Dr Herazy,
I am a young adult male from CA. I have been cursed with Peyronie's disease at a young age and it is destroying my youth. I am practically bed-ridden with depression and I can't even sleep right anymore. All I want is to fix my Peyronie's disease. My plaque doesn't even cause bending, it is in the base of the penis and is causing a severe narrowing of the tunica. My erection hangs low now and the deformation can be seen easily. You could call it "baseball bat" shaped. I lost my job due to my severe depression this has sunk me into an even deeper state of gloom. I can't afford to pay for anything on the site. Please Doctor Herazy you are the only person who I think can help me. Everything else is just suggesting thatcher's formula or surgery, but they think my penis is curved.
I eagerly await your reply.
-Thom
Greetings Thom,
I could write a 10,000 word response to your email, but I simply do not have the time or opportunity to reply to all the levels of the different problems that you express in your email.
The fact that you do not ask a question in your email suggests that you have not attempted to learn about how you might be able to help yourself out of this problem. You wish for me to fix your problem, and I cannot; only you can. The fact that you suggest I am the only one who can help you tells me that you are not taking any responsibility for your recovery but would rather put that burden on me. This is not the way that Peyronie's disease treatment works, and for that matter it is not the way that anything in life works. You need to re-evaluate this aspect of your personality and mindset to see how this has affected your response not only to Peyronie's disease but to other aspects of your life.
You are making your situation worse by wallowing in self pity and you amplifying how your condition is affecting you. You are the one allowing yourself to be bed-ridden with depression. You are telling yourself that your life is being destroyed and you are believing that voice as though it was the truth. You are making your problem worse than it is, you need to take control of yourself, and you need to correct these deeper and larger issues that bother you.
You say you are bothered by your observation that the baseball bat deformation can be easily seen. You are investing far too much worry and energy in the idea that someone else will look at your deformity and think less of you. This bothers you as much as it does because you already do not think much of yourself and have been bothered by low self-esteem for most of your life. I suggest that your poor self image is what is really at the base of why you feel that your youth is being destroyed.
I also suggest to you that you have always had many problems in life that have overwhelmed you, and Peyronie's disease is just the latest to flatten you out emotionally.
Please allow me to help you by telling your to seek professional help for your other problems. In the meant time, you should investigate a bit about Peyronies treatment and attitude. TRH
