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by alfa88
Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:33 am
Forum: Implants
Topic: Any advise for my pre-surgical appt. tomorrow?
Replies: 3
Views: 589

Re: Any advise for my pre-surgical appt. tomorrow?

If they have such a thing get a list of post operation instructions. Either that or take notes. The day of and after after my surgery I was so befuddled with all the excitement anything that was being told to me went in one ear and out the other without being registered. For me the worst part of the...
by alfa88
Sun Nov 01, 2020 4:53 pm
Forum: Pumps (Vacuum Erection Device)
Topic: Medical grade pump vs non-medical
Replies: 14
Views: 3099

Re: Medical grade pump vs non-medical

IMHO Bathmate is too cumbersome. It produces a pleasant experience since it uses warm water but you pretty much have to bathe everytime you use it. It's just too clunky. My advice is to wait for the Urologist appt. and have him/her prescribe one. That way insurance will at least pay for all or some ...
by alfa88
Fri Oct 30, 2020 1:41 pm
Forum: Implants
Topic: AMS Ms pump recall
Replies: 23
Views: 2981

Re: AMS Ms pump recall

Phew! I'm good. One month out and I'm just starting to have good times. ;)
by alfa88
Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:11 am
Forum: Implants
Topic: Shockwave therapy success story?
Replies: 2
Views: 469

Re: Shockwave therapy success story?

From what I've read on FT at best the results are very temporary and mostly a waste of time and money. Do a FT search on 'shockwave'.
by alfa88
Wed Oct 28, 2020 4:17 pm
Forum: Introductions and Hellos
Topic: Questions for men with venous leaks
Replies: 2
Views: 798

Re: Questions for men with venous leaks

In my late 20s my doctor gave me a testosterone shot thinking that would jump start my lack of solid erections. It worked for a short time but I struggled. I was embarrassed to go back and I languished for years until Viagra became available. Viagra's usefulness waned after about 10 years. I tried L...
by alfa88
Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:48 pm
Forum: Introductions and Hellos
Topic: FNG checking in.....
Replies: 4
Views: 926

Re: FNG checking in.....

Just a guess but maybe the pharmacist wants to reduce the amount of alprostadil so there's less pain. Why your doctor is reluctant is best answered by him. I'm not sure how long you've been doing injections but I found after a number of tries the ache lessened. My pharmacist was reluctant to use atr...
by alfa88
Tue Oct 27, 2020 11:10 am
Forum: Implants
Topic: Rear tip extenders
Replies: 10
Views: 1455

Re: Rear tip extenders

Just an uneducated assumption but I believe they're for 'fine tuning' the size of the implant since the main implants are fixed sizes.
by alfa88
Tue Oct 27, 2020 10:58 am
Forum: Implants
Topic: Implants for growers?
Replies: 16
Views: 3266

Re: Implants for growers?

Have any growers lost any length? I was absolutely a grower. Some days I would only be about 2" but erect I was ~6.5". If I was aggressive with a VED I could achieve nearly 7". Nearly a month after surgery I am at 5.5" flaccid and 6.5" erect. :D I chose a surgeon (Dr. Leroy...
by alfa88
Sat Oct 24, 2020 1:30 pm
Forum: Introductions and Hellos
Topic: Hi - New member here
Replies: 4
Views: 1013

Re: Hi - New member here

Welcome. I 2nd Bldoink. You don't want to skip the next alternative(injections) to oral meds IMHO. Another plus to injections is that it is sort of a troubleshooter in that if the injections fail it almost certainly points to venious leak as being the cause and gives you talking points to insurance ...
by alfa88
Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:18 pm
Forum: Introductions and Hellos
Topic: Initial symptoms of venous leakage and doubts about penile implants
Replies: 15
Views: 2750

Re: Initial symptoms of venous leakage and doubts about penile implants

Might I add that I onlyconsidered an implant once I tried all the readily available, medically approved treatments. My last gasp, so to speak, was the VED and when I couldn't keep an erection even using 2 bands I knew I was broken so there was no doubt what to do.

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