Just left the doctor's office

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Just left the doctor's office

Postby sliphill » Tue Jul 25, 2017 3:11 pm

Well, got activated. He gave it about 8 pumps. It didn't look as long as it was. So I go to a ride aid and pump it up. I could get about 10 pumps in. Damn thing is slippery. Its a little harder to pump than what thought. I'm glad he placed the pump in the front, as it is difficult to hold as it is. But I measured it with my phone, and then found a ruler in the store. Damn, only 4 1/4 ". I sure hope I can get more back. What do you think?
Ed (sliphill) 68

Implanted by Dr. Michael O'Neill in Charlotte, NC on 6/9/2017 with AMS 700LGX. 18 cm cylinders 3 cm RTE's.

Revision done by Dr. Maxim McKibbon in Charlotte, NC on 4/12/2023 with AMD 700 LGX 22 cm cylinders gm

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Re: Just left the doctor's office

Postby Lost Sheep » Tue Jul 25, 2017 3:28 pm

Post-op, what was your length? What percentage (estimated) inflation? Hol long were you before implantation (measured by what method, stretch, vacuum, erection after injection, etc)?

How quickly and exrensively do you form scar tissue? A pseudocapsule's growth rate and strength would be factors going forward. You were at 45 days postop, right?
Lost Sheep
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READ OLD THREADS-ask better questions -better understand answers
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Document pre-op size-photos and written records
Pre-op VED therapy helps. Post-op is another matter

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Re: Just left the doctor's office

Postby sliphill » Tue Jul 25, 2017 3:49 pm

Lost Sheep wrote:Post-op, what was your length? What percentage (estimated) inflation? Hol long were you before implantation (measured by what method, stretch, vacuum, erection after injection, etc)?

How quickly and exrensively do you form scar tissue? A pseudocapsule's growth rate and strength would be factors going forward. You were at 45 days postop, right?


About 5 1/2 - 5 3/4. From erection after injection. Yes, 45 days. The scar is still forming around the incision.
Ed (sliphill) 68

Implanted by Dr. Michael O'Neill in Charlotte, NC on 6/9/2017 with AMS 700LGX. 18 cm cylinders 3 cm RTE's.

Revision done by Dr. Maxim McKibbon in Charlotte, NC on 4/12/2023 with AMD 700 LGX 22 cm cylinders gm

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Re: Just left the doctor's office

Postby Tybeeman » Tue Jul 25, 2017 3:52 pm

sliphill wrote:
Lost Sheep wrote:Post-op, what was your length? What percentage (estimated) inflation? Hol long were you before implantation (measured by what method, stretch, vacuum, erection after injection, etc)?

How quickly and exrensively do you form scar tissue? A pseudocapsule's growth rate and strength would be factors going forward. You were at 45 days postop, right?


About 5 1/2 - 5 3/4. From erection after injection. Yes, 45 days. The scar is still forming around the incision.


Everything else OK? How about your tubes you had concerns about?
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Re: Just left the doctor's office

Postby sliphill » Tue Jul 25, 2017 4:42 pm

Tybeeman wrote:
sliphill wrote:
Lost Sheep wrote:Post-op, what was your length? What percentage (estimated) inflation? Hol long were you before implantation (measured by what method, stretch, vacuum, erection after injection, etc)?

How quickly and exrensively do you form scar tissue? A pseudocapsule's growth rate and strength would be factors going forward. You were at 45 days postop, right?


About 5 1/2 - 5 3/4. From erection after injection. Yes, 45 days. The scar is still forming around the incision.


Everything else OK? How about your tubes you had concerns about?


Yeah, doc says it looks good. The tubes are a problem. They were irratating me the day i wrote the post. Then someone commented that's not good, and i was off and running. Lol
Ed (sliphill) 68

Implanted by Dr. Michael O'Neill in Charlotte, NC on 6/9/2017 with AMS 700LGX. 18 cm cylinders 3 cm RTE's.

Revision done by Dr. Maxim McKibbon in Charlotte, NC on 4/12/2023 with AMD 700 LGX 22 cm cylinders gm

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Re: Just left the doctor's office

Postby sliphill » Tue Jul 25, 2017 4:43 pm

sliphill wrote:
Tybeeman wrote:
sliphill wrote:
About 5 1/2 - 5 3/4. From erection after injection. Yes, 45 days. The scar is still forming around the incision.


Everything else OK? How about your tubes you had concerns about?


Yeah, doc says it looks good. The tubes are not a problem. They were irratating me the day i wrote the post. Then someone commented that's not good, and i was off and running. Lol
Ed (sliphill) 68

Implanted by Dr. Michael O'Neill in Charlotte, NC on 6/9/2017 with AMS 700LGX. 18 cm cylinders 3 cm RTE's.

