Thank you for the reply. I am sure that it is all related to diabetic neuropathy. You hear about diabetic nerve pain all the time but you never hear about diabetic nerve damage and I certainly did not expect it to be downstairs. I expected it to be toes or fingers. Unfortunately, I can not discuss this with people I see all of the time in person such as my pastor or the folks I hang out with at the local coffee shop. My wife is aware and really could care less as this means she doesn't have to do it any more. The worse thing is she kept me in basically a celibate marriage for over the past 25 years of an almost 32 year marriage and now when things can get back to some sort of normalcy I'm the one with the issues and she doesn't seem the care. I wish there was a men's community that I can find where I can vent and talk through these sings to see how they cope with the same issues.