Greetings. Thank you all for sharing.
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 8:15 pm
Thank you all for your honesty. Because getting an implant is a one-way street, I'd placed an implant at the bottom of my list of things to fix my ED. What a mistake. A horrible mistake. What I read here in this forum helped to convince me that an implant was going to be OK. I feel some guilt now at wasting several years that my wife and I could've been enjoying ourselves.
For background: I lost everything related to natural erections in 2008, at the age of 42. Rectal cancer surgery removed not only a tumour, but any ability to get an erection. I tried pills, vacuum, injections. My attempts yielded little or mediocre results. My doctor had suggested that I get an implant several years ago, but I was stubborn and unwilling to admit that natural erections were gone forever. Last month, partly thanks to you guys, I finally had the surgery.
I'm feeling extremely lucky. My doctor practically had an orgasm at my 4 day post-op check-up because my swelling was minimal, we were able to easily distinguish the parts of the pump and my pump placement is front and centre. For the post-op record: I took Vicodin for 4 days straight; remained horizontal whenever possible; iced the crap out of my crotch until I was worried about frost-bite and tugged the pump downward repeatedly as instructed (ouch!). Now at 3 1/2 weeks post-op I'm able to cycle my implant, although there's still some pain when it's pumped up. I'm looking forward to my doctor's clearance for sex with my wife and better times ahead. Thanks again.
For background: I lost everything related to natural erections in 2008, at the age of 42. Rectal cancer surgery removed not only a tumour, but any ability to get an erection. I tried pills, vacuum, injections. My attempts yielded little or mediocre results. My doctor had suggested that I get an implant several years ago, but I was stubborn and unwilling to admit that natural erections were gone forever. Last month, partly thanks to you guys, I finally had the surgery.
I'm feeling extremely lucky. My doctor practically had an orgasm at my 4 day post-op check-up because my swelling was minimal, we were able to easily distinguish the parts of the pump and my pump placement is front and centre. For the post-op record: I took Vicodin for 4 days straight; remained horizontal whenever possible; iced the crap out of my crotch until I was worried about frost-bite and tugged the pump downward repeatedly as instructed (ouch!). Now at 3 1/2 weeks post-op I'm able to cycle my implant, although there's still some pain when it's pumped up. I'm looking forward to my doctor's clearance for sex with my wife and better times ahead. Thanks again.