Becoming LGX_Man (for those thinking of getting an implant)
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 1:03 am
I've been the proud owner of an AMS 700-LGX for 5 months. It has turned out to be everything that was promised. I do notice a big difference in size now, since after having ED for so many years was making it become a turtle. The new implant is 21cm plus extenders. I've followed all instructions from the doctor & manufacturer since the day I had it installed. Now, at 5 months, I keep it inflated to the max twice a day for as long as I can stand it. I often go to sleep with it fully inflated. Sometimes I can stand it for an hour and other times I can go all night and have spontaneous sex. This has all caused a huge boost in my self-esteem and confidence level. I watch the chatter on the penile-implant and other discussion forums, as well as here on Frank Talk. It's clear that people prefer one type (AMS/Titan) over the other. The debate goes on about which one is better, especially with the newer guys who don't read the backlog of postings in the message bank and have similar new questions all the time. After 5 months, I LOVE my LGX and am definitely NOT sorry I did it. I've also met many nice men here who LOVE their Titan. The key is finding the right doctor and that becomes the big mystery. Maybe you're lucky enough to have insurance that will cover the best of the best doctors. There are fewer of those doctors around. They are known as “sexual function specialists” and perform MANY of these operations per year. Some say as many as “thousands” per year. You can get lists of doctors here, just ask in a discussion or chat room and a list will be sent to you. Perhaps your insurance is more limited, as was mine, and you’ll have fewer doctors to choose from. In that case you want to research each of the doctors in your plan as carefully as you can. The amount of research done is up to you. I’m part of a medical foundation on the west coast and found the doctor who had done the most work with implants for the foundation. For those of you without insurance, it starts getting expensive, I’ve heard the operation being quote up to $32,000 and anywhere in-between that and $0. If you ask in a chat room or on a discussion forum, you’ll get many names of doctors from satisfied IPP recipients.
After checking out doctors, reading as much information as I could get my hands on, and reading the blogs, forums and discussion rooms, I chose to just do it and took that big chance, with great worry, trepidation and fear. But I had also developed much confidence in my doctor through many of his chats, tests, emails and demonstrations. He was excited to get me fitted into an implant, but had made sure that every other conceivable option was exhausted beforehand (pills, pumps, injections with various mixes). It was determined that I had leakage on one side, which kept my penis from staying hard. I worked on myself for a few months to get as healthy as I could be before I underwent surgery. My muscles and skin were toned up, and my veins were standing at attention, ready to have intravenous needles stuck in them. The operation was a success and I spent the night so that they could remove the catheter in the morning, when needed. I was sent home to recuperate. I was fine until about the 4th day when the intensity of what I had done sunk in. I find that when I think positive, I usually get lucky so I did lots of positive thinking through a period of stressful pressure and slight pain, especially while sitting.
Since my first inflation, I've been instructed to "work it" at least twice a day. For the first 2 to 4 weeks, this just meant to inflate my penis and leave it there for 10-20 minutes. After that period, I was instructed to start inflating it to the MAXIMUM and trying to keep it there for as long of a period as possible. It starts burning a bit but this is when you can start keeping your newly dilated corpora cavernosa (cc) chambers filled and, in the case of the LGX-700, start stretching your penis. Aside from the beginning of a great new sex life, I also "exercise" my penis. I work on keeping the LGX chambers aligned and pushing through the canal and into the GLANS so that there is no chance of scar tissue growing in their place (head of the penis). Talk about a wicked new feeling during the first few weeks! This new twice-daily exercise has now become commonplace and I work it to avoid scar tissue growth in the canals. Scar tissue grows in within the first 2-3 months after the IPP operation, and is always a threat if you don't WORK IT on a regular basis, at least for the first year to 18 months. The more you work it, the better the results! Now, when I use my penis, it's finally doing exactly what I want it to do, on command (on command of my fingers that is) and for however long I want it to perform. Think of this as something that is prescribed. Twice a day! I have to admit that this is one of those chores that I really REALLY enjoy!
My girth is really big now. I've always wondered if this is because the old corpora cavernosa's are STILL there, just dilated so the wall of the old ones are pushed outward and the new chambers are put into the center of the old ones. Anyway, it gets BIG now. Magnum XL size in girth.
Now, on to that pesky pump: You need to get that new testicle, known as the pump to wherever it has to be in your scrotum. It's up to YOU to follow your doctor and manufacturers orders and get the new equipment to where it needs to eventually rest. If you have problems, get to, email or call your doctor! When it comes time to get the pump into the correct position in the scrotum, I found that taking warm showers and working the pump to where it’s intended to be has helped a lot. If the pump is already where it needs to be, you got very lucky but need to make sure that it stays in the proper place in your scrotum. While in the shower, pull gently on the pump and direct it to where you want it to be. You only have just so long before scar tissue forms and that pump takes up residence wherever it has ended up.
