Long distance implant and post surgery concerns

[BuffaloMaxx]

We drove 4 hours the day after surgery from NYC to Boston. I was in the back of our SUV with a thick high density foam pad under me. Totally fine. Sitting for me was and still is a week later not fun. Only way I would personally fly would be 1st class and fully reclinable seats. Staying across the street the first night was a good call. Your experience might be different, but looking back I would have needed 2 days before serious travel. Friday and Saturday sucked, but by Sunday the only issue I had was when I had to sit up. Standing is fine, just sitting and the act of getting up are the problem.

I’d also talk to the dr and get stronger meds than percs. Those literally have zero effect on me except for making me itchy.

Best wishes and keep us posted !

[LuisFernandez]

Congrats on making a great decision. Many here are too scared or incompetent to travel or too broke to travel to Eid. They mostly end up regretting it or getting shitty results.

I was literally about to get a loan before i lucked out with crypto.

I’ve traveled to Eid but only for physical examination. You can try reading Merrix’s journal. He literally traveled from another country and paid for it in cash. Best of luck and keep us posted.

PS
Someone mentioned Tatem. He is a crap doctor IMO. Cannot correctly size and uses the inferior infrapubic approach.

[Txagq8]

Congrats on making a great decision. Many here are too scared or incompetent to travel or too broke to travel to Eid. They mostly end up regretting it or getting shitty results.

I was literally about to get a loan before i lucked out with crypto.

I’ve traveled to Eid but only for physical examination. You can try reading Merrix’s journal. He literally traveled from another country and paid for it in cash. Best of luck and keep us posted.

PS
Someone mentioned Tatem. He is a crap doctor IMO. Cannot correctly size and uses the inferior infrapubic approach.

I found your post highly offensive on numerous levels.

Some of us in the hinterlands, aka flyover country, believe we can find decent medical practitioners without having to go to New Yawk City. Not a knock on Eid or the people who use him.

We are neither broke, poor, financially compromised, or unable to navigate airports. We made a choice based on what we thought was our own best interests. I don’t go around ridiculing people who pass by competent, close by surgeons as the sort of idiot who will pay ten times value for a suit of clothes for a crummy designer label.

Luis, are you a doctor? You think infrapubic is inferior to penoscrotal. I can find boatloads of doctors who will swear infrapubic is superior due to a lessened chance of infection. You are entitled to your opinion. What you re not entitled to is your own facts.

So, you think the guy choosing Eid is wonderful, terrific, great. You think going to NYC rather than elsewhere is a good deal. All that’s fine. You can tell him so. But by God, you can tell him so in a way that doesn’t denigrate others who made a different decision.

People choose their surgeons for a wide variety of reasons. You can celebrate somebody's decision without talking potshots at everyone else.

And before you refer to someone as a crap doctor, you might want to make sure you have evidence to support your opinion. Folks in medicine have lawyers, and those lawyers are often sensitive to defamation. I think I would have been careful how I phrased that. “I have heard mixed reviews about Dr. So-and-so” would have gotten your point across without exposing your flank.

[LuisFernandez]

Infrapubic does not decrease infection rate: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29730314/
Intrascrotal results in a larger implant: https://www.nature.com/articles/ijir201435

As i mentioned some people just lack the competence in doing the research and end up with shitty results. Such as having more than 1cm of rear tip extenders: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29884443/

Eid has about a 2% infection rate. Good luck finding the rate of others.

OP, you made a great choice good luck. Also make sure that injections don’t work for you, they are amazing when they do.

[Leebert]

Well put txagq8 , i got the same kind of treatment basically! My surgeon is one of the best in my area and i feel comfortable with him. No one will tell me whats best for me, we're all different physically and compatibly, so what works best for an individual is up to them. Give some help, not criticism!!

[Nadie123]

Well in my case I am 24 years old, I have 2 businesses in my country and EID is still expensive ... I also live in Colombia if it is infected? ... if it is damaged? ... how much does a review cost me when I delay to be able to go do it ... in short there are several factors that influence

[Lost Sheep]

Guys, guys. Play nice. Accept that others have differing opinions and if you want to correct someone who has a wrong opinion, insulting them is unlikely to be persuasive.

Observe the maxim, "Never argue with an idiot. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference." I include that in my advice because men reading this forum benefit from legitimate debate and are provided a disservice when things turn rancorous.

You ARE here to help, right? Not to stroke your own egos, I hope.

p.s. I addressed this to the two principals in the debate above, but I think it is easy to tell which is needing the advice.

[Lost Sheep]

Infrapubic does not decrease infection rate: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29730314/
Intrascrotal results in a larger implant: https://www.nature.com/articles/ijir201435

Patient demographic information, complications, outcomes and follow-up were not captured in the database.

I think the conclusion (or lack thereof) is evident, I put underlining in to point the way.

Compared with the infrapubic approach, transcrotal placement of IPPs resulted in a significantly longer implant, proximal measurements, RTEs and total reservoir fill volume

(Suggesting that, with a deeper proximal measurement, the implant is placed deeper in the patient's crus, leaving less of the implant to go into the penis to provide length of erection. Having said that, a longer implant placed deeper in the crus DOES HAVE ADVANTAGES.

The point I am trying to make is that both approaches have advantages and disadvantages. Infrapubic allows easier placement of the reservoir, the incision is easier for the patient to keep clean during healing but has greater risk of nerve trauma, pump placement is more challenging and the tubing is longer and more likely to be felt by the man and by his partners.

As i mentioned some people just lack the competence in doing the research and end up with shitty results. Such as having more than 1cm of rear tip extenders: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29884443/

the exact ability of our model to predict in-vivo behavior is unknown.

It is in-vivo that provides the "proof of the pudding" in which patients are most interested, right?

[traveler]

Thanks for all for the input and comments. I have researched this enough to know that each guy that has gone through this has their own story and each one is unique. I'm just trying to make the best decision for ME, (with valued input from those that have gone before me in this journey) I feel like I am prepared as possible and and fully understand the risks involved. My initial Tele-Medicine appointment with Eid is next week. I'll start a new thread once my appointment is set and then share my experience with this community as so many have graciously and generously done. I know that I would not be as well informed without this website. Thanks again to all.

Thanks again
traveler