Becoming Bionic

[alibaba]

Sounds good to me! d

[C_lab34]

Morning of day 15. I'm much more comfortable on my feet now, though I still feel pretty limited moving around. Still dealing with some swelling in the scrotum, and I'm still hoping that it's the swelling that is keeping the pump high. It feels stuck to the skin in one spot, and the top of the pump is just under the base of my penis. It's hard to see how this wouldn't get in the way during sex, especially if there is deeper penetration. It's not that the tubing is too short, and at the end of my video you can see that the pump is all the way down at the bottom of the scrotum. I think I messed up and maybe sat up too much too soon after the surgery. The day after the surgery I wasn't lying flat on my back most of the time, I was in a seated position on the bed because it was more comfortable for me. Now I've been doing some reading and it seems that this can push the pump up. I didn't hear anything about that or pay much attention to it previously. And I received no specific instructions on it before I was sent home. It's a little bit of a depressing feeling, knowing that of everything I researched and took time to understand, this detail escaped me, and it could cause a problem.

My penis does point down now, almost at 5 o'clock, and is much more comfortable in my pants. That's another thing I wasn't sure about; how long to keep the penis up. It was very uncomfortable holding it up, and I don't think I ever had the right underwear for it. It's a relief to me now that it's hanging down, but I'm wondering if I'm doing that too soon. I tried pumping the past two days, and I found it very painful. It has been unbearable for any length of time over a minute or two. The pump was very hard, as is often reported. I think I have been able to get between 5 and 7 pumps, though it's hard to tell because the bulb is still so difficult to compress. All that I know is that when the fluid begins to fill the cylinders, it feels like someone is kicking me in the penis with a steel toed boot. Also, it seems to inflate unevenly, so that my right side begins straightening out first, and a big kink in the right cylinder near the base becomes pronounced. At the stage I can reach, my penis bends 30 or 40 degrees to the left, and down some as well. I never had any curve before. I am assuming that my penis will straighten out when I can pump it up more. With 5 to 7 pumps, it already gets harder than anything I've ever had naturally, but it looks terrible and feels like torture. I also gain about an inch when I inflate, and I can tell there is a lot of cylinder packed into my penis which needs to straighten out over time as I cycle. Right now it is just too painful to make much progress. One good thing though is that deflating has so far been a breeze. I can feel the deflate button easily, and press it and drain the fluid without a problem.

[strongagain]

You are doing funny things. 15 days after the operation! You are not supposed to activate the implant this early. Most docs say do it after six weeks, my doc told me the same. Why such a rush? Let everything heal, please leave your dick alone.

When I asked him whether I should keep the penis up he just laughed and said 'keep it in such a way that it's comfortable'. I'm extremely happy with the result, everything looks perfect to me - right from the beginning.

[C_lab34]

I have read on here of severals guys who were at least able to begin cycling at 2 weeks. I thought I'd give it a shot, and it was a no go.

[merrix]

I started at day 13 with minimal pain in penis. Some pain in scrotum when pressing deflate valve.
Eid recommended early cycling. The earlier the better basically.

[strongagain]

My doc gave me a Coloplast Titan brochure. Page 8: "If your surgeon agrees you may fill and empty the implant three to four weeks after the operation." Translation from the German brochure

I asked my doc about this and he said "Only do it after six weeks, it's better for the healing process."

[merrix]

My doc gave me a Coloplast Titan brochure. Page 8: "If your surgeon agrees you may fill and empty the implant three to four weeks after the operation." Translation from the German brochure

I asked my doc about this and he said "Only do it after six weeks, it's better for the healing process."

Yes different doctors have different ideas.

[C_lab34]

Things are getting a little better now, and I can see that I still have a long way to go. I think I'm having inflation issues because there is such a dramatic difference between my flaccid and erect states. There is a lot of cylinder length that is just bunched up in my penis that needs to stretch out and straighten. Inflating is still very sore and borderline painful, but every time I try, I get a little farther with it, and my penis straightens out more. The cylinder tips start to reach the glans, but I can tell I still have more to go. Even though the CX doesn't actually expand lengthwise, my penis gets over an inch longer already when I start inflating it, so that indicates to me that everything is stretching out. I'm only a about 3/4 of an inch away from my old max length, and I think I will really start to see big improvements when I cycle the device without pain. Unaroused the girth is decent, a little less than before, a little flatter, but with natural arousal I'm thinking I'll be right back where I was, if not thicker.

[merrix]

Glad to hear!
I still say I find it hard to believe cylinders will move higher up in glans, but what the heck do I know really.
Have you communicated with Kramer?

[C_lab34]

Yeah he thinks that by week 4 we will have a much better idea of where I am. It is strange about the cylinders, but when I am not inflated at all they are well short of the glans, and as I inflate they start moving up. It does make sense though, because I get longer, and if the cylinders are bunched up in the flaccid state, when they straighten out they have to go somewhere, right? I know it's not typical, as most people start out with the cylinders already in the glans, but I think it will work out for me this way too.