A friend's husband had spinal surgery 10 years ago, and has been unable to have an erection since then. She said he researched penile implants for several years, and finally had worked up the wherewithal to go to see a surgeon to discuss the possibility. He's apparently a perfect candidate for it --- but insurance won't cover it.
Please think about this: look at your spouse, and say to them, "Honey, sex between us is no longer going to be medically necessary, so let's just stop it, okay?" Then think through what that will mean for your relationship.
My friend's husband happens to be covered by private insurance, and they're hoping to change companies and find one that will handle this. But this all means another several years before they can move forward. They're both heart-broken, and struggling to figure out what it would mean to go through the rest of their lives with this issue unresolved.
If Medicaid can save ANY other men from going through this, I'm all for it.
Sex is not really important in our life anymore. Last sex I think was about 30 years
ago right after we had 2 kids. Then it was not exciting, now were getting old and
my wife is not interested and I have ED. So intimacy and sex is fizzed out.
We get along fine no arguments. We love each other and thats all that counts.
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Perhaps penile implants should be covered then ONLY in the case of cancer, and not obesity or other controllable lifestyle issues. Womens breast reconstruction is covered in the case of cancer, it's not like a woman could go to her doctor and say "I'd like to have more appealing breasts for sex, can you fix them" just because.