36 hours Post Op, What to expect following implant surgery

My purpose for writing this blog was to detail my experiences in having a penile implant because I have experienced erectile dysfunction as a result of 20 years of diabetes. Your ED may be from diabetes, smoking, or high blood presure, or you may be impotent because you had surgery to remove a cancerous prostate. What ever the reason, you did not choose to be impotent, but it happened to you. And you want to continue to be a sexual man, like you used to be. You have someone special in your life that you want to express sexual love and joy with. I do, and I've been married for 26 years and I enjoy making love to my wife. I've tried it all for 13 to 14 years of experiencing Erectile Dysfunction. Injections by the hundreds, but now the injections are causing scar tissue in the all important erectile tissue of the corpora cavernosa. Viagra and cialis gives me a so so erection along with a head ache and and a blocked up sinus. I've tried vacuum erection devices, yuck. Enough said about that experience. So, whats left for a guy who wants to enjoy sexual relations? A penile implant is what you and I would have left to choose from at this point. When everything else has failed, the best choice left to you or me is a surgical implant. Lets face it, penile implants have over a 92% satisfaction rate from actual implant users. It also enjoys a high level of satisfaction from implantees partners as well. Viagra, Cialis and Levitra only have a 50 % satisfaction rate. Implants work. It's the surgery part that sucks and is the reason that an implant isn't the first choice.



I had my implant surgery just 36 hours ago. But prior to getting to where I am now, I have done a tremendous amount of research online as well as spending many hours of personal research in the medical library at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. What I found for information on what to expect from having implant surgery really sucks out there. I'll bet that you are also unhappy with the information that you've been able to discover through your own reseach. Having surgery on your penis is a big deal and it takes some real thought to get over the fear of letting a doctor permantly change the only sex organ that you will ever have. It's not a decision you want to make a mistake with, does it?



I'm sitting here now, 36 hours post-op. I had an AMS 700 Ultrex implanted into my penis. This implant is very reliable and I expect it to serve me for around 10 years or more. It may fail me sooner, or it may last me for the rest of my life. I'm 52, and in pretty good health. Who knows! I may loose some length from my erection or have an infection or lasting pain. So far, the pain is pretty manageable. Doesn't look like any problems yet with infection but time will tell. I had 5.5 inches in length and was 5.5 inches in circumference. I may have thicker or thinner girth and I maybe longer or shorter as well. Right now, I don't have any answers yet. But in 6 weeks, I'll let you know.

At 36 hours post op as you can see from my pictures, you will start to see swelling and bruising. My penis and scrotum looks pretty ugly right now, and looking at the pictures of my sex organ, you would probably say say no way am I going through that. Am I in pain? No. I actually feel pretty good other than feeling like I have a black and blue looking grapefruit sized mass between my legs. You got to keep a sense of humor at this stage of the implant. I came home with a bottle of vicodin for pain relief and a bottle of keflex antibiotics to prevent an infection. As it is, I only need the vicodin at night, and a couple of Naproxen Sodium (Alieve) are taking care of the pain during the day which isn't much pain right now. In emailing back and forth among other implantees, what I'm experiencing is pretty common. I'll be swollen and bruised for about a little over a week or more. I want to give the reader the truth about my experiences, so that you can make an informed choice for yourself. Your partner also needs to understand what and why you may be thinking of getting an implant. This implant is going to effect both of you, so don't shut them out. If you do decide on an implant, learn as much as you can and then find a good experienced doctor. My doctor is a board certified Urologist and is a teaching doctor at the University of Missouri, Hospitals and Clinics in Columbia, Mo. Dr Weinstein performed my vasectomy almost 20 years ago and has done hundreds of implants. So I was in pretty good hands. Well, it's getting time for bed. I'll add more about my experiences later.