How hard was it to get the first complete squeeze of the bulb by yourself? I tried it the night after going back on Day 6 and couldn't compress more than 40%. Single hand or double, the my double handed technique was different from the recommended one. I tried different angles, I tried going real s...

My doc was dr Paul Perito, coral gables fl. He has done more than 6000 implants, and it really shows. I would highly recommend him. I had a little pain the first night. After that, had it easy. He activated me 4 wks post op, and everything has been great. My wife is an M.D., and was with me the who...

So, despite the incision issue, things are looking positive. There are several options: - Use a strong and tight adhesive tape keeping the two borders of the incision and pressing them one aginst the other for a while. - Use cyanoacrylate (known from instant adhesive) in order to glue them. There e...

Hi Olivero66 who ended up doing your final surgery. And which implant did you choose? Kramer did mine back in 2013 which I got a terrible infection and had to be replaced first with coloplast then semiridgid then ams lgx Hi Bigtime, I'm so sorry for you. Infection is a trip thru hell, I can imagine...

Putting in there 26cm when having measured only 23, 3cm above measurement... I guess this is kind of malicious injury.

"he inserted cylinder of size 26 cm in the left corpus, whereas in the right one just 23 cm. He did not even close the left corporotomy!" After having made an MRI I now know that this crazy old man inserted 26 cm in both sides. :o He's foolish and one should prevent everyone from being ope...

May I ask you a few questions? How long did the first three implants last before you needed another one and how long have you had the fourth one? What were the reasons for getting the other implants? Also, what's being your experience once you had the surgeries. Well, the Small-Carrion would have l...

The most popular names are Eid(NY), Kramer(Baltimore), Garber(Philadelphia), Milam(Tennessee), Perito(Florida), Morey(Dallas) and some more like Karpman, Goldstein, Burnett with not so high volumes. The highest volume guy is Perito, and Kramer, for instance, underwent training at his center (I guess...

superman22 wrote:Has anyone had the experience of having a Coloplast and then revision to an AMS or vice versa? That's my upcoming plight.

I first had a Small-Carrion type; thereafter an AMS 700 CX without Parylene; then a Mentor Alpha I. Now Titan OTR.

RogerM wrote:Congratulations Helmut! Welcome to the club.
Ice will help with the swelling & pain.
Roger

Roger, what does it mean 22 cm + (2) 1cm RTE. Have you got 1cm RTE on one side and 2cm RTE on the other one?