Erection lasting 8 months: Man and wife sue doctor

[KamaAina]

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_23442926

Sorry, no pics.

A truck driver who says a penile implant gave him an erection that lasted eight months described in court Tuesday how the procedure caused him to withdraw from much of life, wearing long, baggy sweat pants and a long shirt to hide his condition.

Daniel Metzgar, 44, of Newark, Del., testified in New Castle County Superior Court in Wilmington in his medical malpractice lawsuit against Wilmington urologist Dr. Thomas Desperito. He told jurors the inflatable prosthesis made him feel like less of a man.

Colleen D. Shields, Desperito's lawyer, said in her opening statement that sometimes bad medical results occur through the fault of no one. She also said that the urologist told Metzgar the prosthesis had to be removed four months after the surgery when Metzgar complained of an infection and that the erection wasn't going down....

But Metzgar says scar tissue from the first surgery left him about 50 percent smaller and he does not get the same level of sensation.

A penile implant? C'mon, man! Can't you just stuff it with socks like Gee Dubya on the aircraft carrier?

It does sound like they have a good case. They have plenty of hard evidence that is likely to stand up in court.

[Jeff R]

1. Ouch

That's about all I can say about that.
Would have thought medication might have been tried first.

[In_The_Wind]

2. That sucks more than a little bit.

He said he lost his insurance afterward and didn't have $10,000 he said Desperito wanted before he would do the surgery.

[Shrek]

3. Breaking hard: Jury rules no negligence in eight-month erection case

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/17/no-negligence-erection-case/2432547/

It took jurors less than two hours to decide no medical negligence was committed in a penile implant procedure that a lawsuit claimed left a Newark truck driver with an eight-month erection.

During the week-long trial, jurors and anyone in the courtroom heard testimony of how Metzgar's erection got in the his way of life, drawing taunts from family and friends as well as stares, slurs and threats from strangers. Jurors also saw medical images of penile implants and photos of Metzgar's genitals, with tubes poking out his scrotum.

When asked if he had photographs prior to this, Metzgar replied: "We don't regularly photograph my penis." Then when the attorney told him he had taken the shown picture, he shot back: "Well, I did when I had parts hanging out."

[EvilAL]

4. 8 months of having to do

a handstand to piss must have been hell.

[MiddleFingerMom]

5. Where I'm from, they call that adolescence.

[rurallib]

6. I think there were some minute long stretches between

13 and 19 where the young soldier was not at attention.

[MiddleFingerMom]

7. Did you go to the doctor to have that checked out?

[NoGOPZone]

8. Sounds like they got their money's worth

some people are never satisfied.