My implant Journey, Nightmare with a happy ending

[Madecov]

In 1999 I underwent prostate surgery (no cancer thankfully). Of course after that I couldn't get an erection. Pills and injections did nothing. My insurance of course denied implant surgery.

In May of 2023 I became eligible for Medicare and jumped at the chance to get an implant. I saw a local urologist who claimed to be high volume and scheduled surgery for July 6 2023. I had the AMS700 implanted, I was in absolute agony and swollen like a softball. In August I tried cycling per the Dr. instructions and heard and felt a pop. The implant started auto inflating fully and wouldn't deflate. The Dr. called it as defective and scheduled another surgery to replace the implant.

I had the second implant done, felt a little better, a tiny bit less swelling. At day 8 I started to have a discharge and bleeding from the incision. I had developed an infection.

Back to the doctor, surgery was scheduled to remove the infected implant. Privately I started to lose it. I was angry, depressed and generally everything and anything set me off. The doctor said to wait at least 6 months before another attempt.

After 11 months of recovery, I was still sensitive, but I decided to seek out another doctor. After asking around on Reddit I found Dr. Clavell and scheduled an appointment for late may 2024. Fortunately I live in Houston.

June 25th of 2024, Dr. Clavell implanted the Titan Classic. I had almost no swelling, pain for one day only. I started cycling at 21 days post surgery. It gets easier every day. I've had one test drive so far. My recovery has been nothing short of miraculous. My mental health has improved. I'm happy and healthy now.

Guys do your research. Ask in forums like these. I had no idea this board existed.

If you guys have any questions for me, I'll try to answer.

[Jage64]

Welcome and congratulations fellow Clavellian.

[frank66665]

Madecov congratulations on your mental and physical strength, I hope you can enjoy the implant once and for all, I will have a review on September 24th, hoping this time everything goes well, my implant has always hurt my left cylinder, it seems that I has oversized the left side more than the right one, as well as having the distal tips too far forward at the end of the glans

[Madecov]

Best of luck. I still get an occasional pinching on my left. But it's minor and very intermittent

[easymoney]

The correct dr. makes all the difference in the world on the outcome .. a friend had the same thing .. implant failed did not want to drive to the original dr who did the surgery ..used one his urologist recommended .. no 12 months later sits with no implant ..a penis damaged possibly beyond repair .. Dr. Carrion did his first surgery .. after the 2nd implant failure he went back to him ..carrion is known for his repair work on botched implants ..even he is doubtful he can ever fix it ..