Just got implant 6 days ago, is stretched length going to be my erect length?

[ED2013]

Did you retain all length?

Yes and gained a lil with an lgx.

Did you go to Kramer?

How soon did you activate?

Dr Karpman. One week.

[RichardTheFrog]

I just heard back from Dr. Kramer. He said the tissue expanding qualities will expand everything and he is absolutely positive that I won't lose length.

He agrees with early activation and says he has no problem with me starting at 2 weeks, which is 3/8.

[Lost Sheep]

I just heard back from Dr. Kramer. He said the tissue expanding qualities will expand everything and he is absolutely positive that I won't lose length.

He agrees with early activation and says he has no problem with me starting at 2 weeks, which is 3/8.

Whew!

While you were contacting Dr K, I was editing my signature line.

I am glad to hear he likes the idea. When I ran across the article, I was encouraged.

I am glad for you.

[Pine85]

The swelling has finally gone down to the point where I can feel around without hurting.

It is obviously longer than before when flaccid, but who cares about flaccid length.

The surgeon, Dr. Andrew Kramer, left it 15% inflated.

When I stretch it out straight with my hand, is this going to be my final erect length when I'm able to pump it 100%?

Will it take 6 months to gain length back?

I am getting worried that I now have a short dick. It was only 5.25" to begin with.

I tried stretching it out at a week after surgery as well. Now at at five weeks I'm able to stretch it out a little over half an inch longer than at week one. The cylinders and swelling at this point are actually inhibiting your full stretching capabilities.

[ccrider]

I just heard back from Dr. Kramer. He said the tissue expanding qualities will expand everything and he is absolutely positive that I won't lose length.

He agrees with early activation and says he has no problem with me starting at 2 weeks, which is 3/8.

...whatever you had at the pre-op exam stretched should be what you end up with...Dr. Kramer sizes aggressively...I lost absolutely nothing & appear to be gaining both length & girth...

[rdnkbiker]

Hi Richard
when I read your post it was exactly the way I felt my doc activated me at 10 days but just to pump 30 to 50% just a minute and let it down when I first started it felt like the pump got solid and I was hard and very small in length I was worried to but I have just been going a little more daily leaving it a little longer each time and back to pre surgery stretch length and feel there is still a little left so I understand you concern but in my case I have got it back so hang in there do what the doc says and I think you'll find down the road a bit that it will all come back

Jim

[Donnie1954]

I can stretch to 7 and I pump to 7. If your doc sized you right, your stretched flaccid and erection should be the same.

[Gacleader1]

I am only 8 weeks post op, so I cannot answer a long term question. I will say that at 3 weeks when I first pumped, I had lost almost 2 inches in length, and the girth was larger. The girth turned out to be swelling. I know exactly what my length was before I lost all function; I think most men do. I also knew exactly the girth. Was I bothered by this? No, not really, and that was for a couple of reasons. First, for the last 2 1/2 years, I have had no function of any kind. It was limper that overcooked lasagna, and just as cold as if I had pulled it out of the refrigerator, so how could I complain. When the swelling went away, all I could do was laugh, and say "At least it is cute"

Still, I did long for the good old days, and based on the size of the implant that Dr. Kramer used, my calculations indicated that the final length would be somewhere between 1 inch shorter and 1/3 inch longer that I had once upon a time. I've also heard that the girth tends to be larger, so obviously I just needed to work on it, and work my way through the pain.

My pain has been substantially worse than most when pumping, for a very unusual reason. The reason for my ED was the result of a surgery which removed my rectum, and I apparently have quite a bit of scar tissue just behind where the base of the cylinders sit. I can stay inflated for about a half hour now before the pain in the rectum brings tears to my eyes. I have spoken with other urologists, and none have heard of this issue, so don't worry about that one, it sounds as though it is unique to me.

The bottom line is, even though pumping brings tears to my eyes, it takes longer for those tears to come. At first it was a few minutes, then it was 5, then 10 and 15, now it is closer to a half hour. The stretching pain is, I believe, quite normal, and that also has to be worked through. The current result is that by not deflating until it has stayed hard for an increasing length of time, now 30 minutes, everything seems to be changing for the better. It is faster and easier to inflate, and the measured length has gotten longer.

I am now within 1/2 inch of my original length after only 8 weeks. The girth is still noticeably less, but I honestly believe it will be getting better soon. As much discomfort as I feel with the stretching, obviously something is happening down there. It does seem strange that my penis is more oval shaped now that it was before. When it used to work, it was quite round.

I would not want to have sex with it fully inflated; it just does not seem to be natural; much too hard. I have found that if I inflate it somewhat less than full, it feels much more natural. I don't want it to hurt me if my wife moves, nor do I want to hurt her with the incredible hardness, with no sensation of cushioning around the cylinders. I am planning our first encounter in about 10 days. I am only going to inflate it enough to where it feels firm, but not rock hard. When I do this, I also have much more of a natural sensation of pleasure.

Until we have that first encounter, I am going to keep pumping up as far as I can, grit my teeth and bear it, getting as much stretch as I can. It is too soon to tell really, but it seems that when I do this, and then pump less, that the girth has a fuller feel. Wish me luck guys; I think everything is going be be well worth it very soon.

[Lost Sheep]

"At least it is cute.".

That reminds me of a friend of mine from when I was staioned in New Mexico, who related to me that a "professional lady" across the border told him that he was "pequeno, pero sabroso"

[DaveET1]

I measured stretched length very carefully before surgery, and from pubic bone to the very tip was 6" right on the nose. I just checked again, with the partial boner left after surgery, and I can stretch it to just a hair over 6". Let's hear it for Coloplast Titan and for Dr. Scott Caesar. I'm sure the "hair over" is more optimism than fact, but it does show that your stretched length absolutely CAN predict implanted length. I'm no MD, but it seems to me that the tipoff is the location of the tips of the cylinders has to be out beyond the corona, in mid-glans. That's where the tips of the original erectile tissue was in the first place, right? The surgeon has to be very careful to get this result, but it absolutely can be done. I suspect that is one of the reasons so many guys here swear by Dr. Kramer.