals directly into the prostate gland.
I was told at the time that there was a slight possibility of losing some of them when having a pee, but very unlikely.

So I used this as a reason to query if this might be the cause of my recent pain, and the GP immediately said "No, I think you have Peyronies disease".
I have a good relationship with all the GPs at our practice, so I could happily then admit that I had read up the condition, as it was what I suspected.
We talked at some length, and agreed that I wanted to see what changes might occur over the next month, and we'd have another discussion then as to the next step.
He did suggest a visit to an Andrology Department in a nearby hospital(not my closest - he gave that one a thumbs down !) for an ultrasound scan, but admitted he wasn't up to speed on the latest treatments, so we're going forward together.

I've also got Depuytren's contraction in one finger, and nodules on the other hand, so it looks like I have a genetic disposition to the condition.

Very interested in the heat treatment approach, and will persue that on the other thread.

My psychological support is my wife - our 50th wedding anniversary this year, and though we've never gone in for Olympic standard love making,(we laugh too much), it is  part of what binds us so close together. She has her own medical problems ongoing, so we're very much a mutual support company.
While Pentox is available here, and I'll point it out to my GP, I found a reference that said it hadn't been licensed in this country by NICE for use in this situation. That may have changed, so if any UK members know otherwise, please let me know asap.

That's about it for now, but you'll have guessed I talk too much, so I'll be back soon !

Greybeard
(it's actually white, but the username goes back some time !)

[james1947]

Hi greybeard

I think you are wrong, I suppose your beard is silver like mine, a beautiful and young colour
Regarding Peyronies, it can stuck any time in any age.
The best is to treat it early as you can. I want to inform you that Pentox is not approved for Peyronies nowere but it is in my opinion (also the opinion of many other Peyronies sufferers and leading Peyronies experts) the most efficient medication for this disease. It will be not a bad decision to begin taking it as soon as you can.

Wish you a very happy 50th wedding anniversary,
Welcome to the forum
James