My Surgery Journal And Impressions
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 11:17 am
I had surgery a few days ago, and I want to document and share my experiences with everybody here.
A little background on me - I'm 29 years old and have been struggling with ED for the past 7 years. I'm suffering from some kind of a venous leak, and already had one surgery on the penis - called a "vein stripping" surgery, where they basically strip the veins from the penis in order to eliminate the leakage. Unfortunately, this didn't work so it seemed as if an implant was a viable option
This was not an easy decision for me, as I was semi functional. Without pills best I could do is a get a strong erection lasting only a few seconds. Pills did work sometimes, but even when they did I wasn't 100% functional. So for example If I switched position such as laying on my back, the erection would go down. More often than not, I would get a consistent 70% erection with pills, which was good enough for receiving oral, but not good enough to penetrate.
So I could still get some pleasure with the way it was, but it just wasn't good enough. I wanted to be able to go whenever I wanted, and without it going down during sex.
Due to the possible complications of injections, such as forming a scar tissue, I decided not to go this route at all.
A lesser known urologist suggested that I go for a one-piece malleable implant. I'm glad I found this forum and did extensive research, because a 1 piece implant would've been a terrible decision.
After extensive research I decided to go with Dr. Francois Eid to do my surgery. He is based in NYC and is considered one of the top penile implant surgeons in the world.
I've heard a lot of horror stories about things going wrong with lesser known surgeons, such as guys losing half their size, implants not working properly and other serious complications.
Loss of size was a major issue for me. Depending on the erection I'm getting, I'm able to measure anywhere from 6.75 up until 7.25 in length. Girth-wise I also have some decent size. My penis is anywhere from 6 to 7 inches thick depending on which part you measure it.
After reading way too many horror stories, my main concern was waking up with a 4 inch dick. I'd be okay if I lost a bit and still remained within a reasonable size such as a 6" penis, but was concerned about being too small, which would lead to an additional insecurity for me.
I read a lot of Dr. Eid's paper, and he's been known to size pretty aggressively. Generally, his patients have minimal size loss from the studies that I've read. Hence, he seemed like the ideal choice for my situation
Here's how things went:
June 22nd - Arrival-
Arrived in NYC from Europe. Checked in at the hotel, then spent the day going to CVS and Walgreens to get the necessary medications needed for pre and post surgery care. I had trouble finding hibiclens, an anti-bacterial soap but after going to several CVS locations I managed to find it in one. The rest of the stuff I bought was colace and milk of magnesia which are used as a laxative since you're extremely constipated post-surgery. The rest of the medications required a prescription which was given to me the next day.
June 23rd - Pre Surgery Checkup
Had a pre-surgery appointment with Dr. Eid. His office is located in a nice spot on the Upper East Side of NYC. His staff was extremely nice, Dr. Eid was also very nice and soft-spoken. You'd expect a world-famous surgeon to be arrogant and brash, but that wasn't the case with Dr. Eid, he seemed like a genuinely good guy. He told me a bit more about the procedure, answered all the questions I have. He did an exam on me as well as took measurements. He did a stretch test which came out at around 17 cm I think, which is around 6.9 inches if my math is correct. Then he injected my penis with what I think was prostaglandin - so that he could induce an erection, and measure my erect penis. My penis was more or less the same as the stretched length, maybe 0.25 bigger.
My penis had a pronounced upward bend. He said that this might cause an issue, since for the implant to work optimally the penis needs to be straight. There are numerous ways to fix it. He considered doing two surgeries at once - one to fix the bend and another one to do the implant. Then he said that this might be fixed if he undersizes me by about 1 cm. The penis would be a bit shorter but it would be perfectly straight. I actually like my upward bend, and wanted to retain as much size as possible so I declined the option of losing size. The other option was to use different sized implants in order to compensate for the bend. For example use 24cm for one side, 23 cm for the other one.
