SWorks17 wrote:Islanderboy58 wrote:Wed the 17th I will have my consultation with Dr Levine in Chicago I'm feeling good about him as my surgeon, however I am concerned about pump placement with whatever implant he uses. I have always had a tight scrotum ,rarely hangs loose so my concern is how hard it will be to get a grip on the pump and squeeze it .
Also I hear so many comments about size loss and gaining it back during recovery ...it sounds like I should I expect it to take a year or better before I get back close to my pre op size? I am very average 5 3/4 length about 5 girth I lost a bit over and inch length( formally 6 3/4) due to ed over the last 5 years and hope I might regain some of it with consistent cycling after surgery.
Also hoping maybe to go with Titan if he says its a good choice for me.
Thoughts?
Islander, I thought I had a small scrotum also, but mine fits fine. I have the Boston Scientific AMS LGX 18cm with 3cm rear tip extender.
Depending on your internal measurements, proximal (inside your body) and distal (outside your body) when the doc does the install will determine if rear tips extenders are needed to make sure the tubes are long enough from the bottom of the two implants so the pump can be placed as far down in the scrotum as possible.
I'm not single so I wasn't concerned about the pump being hid at the back of my scrotum, mine sits between the two boys in the middle, so I can easily access the pump and hold it with my left hand while I pump with my right hand.
I'm a road bike cyclist, so I was concerned about the pump causing pain down there between the two boys, with rubbing or pinching, but I don't have any of those problems.
As far as size loss.
I had total ED for 4 months after the prostrate procedure that I had until I could get the implant installed. I used a VED every day to stretch my dick and keep the blood flow going. I had 6 1/4 inches with the VED, initially after the surgery I was at 5 to 5.5 inches when I first started cycling. I gained back my pre-op size back around the 6 month point. It is very important to do cycling to the max inflation when you are given the go ahead to cycle. There is a surgical capsule that starts to form around the implant and you want to make sure that you stretch your dick tissues as much as possible before the surgical capsule has permanently formed, this takes from what the doc said to me 5 to 6 months. It's also important to deflate all the way each day to expand the reservoir because a capsule is forming around that too, and if you don't deflate all the way the capsule will be too small for the reservoir to fill completely.
I had my implant done at a military hospital and my urologist used Boston Scientific products. I was supposed to get the CX, which is stiffer, harder and has more girth, but they decided in surgery to give me an LGX because of the measurements and they wanted to allow me to gain as much back as I could for length.
I think there was another military urologist on staff that used Coloplast products but I wasn't given that choice.
I think both products are good, so do some more research and see which one you want to go with or trust your doctor with his choice.
I'm just guessing but from your Frank Talk user name, you were born in 58 like I am, just a guess, I could be wrong.
I'm at 2 years and 2 months out from surgery and I love my Bionic dick.
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Good Luck,
S-Works
yes same age,today is my consultation I will be posting here to relay how it goes.
I dont know what to expect curious as to what model he will reccommend for me.
