AMS v.s. Coloplast. Thoughts

[williamb]

OK, there is going to be a Math test and almost all of us were out of school before calculators were very common. So get out your Big Chief tablet ( scratch paper not the smooth stuff) and your #2 pencil and stand by for instructions.
Dave

[alibaba]

I am just glad I can get enough force out of it to lift my dick!

[alibaba]

Enjoyable posts here.

[TANGERINE]

Well......as promised, WilliamB (dave) gave the math test to many honorable Franktalk members, he collected the blue test books, and here are some of the more entertaining answers:

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Of course, out of respect, I will never divulge the identity of which franktalk members submitted those funny answers !

Tangerine

[Zxylpk]

Fun thread but I still can't find x? Which is better, titan or ams? I'm meeting with my doc next week to have that very discussion, along w my revision pre op, so i'd appreciate any advice. Karpman is an ams guy and I like him & don't want to change. But...

[Larry10625]

Fun thread but I still can't find x? Which is better, titan or ams? I'm meeting with my doc next week to have that very discussion, along w my revision pre op, so i'd appreciate any advice. Karpman is an ams guy and I like him & don't want to change. But...

Zxylpk;
I have said it before and I will say it again, this is a decision for your doctor to make after he has you on the table and opened up. You are not shopping for a car... colour, size and what other people think have nothing to do with a medical implant that goes inside you. What happens if YOU decide you want a Titan and once the surgeon is inside you, he feels that the AMS would be much better for you? Have you ever heard of anyone telling their doctor what pacemaker to put in?

Larry

[Zxylpk]

Larry, your point is well taken. However, there are people here on FT that say Question Everything - don't go into this blindly like I did with my original implant. I'm impressed with the knowledge and research done by other FT members and appreciate the knowledge I've received from them. I joined FT long after my implant. Before that I didn't even know there was a difference between ams & coloplast. I didn't question anything - didn't even know what questions to ask. I am having a revision of sorts (getting a new pump) next week. I have 100% confidence in my surgeon. He chose the ams cx for me and I believe that was the best choice among ams products. But what if (and I'm only postulating here) a Titan would actually be a better choice for me but my Dr. doesn't do Titan implants? It sounds like you're saying the only way to find out would be to change to a Dr. who does both and let him decide when I'm on the table. Since I'm not willing to change Dr's I guess I'll never be able to find x. But from what I've read so far, maybe there isn't only one answer, but many.

[dg_moore]

Fun thread but I still can't find x? Which is better, titan or ams? I'm meeting with my doc next week to have that very discussion, along w my revision pre op, so i'd appreciate any advice. Karpman is an ams guy and I like him & don't want to change. But...

For whatever reason, I've always believed that x is better than y. However, I unfortunately don't know whether x = AMS and y = Coloplast, or vice versa.

[Larry10625]

Larry, your point is well taken. However, there are people here on FT that say Question Everything - don't go into this blindly like I did with my original implant. I'm impressed with the knowledge and research done by other FT members and appreciate the knowledge I've received from them. I joined FT long after my implant. Before that I didn't even know there was a difference between ams & coloplast. I didn't question anything - didn't even know what questions to ask. I am having a revision of sorts (getting a new pump) next week. I have 100% confidence in my surgeon. He chose the ams cx for me and I believe that was the best choice among ams products. But what if (and I'm only postulating here) a Titan would actually be a better choice for me but my Dr. doesn't do Titan implants? It sounds like you're saying the only way to find out would be to change to a Dr. who does both and let him decide when I'm on the table. Since I'm not willing to change Dr's I guess I'll never be able to find x. But from what I've read so far, maybe there isn't only one answer, but many.

Do you know that your doctor doesn't do Titan?

Larry

[Zxylpk]

That's what I was led to believe by his assistant although he was being vague and non-committal. I intend to find out for sure at my pre-op, and if not, why.