I stated that penis size is extremely important, and Dr. Eid promised that he would do whatever it takes to size me as aggressively as possible i.e choose the biggest possible implant for my size.
As far as the upward bend situation is concerned, he said the final decision will be made in the operating room, since he will be able to gauge the situation much better there. Going into surgery I was not sure the exact size of implant that dr. Eid was going to put. He said he is considering either a 22cm or a 24cm titan. I was really hoping he would opt for the 24cm option, but the final decision is to be made in the operating room.
June 24th - Surgery Day
Was very nervous. Arrived at 6.45 AM at a nice private clinic on the Upper East Side. The nurses here were extremely nice, as well as the rest of the staff. Had to file a shitload of paperwork which was a bit annoying. The anesthesiologist opted for a spinal anesthesia and a sedative. The spinal by itself doesn't knock you out, you're still conscious unlike the general anesthesia. I was given a sedative so that I sleep throughout the procedure. I could've stayed conscious if I wanted, but I didn't. I just wanted to wake up with an implant rather than suffer through the surgery.
I don't even remember going to the OR, the medications must've knocked me out. Next thing I remember i waking up and feeling nauseous. I remember Dr. Eid being there and talking to him, but I don't remember anything he said and whether the surgery was successful since I was semi-conscious from the medications. I was feeling pretty bad the first couple of hours post-surgery.
I asked the nurses how the surgery went and they stated that it was a very successful. However they didn't have any details as to what and how everything was done, and the size of implants used.
They gave me a bunch of extra stuff to help with the pain and nausea I had. They gave me Oxycontin as well as some other stuff. After laying there for few hours I was ready to get sent home. When I tried to get up I couldn't, I would get dizzy and nauseous. The nurses were very attentive, gave me oxygen to help me with this, hooked me up to an IV. After about an hour I attempted again to get up so that I can leave, but I couldn't. I would get crazy dizzy as soon as I got up.
The anesthesiologist assertively stepped up to the plate. She gave me a dose or ephedrine, which seemed to do the trick. This livened me up, I started to feel much more energetic, got up with no problem and said to the nurses that I could run if I wanted.
I was ready to leave, but before that the nurses gave me instructions on the post-op care. I was hooked up to a catheter, which sucked. I hated that thing. They gave me instructions on when and how to remove it.
Since I was here alone without a companion, I had a chaperon hired to take me from the hospital to the hotel. You are legally obligated to do this after surgery with anesthesia, you cannot leave alone - someone must escort you and in my case it was a chaperon since I was alone. Since my hotel was close to the surgery center, we hailed a cab and it was a short ride, less than 10 blocks. However, due to the insane NYC traffic, it took maybe about 20 minutes in the cab to get to the hotel.
There wasn't too much pain immediately after the operation. I expected it to be much worse to be completely honest. I was taking some pain medications such as tylenol 3 (tylenol + codeine) and percocet (oxycontin + something else), which I'm sure helped a lot with the pain. The catheter made things uncomfortable. I was generally feeling good, and feeling as if this was the right decision. I was feeling relieved. The penis was bandaged all over the place so I couldn't really see it, I could only see a part of it and it was badly bruised and swollen.
I still wasn't sure how the surgery was done, what kind of implant was used, and whether Dr. Eid considers is successful. So I called his office, talked to his assistants then talked to Dr. Eid.
Dr. Eid said he feels the surgery went great. He put extra effort into properly sizing me since that was my biggest concerned. He said he started by looking at a 22cm implant, then considered a 22cm + 1cm RTE, and afterwards a 24 cm implant. He said he went with the 24 cm implant on both sides, which made me very happy. I knew that 24cm is aggresive sizing for my penis size, and I'm glad he went the extra mile to try out different lengths and choose the absolute biggest one for my penis size.
I was feeling really good after these news. He also provided some info and instructions on post-op care. As far as the bend is concerned he is hoping that the implant will overpower the bend and straighten out the penis. I'm okay even if the bend stays since it doesn't bother me.
