I don't presume this is going to be a functional transplant, denervation and all.Originally Posted by Paul D
I don't presume this is going to be a functional transplant, denervation and all.
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True that. However I see a reasonable number of patients who have penis pumps. Not quite sure how well that works. I better ask my urologist friends with the preface that this is a totally educational and not personal question. My patients with breast reconstructive surgery say it doesn't quite feel normal but at least they feel whole.
I wonder if the donor knew his penis would be assigned to a transgender person? I selected organ donor on my license and wouldn't care who got replacement organs from me, but I would not want my body used to enable someone else's (what I consider) mutilation.
I hope we meet some day and I hope I remember to tell you the story about a penile pump patient I had helped. I typed it up but then decided against posting in a public view.
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I have to say--if what somebody else is doing isn't bothering me, then I fully support them doing whatever is going to let them live a happier life. That's a discussion they can have with their doctors, and I really shouldn't have any part of it. I want people to respect my choice to own firearms and be a shooter. And I also understand that I wouldn't like it if everyone else got to decide things about my identity, so...yeah. Good for them. I hope they find what they're looking for.
Yeah butshe'she's clearly compensating for something.
(I bet a sports car or big SUV would have been cheaper.)
There's nothing civil about this war.
C’mon, you can’t leave us dangling like that...
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits - Mark Twain
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy / Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
There's nothing civil about this war.
About $50,000 of cardiac procedures after an old dude decided to get a penis pump. Heart problems were found during preoperative testing. First in history case when penis pump saved its owner's life, so to speak.
More serious part of a discussion is that of a healthcare utilization. The guy was an octogenarian and sedentary enough that severe heart issues were asymptomatic. I remember that case so well not only because how unusual it was but also because it was about 2 weeks before my 50th. I went back to the motherland to celebrate with old friends and family and all friends are my med school mates. They asked about my work and I told them about that case. I then reflected on that I don't know any place in the world where public healthcare would cover a penile implant bill for an 80+ yo, and sedentary old people don't necessarily get to ask for someone to come and literally put a drill in their heart so their show can go on.
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Yet another case where public healthcare wouldn’t rise to the occasion.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits - Mark Twain
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy / Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
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