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Accutane2020 wrote:Thanks for coming back to the forum despite not having any issues, it helps to see the positive stories as well as those that show the potential difficulties of the process. It’s great to see that the implant has improved your quality of life. I think two questions particularly relevant for young guys are:

- Have you found any restrictions at all physically ? I have seen the odd person note that there are certain excersices they no longer do at the gym

I can do the same exercises that i did before the surgery in the gym but there are two things that i have noticed :

The first one is when i do abs, and specially if i do them in a machine, sometimes the movement makes presure in the prosthesis reservoir that is located near the stomach. That inflates the prosthesis a little bit and it's a bit uncomfortable at people could think that you are having an erection

The second is when i ride a bicicle. I need to acomodate the pump first in the seat or it could hurt.


- Secondly, are you currently in a relationship ? How has the implant impacted your sex life in general ?

I'm not in a relationship right now.
It makes things easier as before because i wasn't confident that i could maintain the erection. Specially if i had to use a condom, because most times the erection went down when i was trying to put it on. That was because when i was not stimulating the penis the erection came off rapidly.

The negative point is that now sex could not be as spontaneous as before as i need to inflate the prosthesis to be able to penetrate and if your partner doesn't know about your surgery you are not going to do it in front of her. ( This is not a problem if your partner know about your prosthesis )

Thanks, both questions have of course been asked and answered before but any extra views are always appreciated.

ViaSwiss wrote:Just read through it. Thanks for updating us and glad you are doing well and the stress of ED is gone.

What was your original injury? How did it occur?

I don't think that is important to share how it happened. As i said it was a rupture of the tunica albuginea.

How many women have you told about it? How did they react?

i have told about it to two women. Both reacted well.

When/how do you decide to tell women?

I only tell them if i think that i'm going to have a serious relationship. If i feel that it is only going to be short term i don't say anything. I just tell them not to touch the testicles, that's because if they touch them they are going to notice the pump.

The best way to tell about it is to have sex and then after it or a day later tell them that you have a prosthesis. By that way she is not going to think that you have anything strange there.

Also i don't make a drama when telling it , its better to make a joke like i can be erect all day .

ViaSwiss wrote:When/how do you decide to tell women?

Accutane2020 wrote:Thanks for your reply - one final q - I also got a Titan installed a few days ago. Currently my flaccid is at 3.30 pm - almost perpendicular to my body. How soon after your operation could you get out and about doing normal things again?


It's very possible that your prosthesis is now partially inflated and because of that it points more perpendicular to the body.
Even thought a penile prosthesis doesn't fall as a normal penis when flacid. It points more perpendicular because the material inside is harder so don't expect it to hang like it was used to do.
Expect it to hang like 4.30pm or so.

After the surgery things improve very rapidly. After the first week you are going to be much better. But for what i remember there was some discomfort the first month.