It’s the butt of jokes and widely misunderstood, and yet, erectile dysfunction causes embarrassment and distress to more than two million British men.
With creams and injections not always proving effective, more and more men are taking the plunge and turning to surgery to cure their bodily woes. But as Dan Metzgar, a 45-year-old lorry driver from Maryland, found out, surgery isn’t without its risks.
After having a penis pump, a common surgical solution for men with erectile dysfunction, inserted, he was left with a permanent erection.
‘It’s very embarrassing to walk around with an erection that won’t go away, not to mention painful,’ he reveals.
‘Imagine trying to stuff an erection into your pants and hide it all the time. I was wearing baggy clothes and over-length shirts to try to hide it.’
His problems began in 2006 when he began suffering from erectile problems and the catastrophic loss of confidence that resulted.
‘I could see it was taking a toll on him because, you know, not feeling like a man,’ Dan’s wife Donna explains. ‘He was in despair.’
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