Surgery Calendar

[barfinkl1]

Went to the cardio guy today for my final surgery clearances. Had a stress test and passed with flying colors. Then had an echocardiogram but that's not required for the surgical clearance. That was my last hurdle, so my implant is to be done 7 Nov. Confirmed today that I'm getting the LGX

[antelope]

Congrats and best wishes for a wonderful outcome! Keep us posted as you can. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Greg

[barfinkl1]

tomorrow's my big day...will post some pictures of before and after, as the healing progresses. Thanks for your kind thoughts.

[antelope]

Thoughts and prayers.

G

[charlie]

All the best Steve, many hardon,s ahead for you mate ,

Charlie

[Techman52]

11/22/11; Vanderbilt, Dr. Kaufman ( Dr. Milam's protege ); 10 AM, AMS 700 LGX

[rlm1818]

I'm double booked in mid Feb. AMS LGX with Dr Williams (Madison WI). Titan with Dr Francois Eid, NYC. Have to decide which one to cancel. Eid guesses, subject to measurement during surgery, a 20cm Titan. Williams, no idea on size of implant from him at this point. Eid is much more impressive to me. Eid is also dismissive of any significant length gains from the LGX. Still, I'm not sure how much real advantage to the LGX there is as far as length gains, and how much is "smoke and mirrors".

[NE_Bob]

@rim1818

If I were you I would go with Dr. Eid and the Titan. I did and could not possibly be happier with the outcome. The way I looked at it was if there were any issues with the other doctor's outcome I would be left forever wondering and kicking myself that I should have gone for the best Dr.-IMHO. He explained to me all about the LGX and why it was not a good option for me. I could have gone with the AMS CX if I wanted but he really recommends the Titan for younger patients (44 y/o) as if it ever needs replacement it is a much easier surgery due to the material not adhering to the tissue of the corpa's. He also said it was much more durable as younger patients tend to use it more.

I ended up 1/8" larger than before with similar girth.It seems to me all the LGX implants are smaller initially and they eventually get back some length so they are happy. My implant was full size right away and the final erection is round not flat like the AMS

[clearwatercowboy]

Hi Guys,

Well, this ole cowboy is going under the knife on Jan 10th, 2012, under the care of Dr. John Greer in Meridian, Idaho. I have my pre-op office visit with him on Dec. 28th, 2011, where they will expect payment for his and his assistant's service. In addition, they want to perform a culture of my urine to look for a possible urinary tract infection. I suspect that if I have one, they will start me on anti-biotics that should resolve the infection prior to the surgery. He believes that I am a candidate for the AMS LGX model, despite my mild Peyroinnes disease. He feels that he can do some surgical correction of my "turn to the left", when he does the implant.
He will keep me in the hospital for approximately 23 hrs, as a safe guard, because of the fact that I take Coumadin (blood thinner), and I will need to discontinue that medication four days before the surgery. That will put me at risk for the possibility of another suffering another stroke (June 2004). In addition, Dr. Greer will place a drain in the surgical site to assist in draining excess bleeding that would increase the amount of scrotal and penile edema.

Dr. Greer has made it abundantly clear that I will never recover my full penile length and girth from the implant, compared to my pre-prostatecomy size. And, so, we will have to be satisfied with whatever develops after the healing process has completed. But, after three years of basically having no functional erection, despite multiple medical and mechanical treatment modalities, we believe that some decent, functional erection shall be better than none at all.

My wife and I are very nervous about me undergoing the surgery, and yet, we both realize that my ED issues will never resolve spontaneously, due to the nerve and vascular damage that was suffered from the radical prostatectomy in May 2009. And trying to live without a functional erection is not really an option for me. So...... it is time to become bionic, and we both hope for the best.

We hope to post some photos here on FT of the results of the implant. I know that those that have done that previously, have been very helpful for me and my wife.

And to all of you, thanks for providing such good feedback and posting your experiences here on FT. It has been invaluable for us, both the good and bad outcomes.

We wish you all good holidays, and we look forward to our 2012, where Cowboy can get back into riding in the "saddle" that he missed so much for the past 3 years.

Happy Trails Ole Pards
Dallas

[jn1421]

Dallas,
Good for you! I will be praying for you, the Doctor, a speedy recovery and most of all, full function of your new Bionics.

Dave