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by newbie443
Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:36 am
Forum: Implants
Topic: Cylinder tips significantly uneven
Replies: 15
Views: 734

Re: Cylinder tips significantly uneven

This is great advice! I like the mop bucket analogy ... i can actually force it to move and it does make a bit of difference, but not a lot. Its a shame cos its wasnt that bad right after surgery so I should have done this back then in order to stop it progressing, but alas, I am too far gone I thi...
by newbie443
Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:31 pm
Forum: Implants
Topic: Cylinder tips significantly uneven
Replies: 15
Views: 734

Re: Cylinder tips significantly uneven

As a proximal perforation is inside your body a sling repair (stirrup) is made with suture material, The RTE end of the cylinder has suture thread attached to it by using the suture needle to pass through the solid end. Then the other end on the suture is tied up close to the incision to support the...
by newbie443
Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:10 pm
Forum: Implants
Topic: Cylinder tips significantly uneven
Replies: 15
Views: 734

Re: Cylinder tips significantly uneven

Hey newbie443, I am very interested in your story. I have the exact same issue. Your image showing one tip right up at the edge of the glans... along with a bulge and overall crooked glans. It looks like my tip will pop out of the side of my glans one day! But Eid insists it is purely cosmetic... t...
by newbie443
Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:43 am
Forum: Implants
Topic: High volume Surgeon ?????
Replies: 28
Views: 1259

Re: High volume Surgeon ?????

I have been reading on "Only use a high volume surgeon". How can one verify if a surgeon is a High Volume Surgeon? Yes, they may answer YES. If a surgeon does 100 or so PTs a year, how can that be verified? Is there a Google question? I don't think the doctor will share his surgery list, ...
by newbie443
Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:32 pm
Forum: Implants
Topic: Lifespan of IPP
Replies: 27
Views: 1514

Re: Lifespan of IPP

What's the longest you've had an IPP before the need for revision? Trying to gauge a ballpark estimate of what to realistically expect regarding the lifespan of an IPP. Thanks, F1 I did have a sling repair for a proximal perforation, but I have all my original device components. They will be 6 year...
by newbie443
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:56 pm
Forum: Implants
Topic: AMS 700 MS pump is hard as a rock
Replies: 8
Views: 309

Re: AMS 700 MS pump is hard as a rock

Heat! This will not only soften the bulb but also help the valves in the block switch easier and more completely. As posted after a few while it will break in and get where you will no longer need heat.
by newbie443
Wed Jan 17, 2024 8:44 pm
Forum: Implants
Topic: out of pocket cost?
Replies: 7
Views: 381

Re: out of pocket cost?

MY wonderful insurance denied coverage on an implant. Has anyone paid out of pocket in USA to one of the experienced Docs that do mostly or all implants? Whats that Docs name in Chicago that all he does is implants? I read on here about him, anyone been there/know what he charges for cash patients?...
by newbie443
Sun Jan 14, 2024 11:24 pm
Forum: Implants
Topic: How to Clean the Incision Area (Penoscrotal)
Replies: 3
Views: 227

Re: How to Clean the Incision Area (Penoscrotal)

Yes you will get wet in a shower. My discharge instructions were no direct water in the shower. I was also instructed to apply a thin film of Bacitracin ointment on the incision. I would put a bit on the incision before a shower to prevent germs from getting in. I used dial gold antibacterial soap a...
by newbie443
Sun Jan 14, 2024 8:12 pm
Forum: Implants
Topic: Cylinder tips significantly uneven
Replies: 15
Views: 734

Re: Cylinder tips significantly uneven

RTE's are in .5 cm increments and that is why most doctors say they will get the cylinders withing .5 cm of each other. The cylinders do expand a bit. The Titan just not as much as the LGX and I have seen no data on the CX or Rigicon. So with cycling and cylinder softening they may even out unless t...
by newbie443
Sun Jan 14, 2024 8:07 pm
Forum: Implants
Topic: Cylinder tips significantly uneven
Replies: 15
Views: 734

Re: Cylinder tips significantly uneven

Tips.jpg My tips were like above if you looked at the glans with the glans pointing at you. I did have a proximal perforation and leaned very hard to the left where I was straight before surgery. 100_1009.JPG I had pain and trouble moving my penis to straight or to my right. After my sling repair I...

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