Lawrence13 wrote:I’ve hit a wall cycling and it appears my tissue cannot or won’t expand as much as the cylinders need. Every time I try and push through I regress. There is little doubt I lost a full inch in length which at this point is the least of my concerns.
I’m not sure quite what you mean when you say that your tissue won’t expand as much as the cylinders need, or what you mean by saying that you regress.
Lawrence13 wrote:I don’t see how I will ever be okay with having this implant or feeling confident or sexual with it. It’s a dead peice of plastic. A new source of shame and self doubt.
Well, I think at this point, just three weeks in, when you’re not yet fully healed and have not yet had sex, you’re very focused on the implant itself. Yes, it is a dead piece of plastic. Yes, it’s artificial and manmade. And yes, I’m still aware of that, even after having had the it for a few years. But that’s not what I’m focused on in a sexual situation. In a sexual situation, I handle the implant (chosing when to pump it up and so forth), but I’m focused on my cock (and on my partner). I don’t think: Now the cylinders are hard. I think: now I am hard. And it feels good being hard and knowing that I can stay hard, and it feels good to see that my hardness is appreciated. I know I’m a generation older than you and that I’m gay and you’re straight, but all the same: guys I have sex with who don’t know about my implant don’t relate to my cock as if it’s a dead piece of plastic; all they see is a hard cock, and they like that. I assume it would be the same with women.
And also: guys who do know about my implant, well, they don’t really seem to care. To them, as best as I can tell, it’s still primarily just a hard cock.
Lawrence13 wrote:Been having trouble sleeping and some of the cycling regression has been difficult to accept. Right now with the set backs I feel that I’m probably a ways away from my first sexual experience.
I’d say, no need to rush it. Start seeking out sex when you feel ready for it. But till then, just keep in mind that what you’ve been focusing on so far are just all the bad things about having an implant. When you actually start having sex again you will get to experience the positive side of it too, which is, well, that it can be fucking amazing to have sex when you’re not constantly afraid of losing your erection.
Give it time. Try to keep an open mind. Don’t torture yourself unnecessarily.