I will be making another post in a few hours documenting the next few days after surgery
A little background on me - I'm 29 years old and have been struggling with ED for the past 7 years. I'm suffering from some kind of a venous leak, and already had one surgery on the penis - called a "vein stripping" surgery, where they basically strip the veins from the penis in order to eliminate the leakage. Unfortunately, this didn't work so it seemed as if an implant was a viable option
This was not an easy decision for me, as I was semi functional. Without pills best I could do is a get a strong erection lasting only a few seconds. Pills did work sometimes, but even when they did I wasn't 100% functional. So for example If I switched position such as laying on my back, the erection would go down. More often than not, I would get a consistent 70% erection with pills, which was good enough for receiving oral, but not good enough to penetrate.
So I could still get some pleasure with the way it was, but it just wasn't good enough. I wanted to be able to go whenever I wanted, and without it going down during sex.
Due to the possible complications of injections, such as forming a scar tissue, I decided not to go this route at all.
A lesser known urologist suggested that I go for a one-piece malleable implant. I'm glad I found this forum and did extensive research, because a 1 piece implant would've been a terrible decision.
After extensive research I decided to go with Dr. Francois Eid to do my surgery. He is based in NYC and is considered one of the top penile implant surgeons in the world.
I've heard a lot of horror stories about things going wrong with lesser known surgeons, such as guys losing half their size, implants not working properly and other serious complications.
Loss of size was a major issue for me. Depending on the erection I'm getting, I'm able to measure anywhere from 6.75 up until 7.25 in length. Girth-wise I also have some decent size. My penis is anywhere from 6 to 7 inches thick depending on which part you measure it.
After reading way too many horror stories, my main concern was waking up with a 4 inch dick. I'd be okay if I lost a bit and still remained within a reasonable size such as a 6" penis, but was concerned about being too small, which would lead to an additional insecurity for me.
I read a lot of Dr. Eid's paper, and he's been known to size pretty aggressively. Generally, his patients have minimal size loss from the studies that I've read. Hence, he seemed like the ideal choice for my situation
Here's how things went:
June 22nd - Arrival-
Arrived in NYC from Europe. Checked in at the hotel, then spent the day going to CVS and Walgreens to get the necessary medications needed for pre and post surgery care. I had trouble finding hibiclens, an anti-bacterial soap but after going to several CVS locations I managed to find it in one. The rest of the stuff I bought was colace and milk of magnesia which are used as a laxative since you're extremely constipated post-surgery. The rest of the medications required a prescription which was given to me the next day.
June 23rd - Pre Surgery Checkup
Had a pre-surgery appointment with Dr. Eid. His office is located in a nice spot on the Upper East Side of NYC. His staff was extremely nice, Dr. Eid was also very nice and soft-spoken. You'd expect a world-famous surgeon to be arrogant and brash, but that wasn't the case with Dr. Eid, he seemed like a genuinely good guy. He told me a bit more about the procedure, answered all the questions I have. He did an exam on me as well as took measurements. He did a stretch test which came out at around 17 cm I think, which is around 6.9 inches if my math is correct. Then he injected my penis with what I think was prostaglandin - so that he could induce an erection, and measure my erect penis. My penis was more or less the same as the stretched length, maybe 0.25 bigger.
My penis had a pronounced upward bend. He said that this might cause an issue, since for the implant to work optimally the penis needs to be straight. There are numerous ways to fix it. He considered doing two surgeries at once - one to fix the bend and another one to do the implant. Then he said that this might be fixed if he undersizes me by about 1 cm. The penis would be a bit shorter but it would be perfectly straight. I actually like my upward bend, and wanted to retain as much size as possible so I declined the option of losing size. The other option was to use different sized implants in order to compensate for the bend. For example use 24cm for one side, 23 cm for the other one.
I stated that penis size is extremely important, and Dr. Eid promised that he would do whatever it takes to size me as aggressively as possible i.e choose the biggest possible implant for my size.