My medical foundation (Kaiser) ONLY uses LGX. Why? Because all of the urologists from the foundation (some more skilled than others) went to a few conventions sponsored by each of the two IPP companies. Many did operations based on what type of IPP the various patients had requested. Then they compared results. The doctors at Kaiser, together, as a team, decided that the LGX-700 would be the implant of choice, and the one sponsored by the foundation. I’m not sure if this would be fair to our brother’s with a large penis, who are better suited for a Titan. Luckily, The LGX-700 fit my needs perfectly. I had no choice of which implant to choose (but had hoped for the LGX in my mind because of the ability to work it and grow it). It has worked very well for me. It has grown. I’m now back to where I was, in length, as a youth. I’m having so much more “fun” than I was having before the implant was installed. My self-esteem and confidence are way up and I’m just like the guy on that commercial with the big stupid smile on his face. All the good things about the implant are TRUE, for me at least. My positive attitude got me through the worst part (oh it smarted for months). After about 3-1/2 months of aching and re-arranging, suddenly one day it just all stopped and my new usually half-stiff penis "dropped" about 20 degrees. I was able to get it back to normal flaccid size. Whatever pain that had remained was gone and my mind was once again free to start thinking of other things, besides JUST my penis. Guys, LGX/Coloplast Titan, either way... how comfortable are YOU to do the utmost research that you can do, get all the information that you can from the doctor and his staff, and then just do it!
We can worry all we want and ask and argue and debate but let's get real. Like most things, it's the luck of the draw when finding a good doctor. If you have fantastic insurance plan, finding the best is probably a lot easier. If your insurance is limited, then you need to find the best that you can get! My LGX was FREE just because the foundation states that all that’s needed is for the urologist to state that it’s needed. Had I realized this, I probably would have approached the subject years earlier. Sticky point: The size of the implant is up to the doctor and any representative of the company that may be there assisting. Make sure that you discuss your options with the doctor that will be performing the operation. The doctor SHOULD BE giving you the proper sized implant for your particular penis. There seems to be a lot of talk about the glans being floppy, etc. Truth is, the “corpora spongiosum" (cs), the one surrounding the urethra (around the pee canal, underneath the penis) and the GLANS will, in face, usually come back to life. One day, after having your IPP installed and when you're really "aroused", as you often will be after receiving an IPP, you'll suddenly notice that your entire shaft will become engorged. The bottom of your penis as well as the head will fill up with blood as the penis is made to do naturally. This may not happen to everybody, but it WILL happen to many. Once the rest of your penis is working, eventually you will be able to have a fully hard (what many implantee's begin to think of as "natural") penis, not the oval penis that we live with for the first 18 to 24 months after the operation. Truth be told: Most guys will eventually get full use of their penis back after a length of time, living with their new implants. Just do it
Well, that's my story. Now I'm just having FUN, picture the BIG SMILE!
After checking out doctors, reading as much information as I could get my hands on, and reading the blogs, forums and discussion rooms, I chose to just do it and took that big chance, with great worry, trepidation and fear. But I had also developed much confidence in my doctor through many of his chats, tests, emails and demonstrations. He was excited to get me fitted into an implant, but had made sure that every other conceivable option was exhausted beforehand (pills, pumps, injections with various mixes). It was determined that I had leakage on one side, which kept my penis from staying hard. I worked on myself for a few months to get as healthy as I could be before I underwent surgery. My muscles and skin were toned up, and my veins were standing at attention, ready to have intravenous needles stuck in them. The operation was a success and I spent the night so that they could remove the catheter in the morning, when needed. I was sent home to recuperate. I was fine until about the 4th day when the intensity of what I had done sunk in. I find that when I think positive, I usually get lucky so I did lots of positive thinking through a period of stressful pressure and slight pain, especially while sitting.
