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Hey everyone- I just scheduled my surgery with Dr Hakky for end of November to be implanted with a Coloplast Titan (estimating 26cm XL) via penescrotal approach, so I figured I would start my official journal to log a quick summary of my journey with Peyronies and thoughts(and fears) leading up to the surgery date.

History of my situation:

About exactly a year ago, I noticed a small bump on my penis. That was my only symptom so I didn't think much of it, but did go get it checked and was told it could be Peyronies, but since I had no symptoms not to worry about it. Within a couple months I noticed that my congenital curve was getting slightly worse. Shortly after that I got a dent on one side, which soon progressed into a full hourglass. At this point, sex was impossible as I couldn't get hard enough due to reduced blood flow. I was crushed. Up until this point I had always had a phenomenal sex life. I scheduled another urologist appointment and the doctor basically told me to take tadalfil to help and to give it time. I also got a restorex and VED at this time and used both pretty consistently. I also tried pentox for a while but never really knew if it was helping or not. I'm assuming it did not since my condition got worse. After about 5 months, my penis stabilized. I no longer had pain with the careful sex I was having and the hourglass didn't get any worse or better- just stable. I continued having careful sex for about 3 months until I had a sex injury. It was honestly not even that bad of a "slip", but the hourglass and instability was so bad, almost anything could cause this. Thankfully I didn't have to go to the ER for this injury but it did cause another plaque to develop. Generally my penis still looked the same though and does to this day. Oddly enough, it's now straighter than it's been in my entire life, but the hinge/hourglass is the main issue. I'm about 8 inches in length or slightly more, so that make the hinging even worse. With tadalfil I can get an erection hard enough for sex, but its risky. No way I could have a girl on top. Trimix gave me good erections too, but the hinge is still too bad.

Current situation:

I had to decide between having a careful sex life forever while constantly relying on pills or injection, daily VED/Restorex use, and lastly, risking additional length and girth loss over time...or, proceeding with the implant. The advantage of the implant is I can stop worrying about pills and injections. No more questioning if I can get hard enough or if my dick will break in half. No more fooling around with the VED and restorex daily. It's tiring. My hourglass should definitely improve, and hopefully be close to unnoticeable after cycling a few months. My dick will also be straight for the first time in my entire life.

The obvious disadvantage of the implant at 37 years old is the multiple revisions. But if you ask me, I'd rather have 30 years of good sex starting now, than 30 years of sex leading into my 70's and 80's (if I even live that long). Also the risk of infection, but I think Hakky is one of the best, and I'm healthy, so I think the risk is very minimal there. I just scheduled my surgery for the end of November so now I have about 6 weeks to mentally prepare while they get authorization from my insurance.

My main concerns leading up to surgery:

1. I'm an athlete so being active is my life. I'm hoping this will not affect my lifestyle, and the journals and research I've done have indicated it will not.
2. Appearance of my hourglass. I hope it fixes this from a cosmetic stand point, or at a minimum I get a 50% improvement in how it looks. I would be content with that. Even though Hakky did say this surgery is for rigidity and not cosmetic purposes- it sounds like most people with a titan overcome the hourglass with cycling.
3. Recovery. Im planning for 6 weeks out of the gym, but really hoping to be back to some normal life activities by the 4 week mark. Hakky said with the penescrotal approach it can take 2 months to fully heal, so I'll prob stay away from the gym until then.
4. Lastly, just praying everything goes well and it's a great outcome.


I will keep you all posted here on anything leading up to my surgery and after my surgery. Definitely feeling mixed emotions right now. Both excited and scared at the same time. Going back and forth in my head by the hour on if I really want to do this. But logic tells me I need to based on facts and pros/ cons.

I really appreciate all of your support over the last year. Thankful for you all and this forum.

Great news.  My guess is you feel better and motivated having made your mind up.  we look forward to your valuable contributions.  You might mention the forum to Dr. Haaky since he has implanted several of our members.

Best of luck. You are in good hands. Hakky is an amazing implant surgeon and you will be very satisfied with your results!

