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As a way of giving back to this highly useful, supportive, and informational franktalk site, I wrote a pamphlet about my opinions, literature searches, and experiences with the penile implant. The pamphlet, actually a mini-book, is available as two attachments, part 1 and part 2, that are part of this post (see below attachements).



Penile Implant Information Pamphlet Wiki. What you need to know. A compilation of my answers and experience to FAQ regarding patient satisfaction and partner satisfaction from TANGERINE

The Road to Becoming A Bionic Male: Answers to Questions, Concerns, and Hopes
I remember the words of my local urologist who stated: "implants do have issues, but they work really well." Getting a penile implant is truly a wonderful surgical cure for erectile dysfunction; but it takes courage to man-up for this big step in your journey to fight, and overcome, the turmoil of erectile dysfunction. My life has become better since the implant because my mind is now "free from fixation" on the concerns of erectile dysfunction. Realizing that I am strongly capable and confident in the bedroom due to my restored manhood, I now have the freedom to focus on the other things in my world.

When I wrote this, I was 17 months after surgery. Life is good and I am so happy that I made the decision to get the implant. Over the last year, I have been quite active on this franktalk site. This pamphlet represents a compilation of my answers to many of the frequently asked questions. Maybe one day I will convert this into a book, but in the meantime, I have published this electronically here for your use as a source of first hand patient experience.
In a nutshell, this pamphlet discusses everything you need to know about the implant. It is of course, "one man's opinion", but I have done my best to remain objective and to pull in medical journal articles to support these writings.

This is a long, over 60 pages, document; so, for organization, I have included a Table of Contents shown below. If in the future, you feel the need to direct someone to this pamphlet, then putting in the search terms : "pamphlet wiki" will likely steer a new franktalk member to this implant information pamphlet wiki.

I have no financial interests or conflicts with regards to the implant manufacturers or surgeons; my only motivation for writing this pamphlet is to share my knowledge and experience; I am quite aware how this journey can become "all consuming" for a patient; so, as a former patient, this work represents my endeavor to "give back" .

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

SECTION I Thoughts to ponder: Before surgery
Chapter: 1 GOING NUCLEAR -- Taking the plunge by exercising the surgical option
Chapter: 2 The psychological mindset of erectile dysfunction -- Where you should be before getting an implant
Chapter: 3 Summary Journal Article with key info for those looking into an implant
Chapter: 4 Are you satisfied with your implant ? -- My reactions to an article regarding patient satisfaction
Chapter: 5 The perfect implant — expectation setting
Chapter: 6 Deciding to have the implant -- convincing yourself that this is a good idea
Chapter: 7 How would a woman describe sex with a Bionic guy ?
Chapter: 8 Partner satisfaction -- the concerns and joys of having a bionic mate ?
Chapter: 9 What can’t you do since going bionic ?
Chapter: 10 Erection of the shaft versus erection of the penile head (glans)
Chapter: 11 The difference between the cavernous and the spongiosum (glans)
Chapter: 12 Younger men (less than 45), getting an implant
Chapter: 13 Will young women be judgmental of an implanted man ?
Chapter: 14 It is a "fake erection." Get over yourself.

SECTION II Surgery details and recovery -- my experience and advice
Chapter: 15 Daily Diary of post surgery recovery -- my journal
Chapter: 16 Implant Risks and complications -- scare stories
Chapter: 17 Infection -- how to avoid this dreaded complication
Chapter: 18 Recourse on implant problems
Chapter: 19 Infrapubic versus penoscrotal incisions
Chapter: 20 AMS versus titan debate
Chapter: 21 The remarks about length
Chapter: 22 Rigidity and rear tip extenders
Chapter: 23 Thoughts on travelling long distances to have the surgery at a center of excellence
Chapter: 24 Packing List for out of town surgery plans with a few logistics details

SECTION III Bionic Owners Manual: what do you do with it ?
Chapter: 25 The knowledge that you can sexually perform anytime with great success: "life changing"
Chapter: 26 Emphasizing that you are adjustable
Chapter: 27 Basic sex tips on how to use implant (stealth mode, adjust hardness
Chapter: 28 How to tell a woman that you are Bionic
Chapter: 29 Premature ejaculation and overall penis sensitivity after implant
Chapter: 30 Deflation and pumping specific advice -- owner's manual comments
Chapter: 31 Advanced sex techniques for bionics -- what do you do better than everyone else — you are a one in a million