Revision done by Dr. Maxim McKibbon in Charlotte, NC on 4/12/2023 with AMD 700 LGX 22 cm cylinders gm

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Re: Just left the doctor's office

Postby sliphill » Tue Jul 25, 2017 4:51 pm

Well i tried pumping it again. Another public bathroom.This time it was a little easier. Managed to get about 12 pumps. Doc tells me to hit the deflate button and listen for the sound and wait for it to stop. Then bend it. I do that but i can't completely empty the cylinders. Another member said it's easier to do if you are laying on your back.
Ed (sliphill) 68

Implanted by Dr. Michael O'Neill in Charlotte, NC on 6/9/2017 with AMS 700LGX. 18 cm cylinders 3 cm RTE's.

Revision done by Dr. Maxim McKibbon in Charlotte, NC on 4/12/2023 with AMD 700 LGX 22 cm cylinders gm

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Re: Just left the doctor's office

Postby Lost Sheep » Tue Jul 25, 2017 4:56 pm

sliphill wrote:
Lost Sheep wrote:Post-op, what was your length? What percentage (estimated) inflation? Hol long were you before implantation (measured by what method, stretch, vacuum, erection after injection, etc)?

How quickly and exrensively do you form scar tissue? A pseudocapsule's growth rate and strength would be factors going forward. You were at 45 days postop, right?


About 5 1/2 - 5 3/4. From erection after injection. Yes, 45 days. The scar is still forming around the incision.

Doing the math, then you have a scar tissue capsule forming (inside your corpora cavernosum) around the inflatable tubes that needs to be stretched/broken up over time by about an inch and a half. This is uncomfortable, but necessary. I (inexperienced, but having read a bit) suggest the stretching/breakup regimen be pursued aggresively.

Check with your surgeon and mention the pseudo-capsule "coffin effect". There are a couple of threads on FrankTslk on the subject you might find helpful, especially the article by Caraceni, et al.

Pseudo-capsule “coffin effect”: How to prevent penile retraction after implant of three-piece inflatable prosthesis Enrico Caraceni, Lilia Utizi, Giovanni Angelozzi; Department of Urology, Civitanova Marche Hospital, Italy.
Read summary
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25017596
Download full article
http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.j ... 0097389852

Good luck
Lost Sheep
AMS LGX 18+3 Nov 6, 2017
Prostate Cancer 2023
READ OLD THREADS-ask better questions -better understand answers
Be part of your medical team
Document pre-op size-photos and written records
Pre-op VED therapy helps. Post-op is another matter

sliphill
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Re: Just left the doctor's office

Postby sliphill » Tue Jul 25, 2017 6:20 pm

Lost Sheep wrote:
sliphill wrote:
Lost Sheep wrote:Post-op, what was your length? What percentage (estimated) inflation? Hol long were you before implantation (measured by what method, stretch, vacuum, erection after injection, etc)?

How quickly and exrensively do you form scar tissue? A pseudocapsule's growth rate and strength would be factors going forward. You were at 45 days postop, right?


About 5 1/2 - 5 3/4. From erection after injection. Yes, 45 days. The scar is still forming around the incision.

Doing the math, then you have a scar tissue capsule forming (inside your corpora cavernosum) around the inflatable tubes that needs to be stretched/broken up over time by about an inch and a half. This is uncomfortable, but necessary. I (inexperienced, but having read a bit) suggest the stretching/breakup regimen be pursued aggresively.

Check with your surgeon and mention the pseudo-capsule "coffin effect". There are a couple of threads on FrankTslk on the subject you might find helpful, especially the article by Caraceni, et al.

Pseudo-capsule “coffin effect”: How to prevent penile retraction after implant of three-piece inflatable prosthesis Enrico Caraceni, Lilia Utizi, Giovanni Angelozzi; Department of Urology, Civitanova Marche Hospital, Italy.
Read summary
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25017596
Download full article
http://search.myway.com/search/GGmain.j ... 0097389852

Good luck


I pumped it up to maybe 14, it started to hurt. Got to 4 3/4". Man, maybe I shouldn't had waited so long. I read about the coffin effect. My doctor didn't say anything about it.
Ed (sliphill) 68

Implanted by Dr. Michael O'Neill in Charlotte, NC on 6/9/2017 with AMS 700LGX. 18 cm cylinders 3 cm RTE's.

Revision done by Dr. Maxim McKibbon in Charlotte, NC on 4/12/2023 with AMD 700 LGX 22 cm cylinders gm

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Re: Just left the doctor's office

Postby sliphill » Tue Jul 25, 2017 6:50 pm

Can't seem to completely drain the cylinders. It gets to a certain point and that's it. They are still hard.
Ed (sliphill) 68

Implanted by Dr. Michael O'Neill in Charlotte, NC on 6/9/2017 with AMS 700LGX. 18 cm cylinders 3 cm RTE's.

Revision done by Dr. Maxim McKibbon in Charlotte, NC on 4/12/2023 with AMD 700 LGX 22 cm cylinders gm


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