There's still some time until the surgery, but from what I could see on my video consultations and what I read online you will be in excellent hands. His attitude was amazing with me. jj21 who is on the board also spoke with him on the phone via video.

Hopefully it will go smooth and you will have nothing but good things to say about your procedure!

Quote from: Hawk on October 16, 2023, 11:33:54 PMYou might mention the forum to Dr. Haaky since he has implanted several of our members.

Member Trapper had mentioned to you in a post that Dr Hakky was interested in being added as a Doctor on the forums.

Congrats, I am very happy and excited for you.

Dr Hakky is great, I had a video consult with him from Australia. He was very knowledgeable, patient, and kind.

I'm sure your surgery will turn out great and you'll be back to a phenomenal sex life once again.

Keep us updated and best of luck.

J

Congratulations on your decision.
By the way, I see you listed you were hoping for a 26 cm implant.
Be sure to discuss this with the surgeon to make sure you are both on same page.
Also please take accurate measurements now of your length and girth soft and hard along with photos, so you can compare and share your goals and expectations.
Remember when measuring it is bone pressed for length and take 3 measurements on girth if you can, base, mid length, and head size.
If you are confused about measuring, just google it.
Because you are getting a 26cm implant, I am curious what your new girth will be.
My implant brought me increased girth and some of my lost length.
I am hopeful for you and can't wait to hear about your successes.

Hey guys, I'm about 2 weeks out from my surgery now and having lots of different feelings. I think I've gone back and forth between canceling the surgery and not about 100 times in the last month. Ultimately, I know the only answer is surgery since I can hardly have sex in my current state. It makes the decision easier when you're at that point.

After a lot of reading I've decided to opt for the Penescrotal approach.

I just filled the prescriptions sent over by the surgeon. They were: Gabapentin 300mg,  Ketorolac 10mg (for pain), Oxycod(for pain) and SMZ/TMP (antibiotic).

I really don't like medications, but I think the pain meds will be necessary at least in the beginning. I am hesitant to take Gabapentin based on what I read about it. Do you all think that's really necessary? I plan to ask my surgeon that before surgery, but curious what you all think. What meds did you take post surgery?

Quote from: IwillbeatPD on November 12, 2023, 12:10:42 PMHey guys, I'm about 2 weeks out from my surgery now and having lots of different feelings. I think I've gone back and forth between canceling the surgery and not about 100 times in the last month. Ultimately, I know the only answer is surgery since I can hardly have sex in my current state. It makes the decision easier when you're at that point.

After a lot of reading I've decided to opt for the Penescrotal approach.

I just filled the prescriptions sent over by the surgeon. They were: Gabapentin 300mg,  Ketorolac 10mg (for pain), Oxycod(for pain) and SMZ/TMP (antibiotic).

I really don't like medications, but I think the pain meds will be necessary at least in the beginning. I am hesitant to take Gabapentin based on what I read about it. Do you all think that's really necessary? I plan to ask my surgeon that before surgery, but curious what you all think. What meds did you take post surgery?

What did your surgeon said about the meds?

I had taken Gabapentin in the past for nerve pain but I can't say if it helped me much with that but it definitely helped me with my anxiety.

I took oxy for a few days, but the gabapentin helped the pain at night. I also took an antibiotic too.
Use what you need, everyone is different as to how they manage pain.
StepOne

Also, for the record of this journal, here are my measurements:

Pre Peyronies length: 8.25 inches
Pre Peyronies girth: 5.5 to 6 inches

Peyronies length (2 weeks pre op): 8.25 inches
Peyronies girth (2 weeks pre op): 5 to 5.5 inches
Flacid stretched length (2 weeks pre op): 8.25 inches

IwillbeatPD,
You are fortunate to have received all the information that is available now.
I received no information from my urologists on options such as implants.
This delay of 5 years caused penis length loss.
It was this site that introduced me to penile implants.
I received no information regarding stretching prior to surgery. I don't think this was common knowledge back then.
I wish you the very best and am happy that you WILL BEAT this.
Thanks for sharing your journey.
StepOne

Thank you Step, your support really means alot! Definitely thankful for this forum and others as well to help educate me on how to approach this.

