Postby Lalo6000 » Thu Jun 22, 2023 6:25 pm
It's been 14 months since my implant. Glan engorgement is a huge problem for me as well. In fact, without VED and/or PEG1 gel, I have an oddly shaped phallus: not round like before but flat and oval. There is a noticeable indentation on the top between the two cylinders, something of which I am very self-conscious. The skin on my penis is thin so you can feel all the internal components when you hold or tough it. And the glans is soft and unremarkable. But when I'm able to use the VED and PEG1, along with a cock ring, it fills out and there is much engorgement. But I am not always able to use these because I'm not in a steady relationship. I'm single and I actively date and not all women want to deal with the preamble activities that one goes through with ED. In those moments I must be without the VED/PEG1, and it is a difference like day and night in terms of appearance, shape, and feel. My urologist shuts down every time I bring these issues up so I don't know what to do at this point. I would like to find another solution that didn't require gel that has to be refrigerated or the use of VED right before sex. I can see how these solutions can be incorporated into the sex routine of a long-term and stable relationship but when you are single and dating, navigating these things can be brutal. I'm actively in therapy working to come to terms with my new penis. However, none of this stops me from being sexually active. It's just hard to do so without, at times, being distressed. Both things can exist at the same time: I'm so very grateful for having an active sex life but at the same time I can have a lot of distress about the shape, appearance, and feel of my penis (not to mention that since my implant I no longer have orgasm from penetrative sex, but that's for another thread). I remember the initial euphoria of having the implant after years of struggling with ED. Now that that has passed, I'm dealing with the issue of navigating a dating life with a prosthetic penis. It's a mixed bag.
62 years old. Radical prostatectomy in 2008. ED medicine and injections all failed eventually.
23cm Coloplast Titan implant in 2022.
TRT
L: 7.7 G: 6.00 (fully inflated)
L: 8.1 G: 6.20 (fully inflated w/VED + Trimix Gel)
L: 6.5 G: 5.0 (fully deflated)