May 29, 2024- Implant Day!!
Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 5:02 pm
Hello all!
August 29, 2017 I had my prostate removed for cancer. Unfortunately, afterwards I had no ability to get an erection. Occasionally, I could get a little firmness, but nothing capable of penetration. I’ve been married to my wife for 36 years and She is my life partner.
Even before the prostatectomy, I had some issues. Cialis did a very good job. However, it was a pretty heavy load emotionally. It’s difficult enough for a man to stay hard while transitioning around to different positions, but when you add fear of losing your erection, things get pretty difficult.
I am lucky, that my wife is a very kind and understanding person. I’m 59, 6’0 and 225 lbs, otherwise pretty healthy despite being overweight.
After five years with no luck, utilizing any of the normal non-invasive methods, I began to research the idea of getting an implant. I read everything I could find (Probably excessively).
This morning I went in for an LGX 700 install. I used Dr. Clay Mechlin in Columbia Missouri. He does around 150 to 200 procedures per year. A couple of our forum members have had their procedure done with him. He uses the infrapubic approach, and has trained in the Perito method.
As soon as I woke up, I was fairly uncomfortable pain level of five out of 10. I’ve had kidney stones, which I consider to be a nine out of 10. They gave me some meds and I felt better.
I’m now home and five hours out from my procedure. If I lie perfectly still, pain is minimal. Throughout this entire process, including the initial prostatectomy, I would guess I lost about half an inch in length. I measured this morning at 5.5 inches bone pressed with an VED. Obviously, I don’t wanna lose too much of the little fella. I’ll continue to post journal entries now and then, because they were so helpful to me while I was considering this procedure. Thanks to everybody on this forum for their posts and thoughts – they were very helpful.
August 29, 2017 I had my prostate removed for cancer. Unfortunately, afterwards I had no ability to get an erection. Occasionally, I could get a little firmness, but nothing capable of penetration. I’ve been married to my wife for 36 years and She is my life partner.
Even before the prostatectomy, I had some issues. Cialis did a very good job. However, it was a pretty heavy load emotionally. It’s difficult enough for a man to stay hard while transitioning around to different positions, but when you add fear of losing your erection, things get pretty difficult.
I am lucky, that my wife is a very kind and understanding person. I’m 59, 6’0 and 225 lbs, otherwise pretty healthy despite being overweight.
After five years with no luck, utilizing any of the normal non-invasive methods, I began to research the idea of getting an implant. I read everything I could find (Probably excessively).
This morning I went in for an LGX 700 install. I used Dr. Clay Mechlin in Columbia Missouri. He does around 150 to 200 procedures per year. A couple of our forum members have had their procedure done with him. He uses the infrapubic approach, and has trained in the Perito method.
As soon as I woke up, I was fairly uncomfortable pain level of five out of 10. I’ve had kidney stones, which I consider to be a nine out of 10. They gave me some meds and I felt better.
I’m now home and five hours out from my procedure. If I lie perfectly still, pain is minimal. Throughout this entire process, including the initial prostatectomy, I would guess I lost about half an inch in length. I measured this morning at 5.5 inches bone pressed with an VED. Obviously, I don’t wanna lose too much of the little fella. I’ll continue to post journal entries now and then, because they were so helpful to me while I was considering this procedure. Thanks to everybody on this forum for their posts and thoughts – they were very helpful.