penis pumps

I bought an Osbon Erecaid - I think it was recommended in some book or article I read.
https://www.amazon.com/ErecAid-Esteem-Manual-Vacuum-Erection/dp/B001BKDXXY
I used it several times, but that really wasn't "my cup of tea."

This might be a little weird, but if you want to give me a shipping address, I'll send it to you. Drop me an email: ragatz@msu.edu

Penis pumps do not work for intercourse. they are designed to prevent fibrosis. Have you looked into trimix injections?

I had a radical prostatectomy in 2009. (No measurable PSA since then.) One of the results was ED. In 2011 I had a penile prosthetic implanted. It took a little time to get used to it, but it wound up being at least satisfactory, if not a little better than that, both for me and for my wife. The expected life of the implant was 10 years, and mine lasted almost exactly that long. So in 2021 I had the dead soldier removed, and had another virtually identical prosthetic installed. The results were almost identical, except that the new one is somewhat more difficult to deflate. It does reduce spontaneity somewhat (it takes a little more than 5 minutes to inflate), but it performs the way it’s supposed to. I’m 81, so I’m guessing that it’s working better than if I had never had prostate cancer at all. It certainly never says “not today, dear, I have a headache.”

I attended a webinar in September 2023 out of Stanford University titled: “Penile Rehab: Optimizing Recovery of Erectile Function after Prostate Cancer Treatment” —> https://youtu.be/aRp1NXjPGLE?si=VyF2ALSgU1J5r4OI

It’s very informative, and hopefully will provide information that you can discuss with your doctors to get beyond your current situation. (They also discuss penis pumps.)

They absolutely do work for intercourse. And if was not for one, I wouldn't have intercourse with my wife at least on earth a week. I'm 81 and had a radical prostatectamy in 2008, 36 radiation treatments in 2019 and now looking at 5 SBRT soo. So I know about the use of pills, trimix and penis pumps quite well.

Once a week.

I had the Boston Scientific AMS 700 Inflatable Penile Prosthesis implanted 8 months ago. My wife and I are both very happy with the outcome. I don’t understand your saying that it takes 5 minutes to inflate. Mine takes about 15 seconds.

My experience has been that after my prostatectomy, pills worked OK, a penis pump was not very good and Trimix gave me temporary curvature of the penis that didn’t allow penetration and my erection lasted for 3 hours no matter what the dose. Five years later after recurrence of the cancer and subsequent radiation, I was put on Lupron and Abiraterone. The pills then gave me only a partial erection incapable of penetration. The other methods were unsatisfactory. After 3 years of what my wife and I called “lesbian sex”, I got an inflatable penile prosthesis. We are both very satisfied with the results. I am now 10 months off ADT, am slowly getting my testosterone back and still have undetectable PSA. Once my testosterone levels are normal again, I may get the cancer back and have to go on ADT again, so I am happy that my erection abilities have been permanently remedied.

Each squeeze increases the hardness only a very small amount, so it takes a while to get hard enough for intercourse. I don't know why, but it's not troublesome enough for me to pursue a correction (especially if it might entail another replacement). 15 seconds sounds great, but I wouldn't want to go through another replacement in order to achieve it.

Agreed. They most defintely work before and during for a little more vigor.
I also use them as therapy as suggested in Dr Chen's (sp?) video.
*30 seconds on, 30 seconds off for 20? minutes. 3 sessions a week.