Hey Brothers,
I have had peyronies since about the age of 19 caused by jelqing/manual stretching. I am 26 years old and I have not been able to have sex since then. I have scar tissue circling the entire base of my penis causing an hourglass shape with I have a small curvature pointing upward and left. I suspect the have scar tissue is choking blood flow especially from the underside as there is a large painless fleshy lump spanning the underside. As a result I have shrunken from 6.5in erect to 5in erect and this erection reaches 60% IF i try hard to stimulate and deflates in a matter of seconds, in other words I cannot have sexual intercourse. EXCEPT this is my story before 4 days ago...
After coming across Old Man's posts on his story and how VED was a game changer, I went to my local sex store (first time I've been in a sex store!) and got a cheap penis pump with a pressure release for 40 bucks, if I could get a medical grade device I would but I am jobless and I do not come from a wealthy family. I'm on my 4th day of VED therapy and here is what I have so far. Larger flaccid, larger straighter fuller erection, ability to maintain an erection. Yesterday at night I stimulated myself to full erection and it had not looked like this in years it was perplexing to me. I was at about 5.8in and I could probably have successful intercourse. More sensation and everything. This is a game changer, before this I was taking 2.5mg of daily Cialis and it did not help. I broke up with my ex at 21 and Peyronies Disease caused that. Needless to say I am actually happier emotionally than when I was having sex and being with my ex, and if I can recover physically I'm gonna spend the next 4 years sleeping with as much beautiful women as I can. I'm in a process of restarting my life and going back to school to pursue a career in pharmacy.
I have seen one urologist who did not prescribe me anything and told me that I am not eligible for any kind of treatment since I am too young for injections and my amount of curvature does not mandate surgery, he then sent me away with a 20mg of Cialis that did not work. The next day my dog suddenly died. I have been through so much pain on this short time on earth but I still find a way to push through, im trying not to cry as I type this. But I feel blessed, I have a great family, and my dad and older brother know about this and they have been very supportive. Sorry if my narrative seems a bit scattered as I feel like I have a million things on my mind all the time.
But back to the relevant topic. I have been doing 10 sec holds and rests as I have seen recommended from Old Man and starting from flaccid and slowly working up to a 30% erection at the most. Warning: I have played around and tried different things, I tried pumping to a full erection and ended up with some pain and throbbing and temporary inability to obtain erection, I have also tried to pump my already erect penis and also ended up with a temporary inability to get erect. I am of the opinion that since the vacuum effect is stretching the penis longitudinally, doing it erect will probably aggravate scar tissue because it is already under its maximum tension, whereas doing it flaccid causes improved blood flow to both corpus cavernosa yielding a healthy and natural stretch to the scar tissue encasing it. I will keep updating my progress. I am also a heavy smoker and have great anxiety and depression issues which are significant contributors to my Erectile Dysfunction. I'm going to cut this short here and leave it up for discussion!
Congratulations on starting treatment, it's great you have early progress, but do give it time to see significant gains. Please keep us posted. Low dose nightly PDE5i can also help remodel the plaque into healthy tissue in conjunction with VED.
Thanks for your counseling, I will definitely be updating my progress here on the forum. Soon I'll add a 5mg daily prescription for Cialis/Tadalafil.
Hey, any updates on your condition?
Great to see you have improved. See your GP and try and get on Viagra instead of Cialis - it may work better for you.