Curious about Dr. Eid's pre-op process

[munkyloval]

Hi! I have an appointment with Dr. Eid on July 1st to discuss getting an implant. I'm 35yo and have dealt with ED for the past 12 years or so. About 5 years ago I talked with my PCP who prescribed pills that had mixed effectiveness and gave me crazy headaches, and also injections. For me, the process of injecting myself made me feel horrible, like a broken man, so I stopped that after just a couple times because I felt worse emotionally after attempting sex than before it. ED has ruined my long-term relationships and destroyed my sex life. I'm terrified when a woman tries to seduce me - I try to escape the situation because I know it will just end in disappointment and shame for both of us. Really, wtf??

I'm excited and scared about the process of getting an implant, and have read as many of your experiences with Dr. Eid as I was able to find, but most of them overlooked details about the process leading up to their surgery. So I have a few questions that I was hoping you folks could help answer (no need to respond to them all):

* What was the complete process/tests/appointments and timeline you went through with Dr. Eid before your surgery?
* Did he do diagnostics to try to determine the underlying cause of your ED? Was a cause ever determined?
* Did he recommend any other treatments first?
* Did you have spinal, or general, anesthesia? How long after waking up were you able to leave?
* Did you require a medical escort after surgery? If so, how did you arrange for one? Did they just take you to your hotel room, or do they stay with you a bit?
* Have you had any complications or regrets? If you needed a revision, why?
* How long after surgery was the incision fully healed?
* How bad/visible is the scaring?
* Have you lost any sensation? Have any numbness? If it resolved, how long did it take?
Thanks in advance!

[LuisFernandez]

I don't understand what the problem with injections is. You just go to the bathroom and inject. It takes like 5 minutes. The sex is amazing on injections if they work well for you.

IMO you should get over it. I have a lot of fun dating with injections and just ignore those feelings.

[munkyloval]

Good for you that you can ignore your emotions. Injections only work half the time for me. The other half of the time, me and my partner just end up feeling unsatisfied and shameful. And every time I would stick that needle in, it would painfully remind me that I'm terrible at giving sex with a dick that can't stay hard or penetrate, and just hope for the best. That is not a workable or enjoyable solution for me. I'd rather keep doing what I'm doing than do injections.

[GoodWood]

Hang in there. I’m sure others will be along shortly to answer your questions. Lots of guys here have had their surgery done by Dr Eid and they are almost universally happy with the experience and results.

I’ve been injecting for 6 years or so but am considering an implant more seriously now. Injections work for some people but there is a lack of spontaneity, they are a hassle to travel with, and some people just don’t like injecting themselves. There are lots of guys that skipped over injections or just decided it wasn’t for them. It’s a valid point.

Although I’m sure the previous reply was well meaning, “get over it” is rarely helpful.

So hang in there. It’s great you are taking this head on now instead of letting more time (and life) pass you by.

[LuisFernandez]

Good for you that you can ignore your emotions. Injections only work half the time for me. The other half of the time, me and my partner just end up feeling unsatisfied and shameful. And every time I would stick that needle in, it would painfully remind me that I'm terrible at giving sex with a dick that can't stay hard or penetrate, and just hope for the best. That is not a workable or enjoyable solution for me. I'd rather keep doing what I'm doing than do injections.

There is no scientific reason why the injections don't work. Either you didn't inject the fluid into your cavernosum or you didn't freeze the vial properly, or it's too old.

Did you try mono-mix? Is it powdered EDEX? Was it Trimix? What temperature did you store it at? How old was it?

Once you get the temperature right, get fresh vials every month, and inject correctly it will *always* work. Have you been checked for a venous leak?

I don't want to sound mean but i was in your place when Dr. Eid put me on injections. I love them, the girls love them. Way better than Cialis. IMO it can transform your sex life for the better if done properly.

Just my 2 cents.

