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"Visits to the ED clinic"

About: Pilgrim Hospital / Urology

(as the patient),

I’ve had three visits to the ED clinic in Eurology since having my prostate removed in March 2017. I had been prescribed a penis pump by the clinic in Grantham which is now closed. I decided it was time to move on from the pump to a medical solution. My first visit resulted in a prescription for alprostadil, my second visit doubled the strength of my prescription. There are supply problems for alprostadil, with no date for resumption of supply. I needed an alternative and knew that the same medication is also supplied as an injection, something I’d hoped to avoid. I turned up not knowing how the consultation would progress other than a demonstration of how to mix the medication. The nurse explained that she would have to watch me inject myself before she could prescribe the medicine (the injection is painless). This could have been embarrassing, but thanks to the friendly professionalism of the nurse, it wasn’t. I would recommend this clinic to anyone with erectile dysfunction, don’t suffer in silence, your problem can be treated.

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Response from Sara Kitchen, Urology Support Nurse/Continence Advisor, Urology Suite, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust 5 years ago
Sara Kitchen
Urology Support Nurse/Continence Advisor, Urology Suite,
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Submitted on 19/12/2018 at 10:31
Published on Care Opinion at 10:46


Hi BillyT31

Thank you so much for the kind and encouraging comments and I am glad you had a positive outcome. I always appreciate that the Erectile Dysfunction clinic is often an embarrassing clinic to attend which is why I always respect the bravery in the honesty and the confidence of these patients to discuss these matters. I always try to put the patients at ease but your words of addressing the problem and coming forward will hopefully encourage more people to understand that there is help.

Kind Regards

Sara Kitchen

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