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Well, 3 months down the line and the conclusions are limited.
Blood pressure - normal (122/71)
Blood tests - everything normal
Diabetes - normal (HbA1c 29mmol/mol)
The doctor hasn't actually seen me, or mentioned cycling in any of their responses. There's been no mention of possible damage.
Recommendation at this stage is viagra but should I be asking if there's any chance physical damage from cycling is the problem and if there's something that can be undone?
Anyone got any experience of viagra in this situation? My sex life is sporadic enough that it sounds like it's not going to be a convenient solution.
Its perfectly plausible that it is physical damage from cycling. You need to discuss this with a doc. do some research first
Anyone got any experience of viagra in this situation?
Luke, i had a problem for a few years when i was on beta blockers and warfarin. doctor told me this could have been a cause. i am still on a tablet called zemtard, which opens blood vessels up, kind of like mega viagra.
when i had the ED problem i had a subscription with Numan. used sildenafil which doctor dais was ok with my health issues.
if i need a sure thing, i still pop one. works every time.
All I can add is if you're in your mid 40s, ask your doctor for a PSA test annually. Do it now, may save your life!
It'll keep a track of your levels increasing and catch prostrate cancer earlier. I do it around valentines day as the relation tickes me and helps me remember.
Anyone got any experience of viagra in this situation? My sex life is sporadic enough that it sounds like it’s not going to be a convenient solution.
No other advice than to look up Cialis (Tadalafil in generic form), known by some as the weekend pill.
Yeah, someone mentioned that earlier in the thread and it sounds like a better option.
I have mentioned cycling in every online consultation so far.
I'm only mid thirties so god knows what'll be going on down there in a decade.
I had a cycling buddy who spent much of his teens riding bikes, including riding in casual clothes without padded shorts at a time when hard, narrow saddles were favoured. The long term consequence was severe scarring of tissue under his perineum which was rectified through a fairly uncomfortable procedure and recovery to remove the scar tissue in order to restore blood flow.
I’ve been riding seriously for 40+ years, fortunately the only times I suffered numbness was doing TTs on a fixed gear bike - riding the last 5 miles of a 25, I was numb from the waist down due to pulling myself onto the nose of the saddle 😳
Folks trying to emulate pro cyclists with deep saddle to bar drops and compensate by angling the saddle up can sometimes find themselves in trouble.
I have been riding since I was 10. 25 years of bashing about, but I'm curious why it'd only come on now. Surely there'd be some signs earlier?
I'm also lucky enough that proper body geometry saddles had just appeared when I started riding!