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For millions of women all over the world, love is a four letter word with strong meaning. Love for them means giving everything; they have, to that special man in their lives. They are willing t o sacrifice their careers, their hopes, their aspirations, etc before that of their lover. Love means the world to them. Most men are insensitive. They do not realize the kind of sacrifices done by women for them. Most men feel the best way to please a woman is to buy her some flowers or buy her some costly jewelry or some designer outfits with some emotional "I love you" card. They feel that should do the trick. What they don't know is that most women can see right through this. So what do women in love really want?

They want the man himself in flesh and blood with all his grey cells intact and alert. They want most importantly attention, from their beloved. They want to share everything with him. They want to see those dimples, when he smiles. They want to feel giddy when he caresses them. They want to see the honesty in his eyes. They want to smell, that very manly smell when they embrace him (God help the man, if they smell anything feminine). And yet though not the most important factor - the essential factor- They want good quality sex- and lot's of it. Nothing makes their skin glow better or their filling of fulfillment higher than pleasure filled sexual intercourse. Nothing can burn the flame of love brighter than sex with their lover.

As, a woman and a mother, I still remember the first time, when I saw Bruce. I felt an electric current flow through my body. I suppose he was also mesmerized. When he looked at me, we could feel the sparks in the air. Love seemed to be everywhere in the warm Californian sunshine. He was 28, tall, dark and handsome and I, 25. We immediately began to date each other. At every date, he sprang a surprise. At our first date he sprung a beautiful rose bud from his coat sleeve. He second date he presented me with a beautiful outfit. And so it continued. However, I was not surprised, when after two and a half months, he asked for my hand in marriage. I spontaneous replied in the affirmative and to then to my surprise, the entire Los Angeles Philharmonic, who he had arranged for in advance, struck brilliant notes of the wedding march. We settled down in suburban bliss in Los Angeles. He was really the romantic guy, whom I had dreamt of. We celebrated our wedding day initially on a monthly basis. He would light what he called the -Candle of Love- before we made love every night - The sex was not only great. It was awesome. He was the perfect specimen of great male sexual health. For me life was rocking.

Soon our lives were filled with sound of crying babies. We had two children. The years just flew by. Before we knew it, the kids were in college, and then working. We found ourselves suddenly at the threshold of middle age. Bruce never missed an opportunity to make me happy. He continued to surprise me. I always enjoyed these surprises, until one day, he gave me a nasty surprise.

With the kids working and independent, we decided to treat ourselves to a vacation abroad. Soon we found ourselves on the warm sand of the French Riviera. The first night of our vacation, Bruce lit the light of love. As I settled myself to a night of pleasure, suddenly Bruce sprang the nasty surprise. He said "Honey, I don't know what to say. I am not getting an erection". I replied jokingly "Don't tell me you are too tired. The only thing you did on the beach was sleep". He replied "I am serious. I am not getting an erection." We tried everything, but somehow nothing seemed to work. Lately, I realized that Bruce's erections were not hard enough and he struggled to sustain them. Bruce was distraught, depressed and distracted. This had dealt a severe blow to his self esteem. We had a serious problem on our hands. We immediately cancelled the rest of the vacation. On reaching home, I called the family physician for an appointment.

He asked a lot of questions and sent Bruce for some diagnostic tests. When the results came, we went to see him. He was very candid "Bruce, you would be surprised to know that your blood sugar is very high. What more you are also suffering from high blood pressure. Not only that your cholesterol levels are very high. You are at a very high risk of getting an heart attack. And, you also seem to be anxious and depressed. After considering all the factors, there is just one condition, which I can diagnose you - Erectile Dysfunction."

Those two words were like a bomb to me. Would we never be able to light the candle of love again?. Erectile Dysfunction is defined as the inability to achieve or sustain an erection for satisfactory sexual intercourse. It occurs in 39% of men by he age of 40. But in men with diabetes and heart related problems, it can occur much faster and hit at a much younger age. I felt that my dream marriage had been shattered.

The doctor initially prescribed a drug called Viagra. He said it would get him an erection. But this drug just did not work on him. He tried it out at least 10 times with no success. When we called the doctor, he immediately told us not to worry. He made Bruce write down the name of a novel new drug for erectile disfunction that worked wonders in diabetic and cardiac patients - Levitra. He asked Bruce to order Levitra online through the internet. Levitra contains Vardenafil, which acts to block the action of the enzyme phosphodiasterase-5, which acts to destroy cGMP, an important factor in sustaining an erection. But what is most interesting is the amazing ability of Levitra to work with 3 times greater success in men who had tried Viagra with no success. Also, Levitra was most likely to be successful in diabetic men. But the big surprise was Levitra's amazing property to protect the heart tissue from damage during a heart attack by opening a specific protective channel called the KATP channel. KATP along with cGMP, which also is present in the heart, is responsible for protecting the heart during a heart attack. Levitra also is very effective in treating men with erectile dysfunction and depression. A recent study showed significant benefit in reducing depression in those who took Levitra.

Bruce tried Levitra and it worked very well. Today, it is I who insist on lighting the candle of love. I have inscribed the words Levitra on the candle. It is my own personal tribute to Levitra for burning the flame of love within us. Thanks Levitra.