SECTION IV Getting Back to your routine life -- now as a free man
Chapter: 32 Psychological mindset after implant
Chapter: 33 Public Nudity — when were you locker room ready ?
Chapter: 34 Having a truly soft flacid -- how important is this to you ?
Chapter: 35 Fashion advice on clothes and tight pants and underwear
Chapter: 36 Airport Security -- TSA stories
Chapter: 37 MRI scans and the implant -- print this letter
Chapter: 38 Longevity of the implant

SECTION V My Final Remarks
Chapter: 39 Choosing a surgeon -- the most important factor in determining your outcome
Chapter: 40 Closing remarks -- some quotes to consider


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Comments from year 4:

I hope many of you found my pamphlet wiki useful, it has been an interesting road. Many of you may wonder how things are going now that I am 4 years after surgery.

Good news, things are going amazingly well. The implant works as great as it ever did. As mentioned in my pamphlet, it is a "beast of a sex machine." The statement that, "the implant just becomes part of you" is very true. I have fully accepted the implant, I am proud of it. I like it. It is me. When I dream of sex, I dream about sex with the implant (and yes that includes needing to pump up), and those dreams are way better than the fearful dreams back when I had ED and might conjure up scenarios of bedroom failures. Now, my psyche and confidence arw far far better, and I summarize that my mindset when going in to the bedroom is summarized by the following photo:

Figure 1 (above) this is what it feels like when going into the bedroom with a woman knowing you have bionic capabilities

So that is the good news. There is, I think no bad news so far. My main complaint is that I wish that my glans would get fully engorged and really hard; but , as discussed in chapter 10, the inplant does not fix the glans. So many of us wonder: "how is a bionic dick better than an natural dick" and "how is a bionic dick inferior to a natural dick ?"

At four years, I can say: ""The bionic dick is better than a natural dick because it gets super hard (women like that), it is magical since it obeys the command to get up and stay up -- for hours if desired (women like that), it liberates you from any concern about bedroom performance or time clock, and it frees you to think about other things in life rather than your inadequacy as a male since it is truly a cure for erectile dysfunction"

Interesting work ..... it encourages a young man plunged into depression and darkness to see people really happy with the implant and their work ... thanks

Well done Tangerine you put alot of work into this to help people!!! I will have afew drinks tonight and go through it!! Fair play pal

Oh my, that’s brilliant. Thank you so much for this!

I can foresee, its going to be as useful as Merrix's post in this forum...

Wonderful work. I eagerly read your posts as I made my decision to have an implant. This s a comprehensive work bringing enlightenment, hope and eventually joy to many men and couples. Bless you

Gene

Even after initial implant and recent revision (12.2.20), I found it very useful.
Thanks TANGERINE.
MK

Tangerine,

Thanks for writing that.

For your second edition, I suggest including in your chapter 13, some of the concepts in this article (and others that may come along):

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30274957/

and particularly "intravaginal erectile latency" along with your treatment of the partner's acceptance of the erection's "naturalness vs artificiality"

Also, while a man's self-image obviously suffers, a woman's self-image suffers by less obvious mechanisms suggested in this article

https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main ... ekey=43662

It speaks about:

The painful distress a woman can experience when her man suffers with erectile dysfunction (ED).

"Women internalize things -- they tend to blame themselves first, thinking it's because they have done something wrong, or that they are no longer attractive to their partner. In fact, the first thing a woman thinks when a man can't get an erection is that it's her fault, and nothing could be further from the truth," says Andrew McCullough, MD, director of sexual health and male infertility at NYU Medical Center in New York Cit

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Great job you did!

Thank you Tangerine, we're lucky to have you!

Everyone consider the work he's put in here. This is a free to use site. He's not making money out of this. Come on folks, show some respect and gratitude to this man.

The very best to you Tangerine, you're a hell of a man.