Jere's Journey

[jeremc]

Insurance Information, Billing!

Just logged on to our insurance web site:

Surgeon charged: $4,209.00 (Insertion, Multi-component)
Hospital charged: $74,564.75 (AMS 700 LGX was $37,999.50, included in the hospital charge)
Total Bionic Boner: $78,773.75
-co-pay $25.00

Insurance Payed: $12,088.16

Surgeon got: $764.95
Hospital got: $11,323.21

Jere

[nickanick]

Can you share with us the success of the implant and how it performs during sex and if you're still happy with it?

[terraplane]

Jere....

[rglassva]

Jere IS the poster child for bionic-ism for sure! I'm sure he'll work his way up to 13 pumps before all is said and done!

[jeremc]

Nick:

My wife works in Afghanistan and just got home for her Mother's funeral. Things are not good with her Dad, so we have not had sex yet. But looking forward to it!

As far as being happy with it... I wish I had skipped all the meds and all the let downs and gone straight for the implant years ago. These things are amazing! At week 8, my erections are perfect. I "re-hab" as much as possible and noticing girth gain and a little length gain. I'm back to my old girth, and about a 1/4 inch shorter, but with the LGX I will gain more length over time. (a year to 18 months). Like I've said before, You can't slap the smile off of my face.

A question for you, Are you a candidate for an implant?

terraplane and rglassva:

Thank you very much for your complements!! Very much appreciated! I just hope that showing my bionic-ism and junk has been helpful for others that are considering joining the Bionic Brotherhood. I will post more pics later, but now I think I should reduce it to about once a month.

If anyone has any questions, please don't hesitate to write. We're all here to help each other out.

Jere

[Neisseria]

i don´t think you will gain more length, because you reached your natural size. The lgx may have a potencial to elongate some more but your tunica albuginea won´t permit that. Of course this is theory, you tell me then the results!

[radiodec]

Jere,

You are doing great. I haven't been posting for a while, busy. Your pictures look good.

Also you will eventually get up to 30 or more pumps. A note from much pumping. The number of pumps can become unreliable as your technique improves and the implant loosens up a little. A time progresses the pumping becomes easier and each pump move more fluid, result: less pumps give a bigger effect.

For me now, the pumping is easy until just before I hit the stretch point. As I am still stretching, about 80% of maximum is the right level for sex.

David

[jeremc]

Neisseria: Not sure your theory is correct with an IPP:

The penis is composed of 3 spongy cylinders. The three cylinders consist of paired corpora cavernosa and a single corpus spongiosum. The crural (roots) of the corpora cavernosa attach at the under surface of the ischiopubic rami as two separate structures. Such anatomy prevents the erect penis from sinking into the perineum when faced with an axially-oriented vaginal compressive load during intercourse. This unique anatomic arrangement, however, unfortunately places the penile crus at great danger from crush injuries during blunt perineal trauma.

The tunica albuginea consists of layers of collagen which can accommodate a considerable degree of intracavernosal pressure prior to rupture. To function effectively, these fascial layers must provide the penis with a wall container capable of withstanding a high degree of rigidity and axial strength when erect, yet be supple when flaccid. The tunica must be able to elongate symmetrically and increase in girth with tumescence, assuring a straight erection. The tensile strength of the tunica is approximately 1200 – 1500 mmHg making this fascia one of the most strong in the body. Approximately 5% of the tunica is elastin which enables the penis to develop elongation. The average volume increase of the erect penis from the flaccid volume is 3-fold with a range from 1.7 – 5 fold. The mechanical properties of the tunica which allow for maximum volume changes of the erect penis are called tunica dispensability. Regions of the tunica with focal poor dispensability cause the erect penis to bend. This focal tunical abnormality in dispensability is called Peyronie’s disease.

The substance of the corpora cavernosa (erectile tissue) consists of numerous sinusoids (lacunar spaces) among interwoven trabeculae of smooth muscles and supporting connective tissue. The corpora cavernosa sinusoids are widely communicative and larger in the center of the corpora, having a Swiss-cheese appearance. This fact enables the blood within the penis to transfer easily from the top to the bottom of the corpora. This also enable the penis to have a common intracavernosal pressure and a common penile rigidity. The sinusoids are smaller in the periphery and have a grape-like appearance. Peripheral sinusoids have a greater individual surface area than central sinusoids. These characteristics aid in the passive process of corporal veno-occlusion by sub-tunical venule compression against the tunica albuginea. All lacunar spaces are lined with endothelial cells, thought previously to have only a slippery surface preventing blood clotting. Recent research has revealed that endothelial cells have secretory function and synthesize factors involved in the regulation of corporal smooth muscle tone.

The paired internal pudendal artery, a branch of the hypogastric artery is the main source of arterial blood supply to the penis.

The internal pudendal artery terminates when the artery divides into the scrotal and common penile artery.

The common penile artery defines the condition whereby all red blood cells in the artery somehow end up in the penis. The common penile artery branches into 3 arteries, the bulbourethral, the dorsal and the cavernosal arteries. The common penile artery has direct apposition to the ischiopubic ramus. This artery is therefore commonly injured during blunt perineal traumatic events such as falling onto the top tube of a bicycle.

The penis is innervated by autonomic (parasympathetic and sympathetic) and somatic (sensory and motor) nerves.

The cavernosal nerves are branches of the pelvic plexus that innervate the corpora cavernosa of the penis. Injury to this branch may occur during radical prostatectomy, during urethral surgery, such as internal urethrotomy and from electrocautery injury during transurethral surgery.

Jere

[jeremc]

Week 12

Incision is almost gone, even the horizontal wrinkles are matched up.

The tissue stuck to the tubing finally came loose on March 17th, and I found the connector to the reservoir tube. That tube still sticks out some because there is still some tissue stuck to the back of the pump. Once that tissue frees up, the pump will drop somemore and the reservoir tube will straighten out. (That never happened! Had to have the pump replaced).

[jeremc]

Week 12

I GOT RESTORED Tee Shirt

Office side of the Man Cave