This is my first post on my upcoming procedure, so, it's a little long (unlike my dick the past few years). I hope you'll find it entertaining and informative.
Finally, after delay after delay, I am finally scheduled for my implant procedure on November 4th. The delays had to do with, first, my urologist having to go back to Egypt for a family emergency. Then, my A1C was too high. For the third reschedule, my A1C was great, but Stage 4 Metastatic Colorectal Cancer came back for an encore presentation in June, so, it was delayed again until Nov. 4th.
I received the all-clear from my oncologist a couple of weeks ago, and my recent CT Scan showed that I am cancer-free again for the third time. I've been very lucky. I was first diagnosed with Stage 1 Colon Cancer in 2020. Clear margins, all was well. Then it came back around December 2023 and this time one lesion had moved to my liver. That makes it Stage 4. I had robotic surgery, but this time I needed 12 rounds of chemo. Between the chemo and the Type 2 Diabetes that I contracted during COVID somehow, my dick was not getting involved at all. But, I was busy just trying to stay alive. I've now survived Stage 4 twice and I'm ready for my friend to get very involved now!
I am a 66 year old male in relatively good health through eating clean, exercising and meditation/mindfulness. However, after years of battling ED due to obesity, co-morbidities, etc. slowly the pills stopped working and so did my penis. Shock wave therapy, cock rings, VED with cock rings...slowly but surely they all became ineffective. I tried TRT shots, kegels, drinking suggested smoothies. Nada. When I discovered penile implants, and soon after this amazing board, I was all in.
Unlike many men I've read about on here, my prostate is healthy, so that is not the issue for the ED. I have always been a grower now a shower, so I've worried about atrophy, etc. I've continued using a VED over the years and once I decided to have the implant procedure, I followed Dr. Clavell's advise and am pumping every day. While I'm still a grower, I have noticed significant gains in flaccid length. And, I wake up with morning...well, I wouldn't really call it "wood." More like rubber. But it is much fuller.
My current measurements in the VED which, believe it or not, started at around 5.5" in length are now consistently in the 7" to 7.25 range. My girth when I remove the VED is 6" at the base and 5ish by the head. I'm going to give these measurements to my surgeon at next week's consultation. I know they're not realistic because of the VED, but it shows me that he should be able to get close to fitting me at these dimension when he pumps me up on the table. I intend on being under the influence of anesthesia for THAT.

I like the idea of journaling, so I will continue to post on here. I'm hoping to influence others as so many of you have done for me. A special shoutout to Goodwood for being kind enough to share some personal messages with me...we New Yorkers stick together

Don't know about pics yet...but, I'll consider it.
I'm going to try and post at least every couple of days because this is also therapeutic for me, and, hopefully, for some of you.
I do look forward to your comments.