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Wondering if any of you are diabetic who have had the procedure. Specifically I'm curious about how your recovery times may have been impacted because of your diabetes and poor blood flow that can result from it.

No implant here. I've read that as long as your A1c level is decent , you're a good surgery canidate. Makes sense to me cause if you are under control then your sugar shouldn't cause any problems.

I am on a insulin pump. My surgeon told me not to take any insulin before surgery. The surgeon monitored my blood sugar levels while in surgery and gave insulin as needed. My a1c was 6.9 time of surgery. I don’t think I had any issues with healing. I would think that different people have different recovery time.

I've been a well-controlled type I diabetic for almost 30 years. Uncontrolled diabetes causes peripheral vascular disease. ED is in part caused by vascular disease. While diabetes may have contributed to my ED that resulted in me seeking an implant, it did not impede my recovery time. I was back in the saddle in 5 weeks. Everybody heals differently. Your surgeon may make choices, take certain precautions, do things differently because of the increased risk of infection or other complications, than a non-diabetic patient. Trust them. They your best interests in mind. Choose your surgeon wisely.

Implanted 9/25/19, 66 y/o, married 46 years, AMS CX, 18cm,1rte. 5 1/2" flacid, 6" plus pumped up. Only regret, not doing it 5 years ago. Dr. Tajmarini, Reston, VA

exr001 wrote:Wondering if any of you are diabetic who have had the procedure. Specifically I'm curious about how your recovery times may have been impacted because of your diabetes and poor blood flow that can result from it.

I'm a Type 2 diabetic & had no healing problems...was a little sore in the scrotum when activated about 6 weeks after the procedure (Dr. Kramer said I was still healing) but that resolved itself a couple of weeks later...been rockin' & rollin' w/ that Baltimore Bad Boy ever since!!!

exr001 wrote:Wondering if any of you are diabetic who have had the procedure. Specifically I'm curious about how your recovery times may have been impacted because of your diabetes and poor blood flow that can result from it.

My A1c is 5.6. Taking metformin 500mg twice daily. Diet and exercise. Implant surgery was 1/2/20. No diabetic complications. Healing well. The literature mentions the higher the A1c the increased chance of possible infection.

Type-II, A1C of 5.1 (diet only). Metformin 1000mg until 5/6/2019 when I got a serious complication (dehydration induced tachycardia & hypotension). Implant on 10/28/19 and no infection issues for me. Was inflating "AMA" (against medical advice) on day 7 when scheduled for activation at 14 days. No delay in recovery that I can tell.

Type one for most of my life… had a simultaneous kidney/pancreas transplant a couple of years ago… A-1 C is 4.7…... years of diabetes left me with vascular issues… Transplants left me with autoimmune issues… absolutely no infections or anything weird… Healing was as expected! Trust what your doctor is doing and trust the clearance any doctor is going to make you get before surgery… Best of luck, my friend!

Great feedback from all of you.

contemplation wrote:Hey, thanks for this information. Now I know that I cannot make an implant surgery.

How did you arrive at that conclusion?