As far as the upward bend situation is concerned, he said the final decision will be made in the operating room, since he will be able to gauge the situation much better there. Going into surgery I was not sure the exact size of implant that dr. Eid was going to put. He said he is considering either a 22cm or a 24cm titan. I was really hoping he would opt for the 24cm option, but the final decision is to be made in the operating room.
June 24th - Surgery Day
Was very nervous. Arrived at 6.45 AM at a nice private clinic on the Upper East Side. The nurses here were extremely nice, as well as the rest of the staff. Had to file a shitload of paperwork which was a bit annoying. The anesthesiologist opted for a spinal anesthesia and a sedative. The spinal by itself doesn't knock you out, you're still conscious unlike the general anesthesia. I was given a sedative so that I sleep throughout the procedure. I could've stayed conscious if I wanted, but I didn't. I just wanted to wake up with an implant rather than suffer through the surgery.
I don't even remember going to the OR, the medications must've knocked me out. Next thing I remember i waking up and feeling nauseous. I remember Dr. Eid being there and talking to him, but I don't remember anything he said and whether the surgery was successful since I was semi-conscious from the medications. I was feeling pretty bad the first couple of hours post-surgery.
I asked the nurses how the surgery went and they stated that it was a very successful. However they didn't have any details as to what and how everything was done, and the size of implants used.
They gave me a bunch of extra stuff to help with the pain and nausea I had. They gave me Oxycontin as well as some other stuff. After laying there for few hours I was ready to get sent home. When I tried to get up I couldn't, I would get dizzy and nauseous. The nurses were very attentive, gave me oxygen to help me with this, hooked me up to an IV. After about an hour I attempted again to get up so that I can leave, but I couldn't. I would get crazy dizzy as soon as I got up.
The anesthesiologist assertively stepped up to the plate. She gave me a dose or ephedrine, which seemed to do the trick. This livened me up, I started to feel much more energetic, got up with no problem and said to the nurses that I could run if I wanted.
I was ready to leave, but before that the nurses gave me instructions on the post-op care. I was hooked up to a catheter, which sucked. I hated that thing. They gave me instructions on when and how to remove it.
Since I was here alone without a companion, I had a chaperon hired to take me from the hospital to the hotel. You are legally obligated to do this after surgery with anesthesia, you cannot leave alone - someone must escort you and in my case it was a chaperon since I was alone. Since my hotel was close to the surgery center, we hailed a cab and it was a short ride, less than 10 blocks. However, due to the insane NYC traffic, it took maybe about 20 minutes in the cab to get to the hotel.
There wasn't too much pain immediately after the operation. I expected it to be much worse to be completely honest. I was taking some pain medications such as tylenol 3 (tylenol + codeine) and percocet (oxycontin + something else), which I'm sure helped a lot with the pain. The catheter made things uncomfortable. I was generally feeling good, and feeling as if this was the right decision. I was feeling relieved. The penis was bandaged all over the place so I couldn't really see it, I could only see a part of it and it was badly bruised and swollen.
I still wasn't sure how the surgery was done, what kind of implant was used, and whether Dr. Eid considers is successful. So I called his office, talked to his assistants then talked to Dr. Eid.
Dr. Eid said he feels the surgery went great. He put extra effort into properly sizing me since that was my biggest concerned. He said he started by looking at a 22cm implant, then considered a 22cm + 1cm RTE, and afterwards a 24 cm implant. He said he went with the 24 cm implant on both sides, which made me very happy. I knew that 24cm is aggresive sizing for my penis size, and I'm glad he went the extra mile to try out different lengths and choose the absolute biggest one for my penis size.
I was feeling really good after these news. He also provided some info and instructions on post-op care. As far as the bend is concerned he is hoping that the implant will overpower the bend and straighten out the penis. I'm okay even if the bend stays since it doesn't bother me.
I will be making another post in a few hours documenting the next few days after surgery