Infection - My Story

[Grad777]

Sorry Courage I just read your signature line and saw that you did. What type of infection did you have ?

It was mssa, a type of staph infection.

Yes these infections are no joke

[Kodixx]

Courage, so sorry to hear about what you've been thru. Best wishes for a better path forward.

- Chuck

[Grad777]

Just wanted to give an update. Removed catheter and drain today. Overall the bruising and swelling is not bad at all. I suspect the swelling may increase some as I just removed the drain. Doc said it was ok to remove because I was under 20 mL per day.
Now for the hard part. I had mentally prepared before I took the bandages off at what I was going to see. Something quite different from my first two implants and not in a good way. That was in fact the case. In reality the total implanted cylinder length is 5 cm shorter now but visually it looks about 2.5 to 3 inches shorter. After surgery they left me 50 percent erect. Keep in mind I now also have the Narrow Based Titan model and my girth is also diminished. However it doesn’t appear as shocking as the length.
I told Dr. Brady I was extremely disappointed with the reduced size and I was not handling this well. He said to just give it time. I don’t in any way fault him. He is a great surgeon and very competent doctor. I wish there was a different path forward but I can’t see it now. I mean on one hand I am thankful to hopefully have a working penis but yet I now I can’t even begin to imagine having passionate enjoyable sex with my wife again. I hate this for her as also. I haven’t came close to truly opening up to her. I mean I told her the measurements and that it was not good. I’m not a super emotional guy and but this is rough.
Sorry to ramble on guys but wanted to give an update. That said if you do have ED don’t let my story prevent you with moving forward with an implant. I was extremely fortunate to have an amazing 8 year run. As I said I can’t see a good path forward from here but i hope
and pray things will improve.