Thank you all! I’m pumped ( and soon will be more so)!

I’m 22 days post IPP implant, and on the spectrum of experiences reported on FT, I’m lucky to be close to the least painful end. My wife and I can hardly wait to try this thing out! My doc left me 80% pumped since the implant, and the showers the last few days have felt near the “sexual activity” I’...

Thanks for the positive feedback. I am 12 days past my IPP procedure and feeling pretty optimistic. The pain has settled into a mild but persistent ache in my scrotum and penis, though they are not sensitive to touch, and in fact, enjoy a little massage. I never had much swelling, and it appears to ...

Date +8

My IPP procedure was eight days ago today. I don’t have much swelling left, and pain levels are going down, especially the last two days, though my scrotum and penis are sore, but not particularly sensitive to the touch. Bruising is mostly gone. In short, I think I have turned the corner.

Yes, please elaborate.

Implant Day +3 The three times per day Tramadol pain pills start to lose their effectiveness about halfway through their eight hour shift. With Dr. Wang‘s approval, I take an Extra Strength Tylenol at that point, which does a fair job of getting me through to the next scheduled Tramadol. Speaking of...

Implant Day +2: Thanks for the encouraging comments. Comic relief is good, right? Well, Dr. Wang contrived, out of a medium size (8 oz?) Styrofoam coffee cup, a codpiece for his IPP patients to be taped in place over the sore, abused penis for protection from inevitable bumps, scrapes, and tugs agai...

20 cm coloplast titan.

While my wife is out running some big city errands, I am holed up in a hotel room in Northwest Houston recuperating from yesterday’s implantation of an IPP and a male mini-sling, both addressing side effects of my radical prostatectomy a little over two years ago. I am uncomfortable, but not in grea...