Surgery +2

[DonBecker54]

On Thursday I had surgery. No real pain, but I'm sure sore. Got a catheter that can't come out until Monday. The anesthesia was trippy.

Dr. Milam and his intern both made a point to say that I will lose length, probably because that was a major concern in my meetings with Dr. Milam.

Haven't had a BM since Wednesday. I think I'll have to get an enema tomorrow.

I keep telling myself, "you wanted this You wanted this."

[roninhouston]

Welcome to the Bionic Brotherhood.

I did not have a BM until the sixth day. In hindsight I should have been taking stool softner several days before the op.

Every day you will get better, remember that Ice is your friend. Take the meds for any discomfort.

In a couple of weeks you will be happy you did it.

[alibaba]

Milam made a big deal I would lose size 5 minutes before my surgery Wed and said I would not be able to gain any later with my LGX either. Now I understand why the penis cannot grow and it grows inside my body instead and why it will not be able to deflate fully which was my reason to want an AMS to start with. The way it was installed won't allow my hard size to be any larger than my old flacid size. Hope he did not install yours the same way he did mine. Usually when someone is argumentive with me or will not discuss a plan ( Milam said he will not discuss the size loss Wed before surgery), I cancel. I've tried to get this done for so long I did not cancel though I considered it all night Monday, day and night tuesday. Now I wish I had. the way mine was installed is an experiment that cannot work from an engineering standpoint. Hope you have an outcome that satisfies you.Wife just said the same when I read your post to her. My wife told me today to find another doc to redo mine and cancel the 2 week followup. She does not want me to go back to Milam. interestingly, there was an email from my internist when I got home to call him for a list of docs that did bad work on some of his patients and a list who do good work that he just learned of. Too late, mine is done. I have no idea who is on the list but he said he'd call me later. Catheter was hell for me too. Never had a catheter hurt before this one. Urethra is still scratched and sore. Swelling nil. Pain finally under control now that I have the auto inflate remedied. major bruising in the scar areas of old hernia repairs and penis.
Did he install yours without tip extenders too? As far as mine w/o it defeated the entire reason of an AMS. math on mine shows the penis tubes hold 69.19% of the fluid but the internal portion that cannot be deflated will drain into the penis filling it to 61.5% of the penis erect size. No way to get a flacid dick with these numbers. No way to squeeze all the fluid back into the reservoir. Be well. Hope your catheter does not come out like barbed wire and broken glass like mine did. d

[DonBecker54]

Dr. Milam's reputation on this forum is very good. I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt. He may very well say that the patient is going to lose length because the patient is more likely than not to loose some length. Maybe it's just a fraction of an inch. Remember, we live in a litigious society.

Partially inflated I'm at about 3". If that's partial, then I'm hopeful for a good erect length.

I had a catheter after surgery, and then it was removed. Dr. Milam had me urinate for the next four hours before he'd allow me to leave. I only had urinated 300 cc's. The nurse said I needed to have a catheter, and I resisted. Finally, after she put it in, I filled a full liter bottle. That's how much was inside me. Without a catheter, I would have gotten a bladder infection and the implant would have to be redone.

I don't like Dr. Milam's non-communicative ways, but I'm going to take it on faith that his patients here are right about him. If not, then I'll look at having it redone by Dr. Eid

[alibaba]

Best of luck. I'm still having issues peeing. Can only pee if i push down hard. Had to do that at the hospital too but I wanted out of there. pooped 3 times yesterday. Been eating fruit. Refused to eat the eggs with cheese melted on them and such they brought me for food in the room. makes no sense to feed people food that will stop them up more. Did eat the green beans one meal and a fruit cup another. Started taking dulcosate 2 days before and did till yesterday, then changed to raisin brain. No poop is a bitch. corn will help break things loose too. i would have been satisfied at a fraction of an an inch. 1 1/2" is more like it. It is a cute tiny little thing but I feel like I am looking at a hard little boy dick now and it is something I should not look at being a little boy dick. At least I like having enough skin I can pull the loose skin 1/2" past the head now and it stays there in my pants. Kind of like being uncut. Hard before sometimes was so tight the skin would get little tears in it and bleed. Be well.

[DonBecker54]

Alibaba, how do you know how much length you're going to lose? How do you know it will be 1 1/2 inch?

The urination thing definitely does not sound right. You should call them immediately. You could get an infection.

I had a bottle of magnesium citrate today and the constipation is gone. Now it's the opposite problem.

Even the nurses at Vanderbilt admit the food is terrible.

If it turns out well, then the catheter and the discomfort and all of that will be non-issues.

[alibaba]

Basically because I was sent home pumped up tight and there is zero swelling and it is shorter. Told to call Monday and talk to the nurse about how hard it should have been sent home. I'm not going to call those people after having to deal with it for 4 days. I don't want to hear any more of her attitude. Before the prostatectomy my penis straight up laid right in my belly button hole. That is where I always put it after sex.

[DonBecker54]

alibaba, in every other implant post I've read, the penis is only partially inflated after surgery. It doesn't get fully inflated until the six week mark.

I took the catheter out this morning. Slid out like butter with no pain.

I've only take Tylenol three times. No other drugs, and I haven't had pain, just aching. But that's me. I have a high pain threshold.

There's definitely a poor communication system at that clinic. I got my paperwork upon discharge, and it showed my 2 week followup was on February 1st. Good thing I checked, since I had no idea I had an appointment then.

Then I looked at the six-week followup, which is for testing the unit and training the patient. Six weeks would be March 1st. They have me down for April 13th. I leave for Sicily on the 12th of April, so I'll be out of the country. And one of the big reasons for my Sicily trip is to meet up with and have sex with a beautiful Italian woman I met online month ago. I'm going to have to play hardball with the clinic to whatever extent possible. I don't know if "I had a woman in Italy I planned to fuck, and this screws it up" is grounds for a malpractice suit.

[alibaba]

I tried to get input on how much it is or should be inflated today. told to make another appointment to travel back to Vanderbilt. I'm not going back. I can tell you I fought it the entire time in the hospital. It was hard as a rock unbendable and would hold the elastic up. At home it would be worse when it would auto inflate and shove elastic straight out and stand up at 3:00. I've deflated it till it quits buzzing that takes about 30 seconds and it still bounces straight up when I pull the elastic away from waist. Talked to a guy locally that has had 5 implants. He says it is not right. Offered to come show us how it should be but have not agreed to that yet.

[DonBecker54]

What buzzing? I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about with the elastic, 3:00, etc..