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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: THUNDERDUCK on September 18, 2006, 05:30:01 AM
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Malfunctioning penile implant is painful and can't be removed
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A former handyman has won more than $400,000 in a lawsuit over a penile implant that gave him a 10-year erection.
Charles "Chick" Lennon, 68, received the steel and plastic implant in 1996, about two years before Viagra went on the market. The Dura-II is designed to allow impotent men to position the penis upward for sex, then lower it.
But Lennon could not position his penis downward. He said he could no longer hug people, ride a bike, swim or wear bathing trunks because of the pain and embarrassment. He has become a recluse and is uncomfortable being around his grandchildren, his lawyer said.
In 2004, a jury awarded him $750,000. A judge called that excessive and reduced it to $400,000. On Friday, the Rhode Island Supreme Court affirmed that award in a ruling that turned on a procedural matter.
"I don't know any man who for any amount of money would want to trade and take my client's life," said Jules D'Alessandro, Lennon's attorney. "He's not a whole person."
A lawyer representing both Dura-II manufacturer Dacomed Corp. and the company's insurer declined to comment. Dacomed maintained that nothing was wrong with the implant.
The implant consists of a series of plastic plates strung together with steel surgical wire, almost like a roll of wrapped coins. Springs press against the plates, creating enough surface tension to simulate an erection, D'Alessandro said.
Lennon cannot get the implant removed because of health problems, including open-heart surgery, his lawyer said. Impotence drugs could not help Lennon even if he were able to have the device taken out, because tissue had be to removed for it to be implanted.
Dacomed was later acquired by a California company whose sales dropped when Viagra was introduced on the market. The company filed for bankruptcy the following year.
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Guess that's right up there with back in the day female breast implants leaking. :(
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God, poor guy o__________o;;;
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I knew there had to be a device or human intervention involved. An erection like that is mythical. :o
But yeah, poor guy. Now he can't do the other normal stuff he used to do.
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He should've just gotten the implant surgically removed :)
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So the guy basically got parts of his penis exchanged for "steel and plastic" so that he could have sex at the age of 58. And, the horror, now at the age of 68 even impotence drugs couldn't help him anymore because of the removed tissue. I say he's a dumbass for getting such an implant in the first place, regardless of the malfunction. The poor guy, this sex cyborg, he's "not a whole person" anymore according to his lawyer who, I'm sure, got his fair share of the money. Why does he even complain, it seems as if his need for sex is stronger than the need to "ride a bicycle" or hug people anyway.
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Legendary boner...
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Man that is a horrible fate. Priapism is a bitch. Obviously it was stupid to get it done in the first place...but still...
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Oh man, flinching just reading about having a plastic to prop ur crank :lol:
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Ya know it's gotta be great to pick up the ladies.. I can see it now. "You ever been with a man that's had an erection for 10 years?"...
maybe not.
:D
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How can he call himself a handyman if he cannot handle a simple up and down adjustment?
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That's what he gets for messing with his family jewls.
I wouldn't let a single doctor operate on my wang unless it was absolutly necessary, or in a case of an emergency.
Why risk it?
Stupid people... tsk.