
Patient Stories
Answers for Men with ED
Erectile dysfunction (ED), happens to millions of men for many different reasons. Men just like you, here are their stories.
"At first, I thought the breakdown of our intimate life was just a rough patch we would get through. I was wrong."
I visited the physician, discussed my issues and learned there were several options I didn’t even know existed!
"Recovering from a major accident was traumatic enough but when I realized I might never be able to be intimate with my partner or have a child"
I met my to-be-partner in 2015 and decided to be absolutely transparent with her about my condition
"Some accidents leave you with more emotional than physical scars. This one almost destroyed my intimate relationship with my loved ones"
A few months later I learned that this ‘nothing’ was actually more than ‘something’. I had led a healthy active sex life and now I started experiencing pain in my erections.
"Erectile dysfunction cost me my marriage and brought my life to a standstill. All medicines had failed and no doctor could help. I had given up hope of finding a treatment in India."
then decided to talk about the problem with my friends who told me about an “implant” which may be helpful in addressing my condition. I decided to take a Doctors advice about it.
"No man should have to struggle to have a good intimate relationship. My struggle was close to a nightmare."
My continuing inability to be intimate with my girlfriend led to immense frustration. Her patience wore out and our relationship ended. I was devastated.
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