Well, I did it.
Implant was installed Tuesday morning by Dr Clavelle in Houston.
Got to the hospital at 5:30 am. Surgery scheduled for 7:30..
Nurses got me ready and the next thing I knew I was headed to surgery.
Doc stopped in for about 4-5 mins to make sure I was ready to go and we were off.
Woke up from the surgery sore as heck. Side hurt really bad and a lot of pain in the undercarriage/prostate area.
If this is the pain with the nerve block, I can't imagine it without.
The side pain is from the reservoir they put in as it obviously disrupted some muscle that is there, but the "prostate" pain I think is from something else:
I think it might be from how deep the implant is.
I asked the doc to come to my room after the surgery and he stopped by. Said my implant was a 25 mm Titan and said it was one of the bigger implants
I asked why, knowing that my penis has always been on the normal size and he said it was that my thighs were so thick that a lot of it is inside.
Kind of a waste.
But not his fault. Maybe I just need to lose some weight. Overall, I guess the doc was ok. Unlike a lot.of.thr stories I hear here, after our original zoom call, I really barely spoke to him.
We had the one one pre meeting and then he talked to me for about 3 or 4 minutes before the surgery and then made it seem like if I didn't request him that he would not have even checked on me afterwards. Perhaps I misread the after visit but he showed up and said "you asked to see me?"
Most of what I learned was from here, so thanks to you guys I guess I didn't really need more time than that. Just seemed odd for what is such a life changing huge decision surgery for most of us to not be walked through it more.
Even the woman that coordinated the surgery. She was extremely nice. She was extremely helpful. But she didn't even know that he used the nerve block. When I asked her about it she said she had no idea and she would check on it and then never got back to me
Again, I learned about that here and not from the actual doctor or his team.
To be fair I think I could have asked for more time or another zoom call before surgery (?) but I didn't feel the need not did I want to waste anyone's time, so that's on me.
In all honesty, the process did feel like a bit like an assembly line to me which is very unlike what I read on here before.
Something he might want to be aware of, as I know someone from his offices reads these.
Just my feeling. Perhaps others feel different and that's entirely fine. I realize that happens sometimes.
Stayed in a hotel (Hilton) recommended by the doctor's for 24 hours after the surgery. And then left to get on my flight to Manila
Hotel was ok. They don't let you check in until 5pm which is bizarre (I travel a LOT and have never seen that) especially since I got there at 8am.
Made me sit in the lobby for over 9 hours.
Staff was friendly. Food at hotel was ok but expensive.
$5.95 for a medium sized smart water is just too much. I drink 6-8 bottles a day so you can see whu that would be a pet peve for me.
I used Uber to to pick up stuff I needed from CVS. For $10 they ran and got my whole list, including water for my room for my 3 days. That was a nice find and I recommend it highly. Not much else is near that hotel or within walking distance.
Use the Uber app and just make a big order once.
I will say before I go any further, I was pretty happy with the way they treated me at the hospital until the end.
They felt warm and friendly and god knows I needed it more than I realized. I showed up to do it alone. Most of my family didn't know. And i obviously had a lot on my mind. They were smiling and friendly and the nurses were the heros of my early part of the experience.
Towards the end, I'm obviously going through some pain and I was having trouble moving and really having trouble urinating.
Dr. C said to stay there until I could get a steady stream out. But it was barely dribbling and not emptying completely. But the nurse insisted that I go and started to have a bit of an attitude about it.
I'm sure that I was because her boss was on her to move me but a bit of compassion for the situation would have been nice.
I'm alone. I just had a fairly major surgery. 30 minutes more would not have killed anyone.
Maybe it was the medication and anesthesia making me sensitive.
Obviously I was in a pretty vulnerable situation, but, like most things in life, we toughen up and make it through.
BTW, none of this is meant to be negative or complaining. My experience is over and so are my feelings about the entire situation. I don't live like that.
Instead, I'm only sharing this information so that others who go through the experience will be prepared. Just something about knowing makes things a lot easier.
Nothing is ever perfect. The not knowing is what makes it worse IMO so I'm just sharing a few things I thought were negative.
On the positive side;
1. I didn't die
2. I went home and was able to pretty much take care of myself with very little problem. It was a bit more painful than I expected but not so bad that I could not hear it.
3.(hopefully) It's over. I have 6 weeks of being patient and I won't have to deal with what I was dealing with before. I know there will be an adjustment but I am confident it will he a positive one.
4. As of right now, my dick feels like my dick. And I wasn't sure that was going to happen. Again, a lot can happen between now and 6 weeks. I haven't had it fully hard or fully soft and it is honestly a bit numb still, but it feels like mine....and I wasn't sure if that would be like that.
Anyway, I just landed in Japan and had time to type this out. 15 hours on a plane so far. I iced the whole time pretty much, which I think is helping. I'm also swallowing the pain pills and Tylenol at pretty much the exact times I am supposed to.
Also staying diligent on the antibiotics. I know I still have infection to worry about. That would suck as I paid cash for this trip/surgery and it set me back about $30k.
Not sure I can afford it again right now, not that I would have a choice.
I'm hoping that this will be a journey log as I go through the next few weeks and maybe it'll help some people along the way.
Same way all the other stuff everyone wrote here has helped me
I can't thank you all enough actually. You motivated me to do it and helped me learn so much. Thanks guys.
Btw as of right now I am partially inflated. At least that's what I read.
If I have to take a guess, I would say my penis is about 3 in right now. I'm assuming that's partial inflation because I measured it hard before surgery and it was 5.5 long and 6.25 wide. An odd shape but whatever.
Hoping it comes back to where I was by the time this is all over. That would be the dream.
Also, my balls are about 3 times their normal size and I'm very swollen around my cock, which is making it look even smaller.
Head of my cock is black and blue and both sides of the head kinda hurt, like something is poking them from the inside.
I'll take a guess that's the cylinders. Hope I'm just being paranoid. Actually hope it just goes away. It's annoying.
I'll just keep icing and try to stay diligent.
Thought my leg was black and blue too, but it's just the tape I can't get off from when they had me wrapped.
Lastly, not sure about work.
I own my own business so I poked my head in via slack the next day. Answered some emails.
Told myself how tough I was and how I could outwork anyone.
Then took a nap about an hour into it.
The surgery and the experience your body goes through is a real thing. I'm just going to follow the path and sleep as much as I can over the next few days and hope that my body heals well. I'm sleeping.
Okay. I think that wraps up the beginning part of this. Sorry it's so long but I wanted to be detailed and that is much information as I could. While it was all still fresh in my head. I'm really hoping that somebody else can gain something from it
Even though I mentioned the negatives, it's all positive right now. I think. I just wanted to be fair and balanced
Thanks for reading guys. And thanks again for all the great information. Hopefully I can return that favor and be a resource for somebody in the future