Hey everyone,

Some pre surgery questions I've been wondering about.

1. What happens to the pump bulb when you either run out of fluid, or when you just can't get more pumps in due to the corpora not being able to expand more? When I played with a titan example model in the office the bulb stayed depressed when I got to max inflation, or no remaining liquid, not sure which it was.


2. My surgeon has advised my drain stays in for 2 days, then I go into the office to have it removed. Just to clarify, the first two days, all I need to do is ice and rest? I think I've read I'm also supposed to keep my dick pointed up, but the first two days did you just not cover your dick at all? I imagine it would be sensitive to try to keep it up with compression briefs.

3. Did you all take tadalfil after surgery? Wondering if that would help heal faster? If so, when did you start using it?

4. I read perrito exercises are great after, if you did this how many days in did you start?

5. Lastly, any other advice you have that you wish you knew going into your surgery would be greatly appreciated. My surgery is right around the corner so obviously scared and just trying to prepare the best I can.

6. Did you all use a VED post surgery, and if so, when did you start and what pressure did you use? I've read a lot of good things about that but also read you could damage the implant. Would love to hear your opinions.

Thank you all!

Quote from: IwillbeatPD on November 18, 2023, 12:12:38 PMHey everyone,

Some pre surgery questions I've been wondering about.

1. What happens to the pump bulb when you either run out of fluid, or when you just can't get more pumps in due to the corpora not being able to expand more? When I played with a titan example model in the office the bulb stayed depressed when I got to max inflation, or no remaining liquid, not sure which it was.
Cant answer this, Im 9 weeks out and not able to get past 19-20 pumps at this point.  I hear that in time when you fill out the pump goes flat.  Having run boats with external hand primers the bulb flattens out when fuel pump capacity is lesser than the flow.  So it makes sense the pump would work the same.


2. My surgeon has advised my drain stays in for 2 days, then I go into the office to have it removed. Just to clarify, the first two days, all I need to do is ice and rest? I think I've read I'm also supposed to keep my dick pointed up, but the first two days did you just not cover your dick at all? I imagine it would be sensitive to try to keep it up with compression briefs. I too went to Dr Hakky and he told me not to do that and just keep it firmly wrapped and straight out.  I was infrapubic as my Peyronies Disease was an aggressive upward curve.  I would ask Hakky.  Make sure you monitor your drain and if its not filling call Hakky right away.  My drain plugged and I didnt know what to expect so I didnt know there was an issue, it set me back 2 weeks and caused great discomfort. I used David Archy briefs that have a cutout for the penis, these were awesome.  I basically wore the briefs with my wrapped penis hanging out.

3. Did you all take tadalfil after surgery? Wondering if that would help heal faster? If so, when did you start using it? No. I have an implant, why use pills that have all kinds of annoying side effects? I have really good tumescence, in fact my head has grown larger after implantation. I dont think this is typical.

4. I read perrito exercises are great after, if you did this how many days in did you start? Talk to Hakky. He recommended simply stretching the flaccid penis on the quarter hours of a clock.  I cant imagine doing Perito exercises for at least 6 weeks.

5. Lastly, any other advice you have that you wish you knew going into your surgery would be greatly appreciated. My surgery is right around the corner so obviously scared and just trying to prepare the best I can. Again ask Hakky about the drain and what you should expect to drain per day.  Get the Archy underwear, Amazon has them. Drink lots of water and sugar-free Gatorade for the first 2 weeks. Eat pineapple a couple of days prior to surgery. Dr Hakky should have told you to use a VED twice daily for 10mins per session. The first 3 weeks are tough, you will question this surgery and when you first see your dick after surgery the sight of it may shock you. Dont hedge, you will be fine.  After the first few times you use this it will confirm you did the right thing. I lost size about 2" and it didnt matter, my wife orgasms much harder with this thing than ever before. I did get about 1/2" back at this point and I think Ill eventually get it back but am patient. You have a great Dr and his staff is equally great. It is all worth it. 

