What have people told their families?

[Livingstonguy]

I'm guessing the people saying they told no one are retired. I had to take 4 weeks off of work so there were lots of concerned people asking questions.

Is taking 4 weeks off work common? Many seem to suggest they were able to go back to work after 2 weeks?

It depends on what kind of work you do. I do lots of lifting and am in and out of my car several times a day.

[JiminFL]

I've only told my adult son & several close friends. We told everyone else that I had a hernia repaired. I feel like Clark Kent with this hidden superpower.

[Stupid]

I recommend telling no one. Good advice so far in this thread.

[Exspecto]

Thanks everyone! I'm amazed that some procedures are as an outpatient. I'm in for an overnight stay, hence the need to field lots of questions.

[jimmi85]

I told pretty much anyone I knew and most people who I didn’t!

My friends and family were aware of my Peyronies, I wasn’t embarrassed in the slightest as my dick still worked perfectly, it just couldn’t penetrate properly and I wanted my sex life back.

A year on, and in a happy relationship I have no regrets, and love talking about it - I get asked so many questions and get such a positive feedback.

Why would anyone be embarrassed by a bionic dick that gets harder than any natural erection and stays hard for as long as you want it to?

At 38, I am having the best sex of my life and have never been happier with my ‘machine’ as my girlfriend called it!

[Time2Change]

I said I was getting a hernia repaired. Everyone I told seemed to accept that explanation.

FYI--I was out of work for two weeks.

[gjmjoe017]

Why in the hell would you want to tell your family you had a penile implant?

[navy6587]

Other than my wife, I told my oldest son. He's the executor of our wills so I thought he should know just in case the funeral director approached him regarding cremation plans. Since then, I've spoken to a Mass funeral director and found it really doesn't matter about IPPs...just metal hip and other joint replacements, plates, etc.

[Livingstonguy]

Why in the hell would you want to tell your family you had a penile implant?

I told my kids and my sister because they have been on this cancer journey with me throughout and are concerned. We are a close family and share each others health concerns. I feel sorry for people that don't feel they can share health issues with the people they love.

[MARKOS2018]

I told my kids I was having hernia surgery. If I said anything to son or daughter it would be out on the internet. I’m still deliberating telling my son but he would tell his buddies. Since I was on Coumadin Eid had me in the hospital 2 days prior to surgery. Wife and I were concerned about bleeding out and so was Eid.





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