It's been about 3 weeks since my urologist appointment.  I feel like my peyronies is taking a turn in a negative direction.  After getting home from the urologist, I decided to take new pics to compare to the ones I took a couple of months ago.  In doing that, I got myself off and think I may have caused some damage.  I was trying to keep myself hard for the pictures and ended up masturbating for longer than usual.  I felt consistent pain in my penis throughout the next few days which would eventually stop.  I would get morning erections and they would hurt a little bit.  The pain went away after about a week so I decided to try masturbating again.  It didn't cause much pain at all and so I did it again the next night.  This is where I hurt myself yet again.  I was extremely gentle and used as little pressure as possible. 
That was 2-3 nights ago and since then I have consistent pain throughout the day.  I remember going through a similiar experience back in 2021 when I injured myself while masturbating but with how gentle I was this time, I am afraid that my Penis will eventually get to a state where it can't handle any type of activity.  I am also afraid that my scar tissue on the left side will be too much for Xiaflex to do anything with.  From what I understand, Xiaflex will dissolve the scar tissue and I will be left with a dent where the tissue used to be.  I don't think my penis will be structurally sound if my plaque were to be dissolved.  I also noticed when giving myself an erection just now that my bloodflow to my penis isn't great.  I was able to get a mostly solid erection but it's definitely different than it was a few weeks ago.  I will probably go to the urologist to get an ultrasound but my hope is dwindling.

Quote from: Mikel7 on November 05, 2023, 05:56:43 AMI have used the PMP with the same base pain and all I did was to reposition the device a little by pointing it down. Occasionally if it did hurt a lot then I would take it off for about 5 minutes and gently massage the area then put it back on and no permanent damage.

Good to know, this has been one of my concerns. I find the downward stretch to be very beneficial for reducing my flaccid pain but I worry about the way the base of the PMP sits on my shaft while in this position.

Is it unusual to have the plaque at the opposite side to the bend ?

I currently have an upward bend, but I can feel a lump on the underside of the shaft !

Anyone else have similar, or could it be the lump is something different ?

Thank you

Quote from: MrDoh on Today at 04:20:54 AMI noticed in the pictures that you have quite a bit of exposed length of the black bars showing. You would get more traction force if you make that exposed length much shorter. That is, pull the body of the traction device more clicks away from your body before you release the springs by pushing the body of the device towards you. Even though you can't see the white rings on the black bars, the traction force gets weaker as more of the bars are exposed 

Yes what MrDoh has stated.

For me I developed a pea size lump with pain. After a month my glans developed a 45 degree upward curve practically overnight.

I noticed in the pictures that you have quite a bit of exposed length of the black bars showing. You would get more traction force if you make that exposed length much shorter. That is, pull the body of the traction device more clicks away from your body before you release the springs by pushing the body of the device towards you. Even though you can't see the white rings on the black bars, the traction force gets weaker as more of the bars are exposed (the springs become more extended). Kind of intuitive if you think about springs exerting more force the more compressed they are.

And you'll feel the difference when you start with about the shortest exposed length of the black bars that you can get.

Not sure if this makes sense to anyone else, hard to explain without a picture.

It's usually difficult to get out of a cushioned chair with a semi-hard penis. It angles slightly down as you try to move forward to stand and it stabs the cushion. That, and trying to sit on a toilet with a semi-hard means watching it carefully or ramming the seat with a pole. Not pleasant. 

Not complaining, just saying. 

Welcome aboard! Just like LWillis said. I don't think I have read any accounts of members benefiting from shockwave and unfortunately doctors sell it as a treatment that provides some benefits to patients in despair for something that works.

You are already ahead of the game but pursuing those therapies. (vacuum/traction). The key thing with those is following the recommended protocols and stick to them for a substantial amount of time.

Taking pictures of your condition could help you better gauge the progression of the disease. Please stay focused, and stay with us.

I have not heard of anyone having improvement or success with soundwaves.

For me, I developed a 40 degree curve in about 2 days. There was no initial dent or anything. One day straight, 2 days later a 40 degree curve.