Mallealbe rods aren't malleable

[duke_cicero]

I'm having a difficult recovery.

To his credit, Dr Levine did recommend the AMS for my penis and my desires and expectations. But I was stubborn. I wanted something that would give me the least complications. Now I have more complications.

It's early since I am only Day 4 post-surgery, but this thing won't bend into place and is uncomfortable pointing it up towards my belly. It twists toward the right at 3:30 position. It also feels hard as a rock, not rubbery like I expected it would. I knew the core was metal, but I expected the outer layer to be softer and the metal coil to be more pliable.

I also had to be catheterized after surgery and then returned to central Illinois. My local ER wouldn't take the catheter out and looked at me like I was from outer space when I explained I had a penile prothesis. I had to have my elderly mother drive me to her brother's house and then take a medical service to Dr Levine's office in downtown Chicago just to get the catheter removed.

I've told everyone this for a varicocele, but I think everyone knows more is going on,

I see Dr .Levine in a month. If he can't bend into place I will have to take a medical leave from work and get a revision to an IPP as soon as possible.

I chose the MPP to make my life less complicated, but it has become more complicated.

Man you are 4 days post op..why did you assume what you are having are complications and not the usual recovery period? Did you follow up with dr.levine ? What did he tell you to expect in recovery ? I believe it's too early to bend it...what doctors usually say it's bendable 2 weeks post op and not before...and what I've seen from anecdotes it's no less than a month in most cases (genesis only...others way longer if they will bend at all)...even ipps have their own hustle in recovery period that extend to couple of months or more.

Believe it or not, I am in full agreement with tooyoung.

[adkd124]

11mm genesis must have great shape memory. Anyway it's too early to bend it. But if your implant not bend at all it can be sign of prothesis infection.

[Mark1974]

Can anyone tell me how to post photos?

Also, how do the rods soften?

[tooyoung]

I'm having a difficult recovery.

To his credit, Dr Levine did recommend the AMS for my penis and my desires and expectations. But I was stubborn. I wanted something that would give me the least complications. Now I have more complications.

It's early since I am only Day 4 post-surgery, but this thing won't bend into place and is uncomfortable pointing it up towards my belly. It twists toward the right at 3:30 position. It also feels hard as a rock, not rubbery like I expected it would. I knew the core was metal, but I expected the outer layer to be softer and the metal coil to be more pliable.

I also had to be catheterized after surgery and then returned to central Illinois. My local ER wouldn't take the catheter out and looked at me like I was from outer space when I explained I had a penile prothesis. I had to have my elderly mother drive me to her brother's house and then take a medical service to Dr Levine's office in downtown Chicago just to get the catheter removed.

I've told everyone this for a varicocele, but I think everyone knows more is going on,

I see Dr .Levine in a month. If he can't bend into place I will have to take a medical leave from work and get a revision to an IPP as soon as possible.

I chose the MPP to make my life less complicated, but it has become more complicated.

Man you are 4 days post op..why did you assume what you are having are complications and not the usual recovery period? Did you follow up with dr.levine ? What did he tell you to expect in recovery ? I believe it's too early to bend it...what doctors usually say it's bendable 2 weeks post op and not before...and what I've seen from anecdotes it's no less than a month in most cases (genesis only...others way longer if they will bend at all)...even ipps have their own hustle in recovery period that extend to couple of months or more.

Believe it or not, I am in full agreement with tooyoung.

Thanks man I really appreciate it

[Mark1974]

He doesn't seem so bad to me. I don't know why he freaked out on some of the seniors on the forum, but beyond that he hasn't said much that sounded unreasonable. That I've read anyways. And I don't have any reason to think he's not a doctor if he says he is.

In the words of the late Rodney King (the George Floyd of my youth) "Can't we all just get along?"

[ready2go]

well shoot, sayin them genesis rods aint malleable is like claimin a coloplast titan tube dont never bust n leak, or them ams 700 cx cylinders aint ever gonna fray... now listen here, i aint talkin out my hat like some possum playin preacher in a baptist church, all dressed up in sunday best after scarfn down a plate of marthas famous southern cookies. just you wait give it a lil time, n that thingll go softer than a marshmallow meltin in a texas noon sun. howdy, that oughta do it rougher n a cob but smooth as a creek stone where it counts, take care, recover well...happy friday y'all

Buddy , can't you comment without using the foghorn -leghorn AI generated text?

