His blood pressure goes up right before the injection. That is what my
concern is about.  He's fine once it's over.

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Glad to hear it worked well!!!

I'll agree with JK. "Mess around" as much as possible if that leads to using
the injection then okay, if it doesn't you still had an intimate enjoyable
time.

I do thing you get used to the injections. There is just something about a
needle. My mother could never give herself insulin so my sister or I did it
for her. To watch her try to give one to herself was beyond bad!!! (Guess we
made her co-dependant - ah, geez, you'd have to have been there!!) But
because it was something that was done all the time even our children got
used to needles and therefore never rebelled or cried when they had to get
theirs at the doctor's office. It always floored the nurses that my kids
never flinched over a needle - although they both do now that they are
grown!

So take the pressure off using the needle, in other words, don't be afraid
to have fun without using the needle. If fun leads to the needle then pull
it out and use it! Giving oneself an injection is not terribly difficult
once you get used to the idea. But try to separate the injection from the
fun. I'm not saying this right!!!! You can still have hot fudge cake, it
just takes the injection to have the whipped cream with the cherry. It's not
really needed but it is nice. If both of you begin to equate sex with
injection then the sex takes a back seat and then emphasis is on the
injection which is not going to be mentally helpful. If everything is so
completely pre-planned then something is lost.

I think that is why I like the Levitra better because it is not something
that is taken and has to be used within so many hours. It allows us to use
it when the right time happens. It also does not give my hubby the headache
he gets with Viagra. It's a case of the pill v.s. the diaphragm, et al. But
in your case you have to have the injection so make sure the injection does
not become the focus for having a intimate enjoyable time together.

We tend to use the pump now. Sometimes we use it and sometimes we don't.
Sometimes we manage without it and sometimes we never get that far.
Lovemaking definitely has changed since PC. In some ways it is better and in
others ways it is more difficult. You take the good with the not so great,
figure we are no longer kids looking for an animalistic rush. So what do we
have left? Hopefully a more mature, loving relationship that has learned to
be more intimate, a little slower, a little more thoughtful and one that can
really enjoy and no longer takes for granted a good stiff .....! (Remember
the days when you figured you had an extra 10 minutes??? LOL)
Bev