If you want to read my post-surgical diary, you can find it here: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=21069
Anyway, I thought it now would be useful to post some thoughts which may be of use &/or interest to those who of you who just got their implant recently or are still contemplating getting one.
I'm just writing these comments as they occur to me.
They are not listed in any particular order of priority. There will be some redundancy between these comments and what I already said the in thread above but you'd have to dig pretty deep into the 23 page thread to find them.
So, here we go:
1) Dr. Edward Karpman in Mt. View, CA was my surgeon. He implanted a Coloplast Titan in me infra-pubicly on 01/24/2024.
2) I followed Karpman's instructions to the letter & I had no pain, infections or any other problems post-surgically.
3) I started fucking almost exactly a year ago today. I've had no mechanical or any other problems w/the Coloplast Titan implant.
4) My erect size pre-op was 5.5x5.5 and when I started fucking post-op, which was about 3 months post-surgery, my size was 6x6.
5) However, my erect size gradually retracted back to my original pre-op 5.5x5.5 size over time. Still a respectable size but I liked it better at 6x6.
6) So, I just started pumping to get back to 6x6.
7) I can pump it up a bit larger than 6x6 if I keep it pumped up longer but that's not necessarily a good thing because then I develop the post-pumping donut (which goes away when I inflate the implant and goes away by itself over time) but it looks unsightly to me. 6x6 is good enough for me.
8) I'm inflating and pumping my implant 2x's a day -- after I wake up & before I go to bed -- for as long as it takes me to get cleaned up, which is usually about 20-30 mins.
9) As is usually, the case, the increased size from the "pump" lasts only for about 4-6 hours. I just started pumping a few days ago and, while I hope for a permanent expansion in the implant over time, I don't necessarily expect it.
10) I wanted to but did not call Karpman to discuss pumping but he doesn't take phone calls, he doesn't use email and his office is located a long way from where I live and his office is really busy. So, I just did it on my own. No problems w/the implant yet, as a result. Fingers crossed.
11) My size flaccid is now the same as my pre-op erect size 5.5x5.5. It's a big package but after being a grower since birth, I like it better.
12) I bought & have worn Separatec briefs ever since I started fucking. They are the best briefs to wear IMO if you're packing an implant. However, at my size, the sock will leave an indentation in the glans from the seam in the sock. So, I just stopped using the sock and am I now letting my dick hang freely through the hole in the briefs, which I do not find any more/less comfortable than using the sock.
13) Pre-pumping it takes 30 squeezes of the implant ball to get fully erect. While pumping, the squeeze ball is hard; can't use it. Post-pumping it takes about 40 squeezes to get back to full erect after I've deflated the implant.
14) My implant is NOT noisy. ie., the squeeze ball does not squeak when I'm pumping saline into the implant.
15) So, I can pump up my implant w/o my sex partners knowing that that's what I'm doing.
16) I've never mentioned it here before but I'm bi -- more straight than gay but bi, nonetheless -- and I have 2 FWBs (a man & a woman) who I am currently fucking regularly; every week or so. I'm 73 now but don't look my age. Most people who don't know me think I'm in my 50's. The guy is 1/2 my age and the girl is my age. No problems fucking either one anally or vaginally w/my implant.
17) I told the guy but not the girl about the implant. Not sure why I told the guy but not the girl but I think it's better this way. The girl is delighted w/the size but, while she has noticed that I have no problem getting hard (unlike other men my age that she's been with), she still has no clue that I've got an implant.
18) Just discovered the girl likes anal too but she's an anal novice & it would take awhile for her to accommodate my size, which isn't necessary since I've got a boytoy too. So, I'm just inserting small dildo in her ass while fucking her vaginally, which she enjoys.
19) I'm taking PreP & Doxy to reduce the risk of HIV & STD infection. I think everyone should do that, if they are sexually activez (and have multiple sex partners and aren't exercising strictly safe sex), even if they aren't bi/gay, because you can catch both from a women even if you're straight.
20) I can still cum normally post-op but (and I think this is age related), I have difficulty cumming more than once every 2-3 days. Didn't have this "problem" when I was younger (when I could cum 2-3x's in a row) but I'm not young anymore.
21) Sex 1-2x's a week is fine for me and this is only possible because I got the implant.
That's all that I can think of saying at the moment. I hope at least some of you will find this information useful and interesting. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them.
Here's wishing you all as good and problem-free an implant experience as I have had.