I say, I say now, son—can't ya, I mean can't ya make a comment without usin’ that there AI-generated gobbledygook? Sounds like a chicken tryin’ to lecture a fox, I tell ya!"

[ready2go]

I'm having a difficult recovery.

To his credit, Dr Levine did recommend the AMS for my penis and my desires and expectations. But I was stubborn. I wanted something that would give me the least complications. Now I have more complications.

It's early since I am only Day 4 post-surgery, but this thing won't bend into place and is uncomfortable pointing it up towards my belly. It twists toward the right at 3:30 position. It also feels hard as a rock, not rubbery like I expected it would. I knew the core was metal, but I expected the outer layer to be softer and the metal coil to be more pliable.

I also had to be catheterized after surgery and then returned to central Illinois. My local ER wouldn't take the catheter out and looked at me like I was from outer space when I explained I had a penile prothesis. I had to have my elderly mother drive me to her brother's house and then take a medical service to Dr Levine's office in downtown Chicago just to get the catheter removed.

I've told everyone this for a varicocele, but I think everyone knows more is going on,

I see Dr .Levine in a month. If he can't bend into place I will have to take a medical leave from work and get a revision to an IPP as soon as possible.

I chose the MPP to make my life less complicated, but it has become more complicated.

hey mark , i assume you had the incision on the upper shaft ? "subcoronal approach "
If so, consider yourself fortunate , because the rods are not bent when implanted . And after your recovery . The malleable will hold the position you choose for sex better .
I had the penoscrotal method, and it was a quick recovery ,but the rods are doubled , over, bent in a U shape until they touch , to install them .so now my malleable will not stand on its own .
i have noticed from other members posts ,with the subcoronal method . the healing time is longer , but it seems worth it in the long term . Hang in there bud .

[pumpless_mtfckr]

Buddy , can't you comment without using the foghorn -leghorn AI generated text?

I say, I say now, son—can't ya, I mean can't ya make a comment without usin’ that there AI-generated gobbledygook? Sounds like a chicken tryin’ to lecture a fox, I tell ya!"

well now, when mama went on up to glory, she grabbed my hand n said, “baby, you keep that southern spirit alive, yhear?” and i told her, yes maama, i swar..so you see i only gon let that there ai fix my spellin n grammar, not write like no soulless yankee robot... so here i am, living and writin to please my mama in heaven with a purpose... if it dont tickle yer fancy, that just fine aint no one holdin yer eyeballs hostage. dont like it? dont read it. bless yer heart anyway

[Mark1974]

hey mark , i assume you had the incision on the upper shaft ? "subcoronal approach "
If so, consider yourself fortunate , because the rods are not bent when implanted . And after your recovery . The malleable will hold the position you choose for sex better .
I had the penoscrotal method, and it was a quick recovery ,but the rods are doubled , over, bent in a U shape until they touch , to install them .so now my malleable will not stand on its own .
i have noticed from other members posts ,with the subcoronal method . the healing time is longer , but it seems worth it in the long term . Hang in there bud .

Yes, sub-coronal. I would have preferred penoscrotal, even if the result wasn't as great cosmetically, because sub-coronal is more risky for ischemia (cutting the dorsal artery) or damage to the neurovascular bundle.

However, I had a fantastic surgeon and I left it up to him. So far I have good sensation and although the glans is very bruised, the color is improving.

Right now I am in the prime period when one worries about infection, so I am worried about that and being able to bend and conceal, but my result was very good (with what I am working with)

[Nocturne]

well shoot, sayin them genesis rods aint malleable is like claimin a coloplast titan tube dont never bust n leak, or them ams 700 cx cylinders aint ever gonna fray... now listen here, i aint talkin out my hat like some possum playin preacher in a baptist church, all dressed up in sunday best after scarfn down a plate of marthas famous southern cookies. just you wait give it a lil time, n that thingll go softer than a marshmallow meltin in a texas noon sun. howdy, that oughta do it rougher n a cob but smooth as a creek stone where it counts, take care, recover well...happy friday y'all

Why, I’d be lower’n the nipples on a breeder sow if I didn’t tip my ten-gallon hat in recognition of this-here fine piece of reassuritatin’!