[ochorey]

Hi! I have an appointment with Dr. Eid on July 1st to discuss getting an implant. I'm 35yo and have dealt with ED for the past 12 years or so. About 5 years ago I talked with my PCP who prescribed pills that had mixed effectiveness and gave me crazy headaches, and also injections. For me, the process of injecting myself made me feel horrible, like a broken man, so I stopped that after just a couple times because I felt worse emotionally after attempting sex than before it. ED has ruined my long-term relationships and destroyed my sex life. I'm terrified when a woman tries to seduce me - I try to escape the situation because I know it will just end in disappointment and shame for both of us. Really, wtf??

I'm excited and scared about the process of getting an implant, and have read as many of your experiences with Dr. Eid as I was able to find, but most of them overlooked details about the process leading up to their surgery. So I have a few questions that I was hoping you folks could help answer (no need to respond to them all):

* What was the complete process/tests/appointments and timeline you went through with Dr. Eid before your surgery?
* Did he do diagnostics to try to determine the underlying cause of your ED? Was a cause ever determined?
* Did he recommend any other treatments first?
* Did you have spinal, or general, anesthesia? How long after waking up were you able to leave?
* Did you require a medical escort after surgery? If so, how did you arrange for one? Did they just take you to your hotel room, or do they stay with you a bit?
* Have you had any complications or regrets? If you needed a revision, why?
* How long after surgery was the incision fully healed?
* How bad/visible is the scaring?
* Have you lost any sensation? Have any numbness? If it resolved, how long did it take?
Thanks in advance!

For Dr. Eid, thanks the first thing you’ll do is a video chat visit, to see if you’re a candidate. That’s where you’d talk about other treatments.

Assuming you’re a candidate for implant, you’ll then get some pre op tests on your own, and schedule the surgery with his office. You’ll go in a few days before surgery for a sonogram, where he looks at blood flow, and he can identify veinous leaks, etc, and also you may get a cystoscopy, where he runs a camera down your urethra to look for any issues. For me, he offered to skip cystoscopy, because he wasn’t concerned, but I asked for it anyway, even though it was painful, because I wanted to be thorough. For surgery, I had spinal anesthesia (numbs from waist down, but you’re not out).

New York law requires escort after surgery, so you have to do this, even though it was a bit ridiculous in my case, as I had to pay $85 to have a woman walk me across the street (literally) and up to my room. But given all the other expenses, I didn’t worry to much about it. All of this stuff described so far is info that is provided by Dr. Eid’s office, so don’t worry too much about that.

I can’t really answer the remaining questions because I’m only 10 days post op. I can say you likely won’t see any scarring at all, because Eid is a craftsman, and does it along the scrotum so that it just won’t be visible.

[peyroniesjr]

Hey Munkyloval,

My process started in mid Dec 2019 for an initial consultation, to see if I was a candidate & measurement. Dr Eid answered all of my questions, more than a page full.

I thought about it for sometime & then called back what did I have to do to get the process started.

I had to consult with a heart doctor (probably around the end of January 2020) to see if I was healthy enough to go under the knife.

After I got through that point, Dr Eid's office had my fill out various forms & and made a few appointments prior to my surgery on Feb 21, 2020.

I had a scope done at one appointment & the other check for a venous leak. These two appointments was on Tue & Wednesday & surgery was on Friday.

My problem was from PD & RALP, he said that this would correct my PD & my ED from the RALP.

In my case he did not recommend anything other than an implant, again being older & having my prostate removed little hope that my ED would go away.

He had my have a spinal & something that sedated me, but not general anesthesia. I went in ME&E at 7:00 am or &:30am for my operation to start at 10:30am. It started a little late & was was out of the OR at around 12:45pm. I didn't leave the hospital until 5:45pm. I didn't expect to stay so long, but everyone is different.

I was all alone in NYC, so I had to get a medical escort, she took a Taxi with me to go a few blocks & dropped me off in the lobby of the hotel. Dr Eid's office gives you a few agencies to contact for a medical escort.

I had no complication & no regrets, much better than what I was, I also have low testosterone , so I stopped my TRT to see if my BP would go down & now have other problems .

It didn't take long for my incision to fully heal maybe a few weeks. There is no scar, Dr. Eid makes sure it's in the normal spot where it would fold.

Lack of sensation for me is because of my RALP & low T. I don't have numbness , but wish I'd have better sensation.

Hope this helps!

