Trying to Keep Calm

[Courage]

If you chicken out, you'll have to start all over sometime down the road.

Thank you--I certainly don't want to do the run up again anytime soon!

[equusAz]

Hang in there!

I won't sugarcoat this - it IS scarry to have someone mess with your 'junk' as it were. However, think of it like this. What do you really have to lose especially if doesnt function? It'll be painful, but you are going to find out how strong you are, and the answer is 'a lot stronger than you think.' Hardest part will be walking into the facility - and it gets easier from there. Just remain calm and press on!

You can do this!

[Courage]

Hang in there!

I won't sugarcoat this - it IS scarry to have someone mess with your 'junk' as it were. However, think of it like this. What do you really have to lose especially if doesnt function? It'll be painful, but you are going to find out how strong you are, and the answer is 'a lot stronger than you think.' Hardest part will be walking into the facility - and it gets easier from there. Just remain calm and press on!

You can do this!

Thanks, EquusAZ. I've been following your journey. Part of my fear is that I have limited function, which is what I mean by risk. With constant stimulation, I can sometimes masturbate.

The doctor said worst case scenario I wouldn't be worse off. I'm not superstitious but sometimes it feels like I'm under a dark cloud.

I'll gut through this somehow.

[equusAz]

Thanks, EquusAZ. I've been following your journey. Part of my fear is that I have limited function, which is what I mean by risk. With constant stimulation, I can sometimes masturbate.

The doctor said worst case scenario I wouldn't be worse off. I'm not superstitious but sometimes it feels like I'm under a dark cloud.

I'll gut through this somehow.

Sure you could be worse off, but those tend to be the outliers. There are thousands of us that get this done in a year and never have problems. Sure we see people on FT with problems - but those are probably people who have encountered problems and seek this site out after. I don't KNOW that for sure - but some - yes. The statistics are on your side!

Before this surgery I could get an erection - with an injection - which caused a lot of pain. So much that sex wasn't an option. I could and did masturbate without injections - and that was fine - but - I need a bit more than that.

There is risk in everything we do - from waking up - to going to bed. Even just sitting still is risky. There is no such thing as zero risk. However, grabbing the possibilities and going for it leads to reward. Remember, You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

Just do this one day at a time and every day one hour at a time. Don't get bogged down. I too sometimes I think I have a cloud that follows me around - but hey - if I focus only on the bad I'd never be happy.

Good luck!

[Courage]

However, grabbing the possibilities and going for it leads to reward. Remember, You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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Good luck!

Thanks, man. I hear you. Good luck with your journey, too!

[Rider1400]

ED took many years from my otherwise happy marriage. I hear you!!! Felt like a black cloud was hanging over my head most of the time and it had the initials E.D. In capital letters all over it!! Do your best to be positive and go into this with a good attitude! Mental preparation and positive thoughts are your best friend going into any surgery. If you have a good surgeon just accept that you will come out a winner in the end and if any obstacles pop up you will go over around or thru them and come out on the other side with a hard dick!!! I had ripped my shoulder out, broke my arm, broke 3 ribs and completely ripped my bicep off the bone in a bad fall just 4 weeks before my scheduled implant. I talked to both surgeons and they agreed that if I didn’t have any complications with the shoulder surgery that i could go ahead with my implant just 3 weeks after my shoulder surgery. I did and had a really good recovery with both! Shoulder took 4 months of therapy to get back to work so at least I didn’t have any issues with missed work over the implant!! All will go fine, just stay positive!

[Courage]

Thanks again, guys. I got my surgery arrive time for tomorrow morning. It feels too soon (and definitely too early in the morning!) but I'm hopeful that I've made the right decisions.

Being a cocksman will take some getting used to!

[Vitalssk]

I am 36 and just had my operation last friday. ive dealt with ED for years. It was a constant strain on my life. I never showed it, never told my wife. i just dealt with it the best i could. i had urologists tell me i was fine and that it was all mental. It was all bullshit. When i finally met a urologist who actually treated me like a human being and understood the assignment, He approved me for a implant. But not before telling me the risks and that i couldnt go back. for the month before my surgery, i was chowing down ED pills like candy and every time i would tell myself, this is why your getting the implant. Sex is supposed to be fun. i shouldnt have to think about my dick dying mid sex. I shouldnt have a care in the world.

But ill be honest, the week before i would always ask myself. am i making the right decision? i am pretty young, i am definitely going to have to get a revision in my life. What if the pump fails. what if the tube breaks. But then again i would have sex and say screw this i need this in my life. i am only 6 days post op. but i would do it all again.

The first time i can use this, Whether i have feeling in my penis or not. I am going to be the happiest man alive. All the years of stressing if my dick was going to work.
All the years of wasting so much money on ED medication.

its definitely worth it. no matter the pain or the fear that you have.