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I came out of surgery with 6 5/8" (16.8cm) just about 5 months ago. At 4 weeks I started cycling twice a day for 1 hour each and using a VED in the morning session. For the past 3.5 months I've rarely missed a day, with no real discernible change in length, but maybe a little bit more in girth (now 5.5"). I was getting frustrated after reading on here about guys with tremendous gains while post-op cycling.

A few days ago, my enthusiasm waned and I haven't cycled at all for about 4 days. Measuring showed no change whatsoever. Last night before going to sleep, I pumped up to the max for about an hour and could feel the stretch. When I got to the point of falling asleep, the discomfort kept me awake, but instead of deflating completely I just let a little pressure off and quickly fell asleep with 90% boner.

This morning I woke up and enjoy the feeling of wood, and decided to pump it back up to max again. It took just a few full pumps and I could feel the stretch again. I laid in bed for 30 minutes or so just waking up slowly. By then, any natural engorgement I might have had from morning wood was long gone (this is why I had an implant put in to begin with, veinous leakage)

When I threw the covers off, my penis looked noticeably longer. I keep a ruler in the nightstand for just these occasions, stood up and measured. 7 3/8" (18.75cm) !

Let's just say my enthusiasm has been renewed.

Hope that happens for me.

Jage64 wrote:I came out of surgery with 6 5/8" (16.8cm) just about 5 months ago. At 4 weeks I started cycling twice a day for 1 hour each and using a VED in the morning session. For the past 3.5 months I've rarely missed a day, with no real discernible change in length, but maybe a little bit more in girth (now 5.5"). I was getting frustrated after reading on here about guys with tremendous gains while post-op cycling.

A few days ago, my enthusiasm waned and I haven't cycled at all for about 4 days. Measuring showed no change whatsoever. Last night before going to sleep, I pumped up to the max for about an hour and could feel the stretch. When I got to the point of falling asleep, the discomfort kept me awake, but instead of deflating completely I just let a little pressure off and quickly fell asleep with 90% boner.

This morning I woke up and enjoy the feeling of wood, and decided to pump it back up to max again. It took just a few full pumps and I could feel the stretch again. I laid in bed for 30 minutes or so just waking up slowly. By then, any natural engorgement I might have had from morning wood was long gone (this is why I had an implant put in to begin with, veinous leakage)

When I threw the covers off, my penis looked noticeably longer. I keep a ruler in the nightstand for just these occasions, stood up and measured. 7 3/8" (18.75cm) !

Let's just say my enthusiasm has been renewed.

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Congrats Jage!
Similar thing happened to me. I could never seem to get max pumped up. 5 months out also. Kept cycling and it seems med people really didn't know what to tell me except keep cycling. I'm talking 110-150 pumps. Not completely flat pumps (flattening bulb) but 75% down to maybe 20% when I would give up. Kept going back to it every few hours though or when I thought about it, leaving it up at maybe 70-80% length and girth all night and also throughout the day. Then one morning blood. Getting that looked into, but that was the night I did feel like I was longer than usual, like you. So I measured and had picked up a half to three quarters of an inch in maybe a week.

It's like something in there relaxed, or just let go. I never used a VED, nor have I felt a stretch at any level of inflation. At my hardest erection there was absolutely no flex sideways in either direction, but somewhat flexible in the vertical.

Who knows what's supposed to be normal? No one knows. I know that was way harder than needed for sex. Even the 70% I was walking around with all day was more than adequate. My problem is, I do not know what to expect. Coloplast rep says talk to surgeon. Surgeon says just keep doing it. How many pumps? He says he doesn't know but 100+ is way too many. Pumps me a few times 20-30 from deflated and says "see, it's getting hard." Frustrating.

With this level of uncertainty, might as well ask any woman what it should be like as it seems she would have had lots more experience with dicks than the meds. Thanks for your update. It was encouraging.

Randall-
When I first started cycling, I too could pump 60+ times and never get to the point that the bulb would be hard or that I felt I was "rock hard" like Dr. Clavell told me to pump to. I contacted him and he said that didn't sound right, but to keep pumping and see if it corrects. My mind raced as to what was wrong and how much it was going to cost and hurt to fix. I did that for about 10 days hoping something would change for the better.

One night I hopped in our 104 hot tub and started to pump. At 18 pumps I was "rock hard" and the bulb was a marble I could not compress. Over the next hour or so I could barely get 2 more pumps in and the stretch was more uncomfortable as it ever had been. Since that time, my implant responds the same way in or out of the hot tub. Although sometimes I think to myself that I'm getting a pump tuneup when I get in the tub.

Maybe coincidence, maybe not, but it seems like a relatively long soak in 104 degree water softened or loosened or reset something in the pump mechanism.

Good luck with your issue.

I've been implanted for two and three quarter years, approximately. It's common for me to have to pump 90 or more pumps to get fully erect and transfer all the fluid.
Haven't tried pumping in a hot bath. I will have to try that and see if it makes a big difference. I love my implant but do get tired of having to pump so much. Thanks for the idea

Congrats!!! That IS exciting when that happens for sure . I'm bigger now than ever before in my life . I don't have any good , real measurements pre-op because of the ED . I love my implant ! I chronicled my post-op journey in the post " Aggressive cycling - incredible gains ." A couple of things I noticed.... My measurements are approximately 1/4" to 3/8" more in length and girth with the VED . I contribute this to great glans and spongiosum engorgement. Plus the VED just gives it a good stretch. Also I noticed that when I pump to the max ( before using the VED ) and just wait for a minute or 2 , I'm able to add more pumps into the cylinders. I'll repeat this process a couple times until I'm satisfied that I'm completely maxed out . I surmised that the pressure in the cylinders will just stretch out the tunica on its own, making more room for extra saline . Give it a try . Continued good luck on your cycling gains my brother

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