Junior

[ochorey]

I don't understand what the problem with injections is. You just go to the bathroom and inject. It takes like 5 minutes. The sex is amazing on injections if they work well for you.

IMO you should get over it. I have a lot of fun dating with injections and just ignore those feelings.

For me, there were several issues with injections. After using them for about 6 years, I’d say they aren’t really a long term solution for me personally, because:

1. You can’t easily travel with them
2. Everything has to be planned in advance
3. Even as an experienced user, you can get bruising. This is rare, but it can happen and is hard to explain to a partner.
4. Erection duration can vary wildly, from insufficient erection after injections to 6+ hours if you inject too much, so you always need antidote (Phenylephrine) which is another injection (just one if you’re lucky)
5. You can eventually get scarring from the needle punctures and the trimix (if you use trimix), which can be painful, cause a curvature of the penis, etc.

Some of these aren’t an issue if you’re ok with your partner knowing you’re injecting, but for me, this was not acceptable, so I had to conceal it. This is a huge pain in the ass. You go to her house, try and time it right, excuse yourself to the bathroom, somehow with your gear, inject, clean up, conceal used needle, alcohol wipe. When at my place, it was easier, but still, what if you misread the evening? Even with a sex hungry girlfriend, there were occasionally nights where she just wanted to hang out, be intimate but not actually fuck. Then I’m stuck with a boner for 2-3 hours I can’t do anything with. If I push for it, maybe we can still do it, but this sucks for several reasons I don’t even get into.

So you have lots of casual sex, great, you can absolutely do this. I did it for years. But what if you find someone you’re really into? At some point, she’s going to wonder why you’re always disappearing just before things go down. Really, it’s just a matter of time. One girl I dated, I managed to conceal it for almost a year before we split up, and while she never found out, it made for some very uncomfortable evenings.

Anyway, given all that, I don’t think I’d do anything different if I had it to do over, injections did work well for me at the time, except when traveling (you have to keep them refrigerated), but I just couldn’t see how they’d work long term, with the scarring, and the other issues.

Finally, you might be wondering how implant solves these issues. I’ll be first to admit it’s not a perfect solution, but it’s the best tech we have right now. For one thing, I’ll be able to have sex with girls I meet when traveling. Also, preparing for sex, while not ideal, is still much better than with syringes, alcohol wipes, and antidote. And I can exactly control when I go flaccid. It’s very hard to explain to a girl why your dick is like a baseball bat after sex, and for however long after. Some guys might think whatever that’s great, who cares, but it’s just not natural, and women are very aware of this. With implant, not a problem.

[Gt1956]

Ochorey, you are very correct. It doesn't take women very long to learn how sex with men goes. They don't live in a vacuum. I remember in the early years of our marriage. My wifes girlfriends would delicately query about things that happened in their sex life. We were married very young & my wife wasn't shy about her enjoyment of marriage. So she ended up being the go to girl in our friend group for sex type questions.
One girls story stands out. I don't recall the entire context of her conversation but it boiled down to no way would she touch a dick cause they were slimy. My wife denied they were. As she told me about it later. My wife surmised that this girl had only seen dicks after sex, not before. So of course she thought they were slimy. Thats what she had learned by observation but got it all wrong.

[rayhay]

I don't understand what the problem with injections is. You just go to the bathroom and inject. It takes like 5 minutes. The sex is amazing on injections if they work well for you.

IMO you should get over it. I have a lot of fun dating with injections and just ignore those feelings.

It’s very hard to explain to a girl why your dick is like a baseball bat after sex, and for however long after. Some guys might think whatever that’s great, who cares, but it’s just not natural, and women

I second the injection issues! I had a situation when I was visiting a girl. Mood and everything was set. We had some preliminary sex play then her phone rang and she had an emergency with her babysitter and had to run out.. So I'm left with this capt america super serum erection and nothing to use my powers on. To make it worse, I forgot my anodote home(5 sudafeds) So I decided to head home and literally drove 2 hours on the highway with a boner sticking out the window..smh Drove 55mph the whole way..... was not trying to get pulled over and then explain to the trooper why my dick is hard! lol
That made it clear that injections was not going to cut it long term.