Penile implant decision

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Lost Sheep
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Re: Penile implant decision

Postby Lost Sheep » Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:42 pm

Trav8701 wrote:I very much appreciate the response, brother, but OP and I wanna hear from someone implanted who’s sensation was reduced BEFORE the implant. I’m well aware that your sensation is temporarily reduced immediately after the implant. Our fear is that the ALREADY reduced sensation will just make us bitter despite having a perfect erection. Yes I do understand that that is a solution that depends moreso on the person experiencing the ordeal so it’s highly subjective but even still, just hearing from someone else in our boat can help us come to terms with our fate and either temper expectations that may be unreasonable OR instill reasonable hope for a brighter future.

Unfortunately we cannot get that kind of reassurance from someone who’s sensation was normal before the surgery. No offense to you, brother. I hope you understand.

Lost Sheep wrote:
Trav8701 wrote:How did OP’s question just go completely unaddressed?

Anyway, I’m in the same not after Jelqing… I really would like to hear from someone else with decreased sensation and an implant to know if the implant is still worth getting.


"Eternally joyless"? That would depend on how much you value the orgasms, joy, satisfaction, happiness of your partner.

When I was unable to keep an erection sufficient to give my partner orgasms, I considered the question, "Would I give up my own orgasms to have my penis guarantee my partner's orgasms?" The bargain was very attractive to me.

Fortunately, in my case (as in most other implanted men) the trade is not 100%. In my case, maybe 50% at first and after a year, 10% and after three years my orgasmic response it back to normal. But my erectile ability is 100% functional. Sensation may be reduced. I cannot tell for sure, memory being malleable.

No offense taken. I realize my answer came short of (or went beyond) the OP's concerns (depending on how you look at the question and the answer he sought and that I gave).

I opine that it makes little difference what a man's condition was before implant. What a man has at any point in his life is what he has going forward. My response was to put a perspective on a life where a man might be able to satisfy a partner, without regard to his own orgasms/sensations. I wanted to convey that it would be not all bad.
Lost Sheep
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Trav8701
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Re: Penile implant decision

Postby Trav8701 » Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:50 pm

“ What a man has at any point in his life is what he has going forward.”

I like this. Very useful and pertinent quote. Thanks for that.

Lost Sheep wrote:
Trav8701 wrote:I very much appreciate the response, brother, but OP and I wanna hear from someone implanted who’s sensation was reduced BEFORE the implant. I’m well aware that your sensation is temporarily reduced immediately after the implant. Our fear is that the ALREADY reduced sensation will just make us bitter despite having a perfect erection. Yes I do understand that that is a solution that depends moreso on the person experiencing the ordeal so it’s highly subjective but even still, just hearing from someone else in our boat can help us come to terms with our fate and either temper expectations that may be unreasonable OR instill reasonable hope for a brighter future.

Unfortunately we cannot get that kind of reassurance from someone who’s sensation was normal before the surgery. No offense to you, brother. I hope you understand.

Lost Sheep wrote:"Eternally joyless"? That would depend on how much you value the orgasms, joy, satisfaction, happiness of your partner.

When I was unable to keep an erection sufficient to give my partner orgasms, I considered the question, "Would I give up my own orgasms to have my penis guarantee my partner's orgasms?" The bargain was very attractive to me.

Fortunately, in my case (as in most other implanted men) the trade is not 100%. In my case, maybe 50% at first and after a year, 10% and after three years my orgasmic response it back to normal. But my erectile ability is 100% functional. Sensation may be reduced. I cannot tell for sure, memory being malleable.

No offense taken. I realize my answer came short of (or went beyond) the OP's concerns (depending on how you look at the question and the answer he sought and that I gave).

I opine that it makes little difference what a man's condition was before implant. What a man has at any point in his life is what he has going forward. My response was to put a perspective on a life where a man might be able to satisfy a partner, without regard to his own orgasms/sensations. I wanted to convey that it would be not all bad.
31. Jelq-HF in 2017. Has continued to get worse. 5mg daily cialis, 10mg on demand. Considering other options.

Lost Sheep
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Re: Penile implant decision

Postby Lost Sheep » Tue Jul 06, 2021 3:53 pm

Let me add on phrase to give a bit more hope.

What a man has at any point in his life is what he has going forward. absent medical intervention.
Lost Sheep
AMS LGX 18+3 Nov 6, 2017
Prostate Cancer 2023
READ OLD THREADS-ask better questions -better understand answers
Be part of your medical team
Document pre-op size-photos and written records
Pre-op VED therapy helps. Post-op is another matter

Mark74
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Re: Penile implant decision

Postby Mark74 » Wed Jul 07, 2021 4:59 pm

Trav8701 wrote:I very much appreciate the response, brother, but OP and I wanna hear from someone implanted who’s sensation was reduced BEFORE the implant. I’m well aware that your sensation is temporarily reduced immediately after the implant. Our fear is that the ALREADY reduced sensation will just make us bitter despite having a perfect erection. Yes I do understand that that is a solution that depends moreso on the person experiencing the ordeal so it’s highly subjective but even still, just hearing from someone else in our boat can help us come to terms with our fate and either temper expectations that may be unreasonable OR instill reasonable hope for a brighter future.

Unfortunately we cannot get that kind of reassurance from someone who’s sensation was normal before the surgery. No offense to you, brother. I hope you understand.

Lost Sheep wrote:
Trav8701 wrote:How did OP’s question just go completely unaddressed?

Anyway, I’m in the same not after Jelqing… I really would like to hear from someone else with decreased sensation and an implant to know if the implant is still worth getting.


"Eternally joyless"? That would depend on how much you value the orgasms, joy, satisfaction, happiness of your partner.

When I was unable to keep an erection sufficient to give my partner orgasms, I considered the question, "Would I give up my own orgasms to have my penis guarantee my partner's orgasms?" The bargain was very attractive to me.

Fortunately, in my case (as in most other implanted men) the trade is not 100%. In my case, maybe 50% at first and after a year, 10% and after three years my orgasmic response it back to normal. But my erectile ability is 100% functional. Sensation may be reduced. I cannot tell for sure, memory being malleable.


Do you still masturbate?

I mentioned this in another thread, but I've been taking my hands off my penis and my sensation is getting a little better again. In my case I use a vibrator, but the point is to avoid putting too much pressure on your shaft and avoid too much friction on the penile skin. A fleshlight might be even better

I also think that periods of semen retention can help bring some sensation back to the penile skin, but this is a specualtion.

Lost Sheep
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Re: Penile implant decision

Postby Lost Sheep » Wed Jul 07, 2021 6:21 pm

Mark74 wrote:Do you still masturbate?

I mentioned this in another thread, but I've been taking my hands off my penis and my sensation is getting a little better again. In my case I use a vibrator, but the point is to avoid putting too much pressure on your shaft and avoid too much friction on the penile skin. A fleshlight might be even better

I also think that periods of semen retention can help bring some sensation back to the penile skin, but this is a specualtion.

I don't. My girlfriend does not like the idea of wasting any of my semen, so I honor her desires.
Lost Sheep
AMS LGX 18+3 Nov 6, 2017
Prostate Cancer 2023
READ OLD THREADS-ask better questions -better understand answers
Be part of your medical team
Document pre-op size-photos and written records
Pre-op VED therapy helps. Post-op is another matter


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