Since my first inflation, I've been instructed to "work it" at least twice a day. For the first 2 to 4 weeks, this just meant to inflate my penis and leave it there for 10-20 minutes. After that period, I was instructed to start inflating it to the MAXIMUM and trying to keep it there for as long of a period as possible. It starts burning a bit but this is when you can start keeping your newly dilated corpora cavernosa (cc) chambers filled and, in the case of the LGX-700, start stretching your penis. Aside from the beginning of a great new sex life, I also "exercise" my penis. I work on keeping the LGX chambers aligned and pushing through the canal and into the GLANS so that there is no chance of scar tissue growing in their place (head of the penis). Talk about a wicked new feeling during the first few weeks! This new twice-daily exercise has now become commonplace and I work it to avoid scar tissue growth in the canals. Scar tissue grows in within the first 2-3 months after the IPP operation, and is always a threat if you don't WORK IT on a regular basis, at least for the first year to 18 months. The more you work it, the better the results! Now, when I use my penis, it's finally doing exactly what I want it to do, on command (on command of my fingers that is) and for however long I want it to perform. Think of this as something that is prescribed. Twice a day! I have to admit that this is one of those chores that I really REALLY enjoy!
My girth is really big now. I've always wondered if this is because the old corpora cavernosa's are STILL there, just dilated so the wall of the old ones are pushed outward and the new chambers are put into the center of the old ones. Anyway, it gets BIG now. Magnum XL size in girth. Now, on to that pesky pump: You need to get that new testicle, known as the pump to wherever it has to be in your scrotum. It's up to YOU to follow your doctor and manufacturers orders and get the new equipment to where it needs to eventually rest. If you have problems, get to, email or call your doctor! When it comes time to get the pump into the correct position in the scrotum, I found that taking warm showers and working the pump to where it’s intended to be has helped a lot. If the pump is already where it needs to be, you got very lucky but need to make sure that it stays in the proper place in your scrotum. While in the shower, pull gently on the pump and direct it to where you want it to be. You only have just so long before scar tissue forms and that pump takes up residence wherever it has ended up.
My medical foundation (Kaiser) ONLY uses LGX. Why? Because all of the urologists from the foundation (some more skilled than others) went to a few conventions sponsored by each of the two IPP companies. Many did operations based on what type of IPP the various patients had requested. Then they compared results. The doctors at Kaiser, together, as a team, decided that the LGX-700 would be the implant of choice, and the one sponsored by the foundation. I’m not sure if this would be fair to our brother’s with a large penis, who are better suited for a Titan. Luckily, The LGX-700 fit my needs perfectly. I had no choice of which implant to choose (but had hoped for the LGX in my mind because of the ability to work it and grow it). It has worked very well for me. It has grown. I’m now back to where I was, in length, as a youth. I’m having so much more “fun” than I was having before the implant was installed. My self-esteem and confidence are way up and I’m just like the guy on that commercial with the big stupid smile on his face. All the good things about the implant are TRUE, for me at least. My positive attitude got me through the worst part (oh it smarted for months). After about 3-1/2 months of aching and re-arranging, suddenly one day it just all stopped and my new usually half-stiff penis "dropped" about 20 degrees. I was able to get it back to normal flaccid size. Whatever pain that had remained was gone and my mind was once again free to start thinking of other things, besides JUST my penis. Guys, LGX/Coloplast Titan, either way... how comfortable are YOU to do the utmost research that you can do, get all the information that you can from the doctor and his staff, and then just do it!
We can worry all we want and ask and argue and debate but let's get real. Like most things, it's the luck of the draw when finding a good doctor. If you have fantastic insurance plan, finding the best is probably a lot easier. If your insurance is limited, then you need to find the best that you can get! My LGX was FREE just because the foundation states that all that’s needed is for the urologist to state that it’s needed. Had I realized this, I probably would have approached the subject years earlier. Sticky point: The size of the implant is up to the doctor and any representative of the company that may be there assisting. Make sure that you discuss your options with the doctor that will be performing the operation. The doctor SHOULD BE giving you the proper sized implant for your particular penis. There seems to be a lot of talk about the glans being floppy, etc. Truth is, the “corpora spongiosum" (cs), the one surrounding the urethra (around the pee canal, underneath the penis) and the GLANS will, in face, usually come back to life. One day, after having your IPP installed and when you're really "aroused", as you often will be after receiving an IPP, you'll suddenly notice that your entire shaft will become engorged. The bottom of your penis as well as the head will fill up with blood as the penis is made to do naturally. This may not happen to everybody, but it WILL happen to many. Once the rest of your penis is working, eventually you will be able to have a fully hard (what many implantee's begin to think of as "natural") penis, not the oval penis that we live with for the first 18 to 24 months after the operation. Truth be told: Most guys will eventually get full use of their penis back after a length of time, living with their new implants. Just do it
Well, that's my story. Now I'm just having FUN, picture the BIG SMILE!
. Thanks for taking the time to compose that post. So many guys will benefit from this.