Yes, I have the curse. All I can tell you is to keep your blood sugar under control. The results can be devastating. If you can keep a sense of humor about it, you'll be OK. Diabetes sucks!Any of you men diabetic and if so do you have any ED problems? I was hoping to find out if treatment for the diabetes helped eleviate some of the problem of ED and how quickly after treatment did you notice improvement.
Honeydew, I have some additional information and some suggestions for you, may I send you a PM?Thank you all for the input. The meds(pills) are working and blood sugars are down to 169 today(from 281). He also has low potasium so that is being treated as well. We are not sure how much damage has been done to the blood vessels since this has been uncontrolled for two years now with the sugars only going up this high the past two months.
Holly, I am in the medical field as well and concur with your statements. You also mentioned a cock ring. Any suggestions on what type since this is new to me?
Thank you all for the input. The meds(pills) are working and blood sugars are down to 169 today(from 281). He also has low potasium so that is being treated as well. We are not sure how much damage has been done to the blood vessels since this has been uncontrolled for two years now with the sugars only going up this high the past two months.
Holly, I am in the medical field as well and concur with your statements. You also mentioned a cock ring. Any suggestions on what type since this is new to me?
When I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, I was in the best shape of my life. I actually made my Doctor do the test over. But it is a progressive disease, it will never get better, and weight loss becomes increasingly difficult as you progress from monitoring it, to pills, and finally to becoming insulin dependent. While obesity can lead to diabetes, and it is easy to blame people for being fat as the cause of this nightmare, as Cube said body type does not decide it. I am now insulin dependent requiring 8 shots a day. Why am I writing? I want to scare the hell out of anyone to avoid the onset of this disease at all costs. It starts to take over your life and affects everything you do. My Doctors have been after me to slow down my schedule for five years now. Stress aggravates the disease. I am a workaholic and that does not go well with diabetes. I am now trying to find a comfortable way to cut back. If I don't get enough sleep during the week, I can be out for 10 to 12 hours on a weekend unable to get going. Vision becomes problematic. I have my good and bad days depending on where my blood sugar is as to how my close-up vision will function. If I am cut or bruised, it takes twice as long to heal. And then there is the ED problem (erectile dysfunction) which is the biggest indignity with diabetes for a male. This started to happen to me and it is devastating. You start to feel emasculated. It took me months before I finally got up the courage to mention it to my diabetic specialist. I could barely get the words out it was so embarrassing. Fortunately, he was kind and sensitive about it. But at this point getting control of blood sugar is far more important than achieving Nirvana. I won't humiliate myself any further by advertising my batting average, but I will say there was a bittersweet irony in being mentioned in Who on LPSG LOOKS LIKE THEY WOULD BE GOOD IN BED? and knowing the reality of what I face daily. I'm not sexually dead yet, but I shocked my Doctor recently in saying that I was so frustrated with being diabetic and this ultimate indignity of ED that there were days I wish I would not wake up. He wanted to treat me for depression—depression and diabetes go hand in hand—and maybe should have; but I am not ready for the pity party yet, and at heart am a real fighter. Just for laughs, I will tell you that he asked me if I was depressed because this might be affecting my relationships. Depressed?! No, not me! What relationships??!! Do you think I am going to place myself and a partner in a situation that is going to be humiliating and disappointing for both of us? I'm disappointing my hand right now—and it wants nothing to do with me! Why would I do that to another human being? So for now, that part of my life seems to be over. I am going on alone. Granted, I have good days and bad says with this, too. The funny thing was that I was still as vital as I was at 18 until this hit. The damage has been done and now all focus must be in maintaining what is left. So I continue to work on blood sugar control to see if I can get it down. If that can be achieved, I get the happy hardon pills. Yeehaw! I told my Doctor that I wanted the one that would give me the longest erection possible because i plan to enjoy every minute or hour of it. Even a day might be nice! Some of the methods suggested in the posts above do help. Stimulation regardless of ejaculation helps. Cockrings help. Try this one. Sleep. Lack of stress. Exercise. Maintaining a positive outlook on life. Having a supportive network of friends and people who care about you. Being able to find humor in this on your most difficult day.I am a diabetic typr 2...No ED problems...pain in the ass this disease but what to do. It frustrates me because my body shape is good....not like the 400 lbs people in my nutrition class that did it to themselves
When I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, I was in the best shape of my life. I actually made my Doctor do the test over. But it is a progressive disease, it will never get better, and weight loss becomes increasingly difficult as you progress from monitoring it, to pills, and finally to becoming insulin dependent. While obesity can lead to diabetes, and it is easy to blame people for being fat as the cause of this nightmare, as Cube said body type does not decide it. I am now insulin dependent requiring 8 shots a day. Why am I writing? I want to scare the hell out of anyone to avoid the onset of this disease at all costs. It starts to take over your life and affects everything you do. My Doctors have been after me to slow down my schedule for five years now. Stress aggravates the disease. I am a workaholic and that does not go well with diabetes. I am now trying to find a comfortable way to cut back. If I don't get enough sleep during the week, I can be out for 10 to 12 hours on a weekend unable to get going. Vision becomes problematic. I have my good and bad days depending on where my blood sugar is as to how my close-up vision will function. If I am cut or bruised, it takes twice as long to heal. And then there is the ED problem (erectile dysfunction) which is the biggest indignity with diabetes for a male. This started to happen to me and it is devastating. You start to feel emasculated. It took me months before I finally got up the courage to mention it to my diabetic specialist. I could barely get the words out it was so embarrassing. Fortunately, he was kind and sensitive about it. But at this point getting control of blood sugar is far more important than achieving Nirvana. I won't humiliate myself any further by advertising my batting average, but I will say there was a bittersweet irony in being mentioned in Who on LPSG LOOKS LIKE THEY WOULD BE GOOD IN BED? and knowing the reality of what I face daily. I'm not sexually dead yet, but I shocked my Doctor recently in saying that I was so frustrated with being diabetic and this ultimate indignity of ED that there were days I wish I would not wake up. He wanted to treat me for depressiondepression and diabetes go hand in handand maybe should have; but I am not ready for the pity party yet, and at heart am a real fighter. Just for laughs, I will tell you that he asked me if I was depressed because this might be affecting my relationships. Depressed?! No, not me! What relationships??!! Do you think I am going to place myself and a partner in a situation that is going to be humiliating and disappointing for both of us? I'm disappointing my hand right nowand it wants nothing to do with me! Why would I do that to another human being? So for now, that part of my life seems to be over. I am going on alone. Granted, I have good days and bad says with this, too. The funny thing was that I was still as vital as I was at 18 until this hit. The damage has been done and now all focus must be in maintaining what is left. So I continue to work on blood sugar control to see if I can get it down. If that can be achieved, I get the happy hardon pills. Yeehaw! I told my Doctor that I wanted the one that would give me the longest erection possible because i plan to enjoy every minute or hour of it. Even a day might be nice! Some of the methods suggested in the posts above do help. Stimulation regardless of ejaculation helps. Cockrings help. Try this one. Sleep. Lack of stress. Exercise. Maintaining a positive outlook on life. Having a supportive network of friends and people who care about you. Being able to find humor in this on your most difficult day.
And a cure for all of us who have diabetes would be nice, too!
I'm left speechless. Thank you for your being such a great friend.:smile:Sam,
You are the best...I know you and I don't know you. This was so thought provoking and well written. I had no idea you or anyone else was going through this as I have been trapped in my vapid bubble of health and good fortune.
You have a friend for live kid. If you ever need to talk you have carte blance 24/7