6. Did you all use a VED post surgery, and if so, when did you start and what pressure did you use? I've read a lot of good things about that but also read you could damage the implant. Would love to hear your opinions. Again talk to Hakky, he recommends it.  I did 7psi twice daily for 10 mins per session.

Thank you all!

Anthony1!

That was a very thorough reply. Thanks in behalf of the staff for taking the time to put "IwillbeatPD" at ease!

Hey guys-

Just wanted to post a final photo of my current state before implant surgery next week.

Seems like I haven't lost any length but just a lot of narrowing after the hinge. Really hoping the titan will be able to resolve most of that. I'd be happy with even a 50% improvement in hinge/narrowing.

https://ibb.co/qnSRytz

I will,
Before and after posts are great!
Thanks for posting.
Sorry you have to go through this at such a young age.
But it looks like you have a long penis, so I would think when they size you, you should end up with a good amount of girth.
How long is your penis?
Make sure you measure girth and length.
There is a guide online on how to properly measure a penis, lol.
Best wishes,
StepOne

Thanks Step.

From bone to the tip of the head about 8 1/4. On a good day maybe 8 1/2. I noticed the flacid stretched and erect length are about the same.

I'm really not worried about length, mostly girth. My girth at the base I am happy with, but hoping the top half fills out to match.

I can honestly say the worst part has been the month leading up to surgery. Just sitting around waiting you know. Just very ready to be post op so I know it's only improvement from there.

Iwillbeatpd:

I am very curious to see how your hinge and narrowing will improve after the surgery. Normally it is one of the things that improve the most with an implant. Length being sometimes challenging to get back to what it was preop.

Hoping for nothing more than an excellent result for you!

Thank you! I'll keep you all updated on my road to recovery.

You're going to make it through this and be a testimony in helping others who have this awful disease!

Pfract - I notice you're moderator for this section. I had written a great response to IWillBeatPD's 6 questions, it seems to have been deleted? It was posted here about a week ago? Maybe it was deleted by accident? Had some good info in the post for IWillBeatPD.

Hello all-

Officially implanted by Dr. Hakky and in recovery now. Still loopy from the anesthesia when we talked but he said all went well.

It was a Titan XL 26 with no RTE's.

He said due to my low body fat he really had to hide the reservoir. But said you can't see it or the tubing. 

If you have seen my before pic you know I had bad narrowing. I'm still in shock about the vid Hakky sent because it looks like it's almost completely gone. But it's an under view of my penis so I can evaluate more when bandages come off.  He did say though that when he inflated me it filled out. That was surprising, but good to hear since that was my biggest concern. Also said my post op length was identical to the measurement right before surgery.

Pee'd at the hospital before leaving and it burned like hell, but it was successful so happy about that.

First official question/concern (I knew it was only a matter of time).

It seems like my reservoir is showing slightly. Hakky said this was because I have incredibly low body fat, which is true. But is this the same location your reservoir was placed? If so, isn't this a problem for rough sex? I'm imagining banging this area against a partner over and over. Or even having a girl on top. Should I be worried this could damage the reservoir later on if have rough sex/or my partner on top?

Photo here: https://ibb.co/6ZnyDJc

Quote from: IwillbeatPD on November 28, 2023, 02:10:16 PMHello all-

Officially implanted by Dr. Hakky and in recovery now. Still loopy from the anesthesia when we talked but he said all went well.

It was a Titan XL 26 with no RTE's.

He said due to my low body fat he really had to hide the reservoir. But said you can't see it or the tubing. 

If you have seen my before pic you know I had bad narrowing. I'm still in shock about the vid Hakky sent because it looks like it's almost completely gone. But it's an under view of my penis so I can evaluate more when bandages come off.  He did say though that when he inflated me it filled out. That was surprising, but good to hear since that was my biggest concern. Also said my post op length was identical to the measurement right before surgery.

Pee'd at the hospital before leaving and it burned like hell, but it was successful so happy about that.

Wishing you a very speedy recovery!

Good luck, brother!

Enjoy your new life!

Iwillbeatthis,
Congratulations
I think you have had the longest implant installed on this site.
My reservoir does not show at all.
It's brand new, so maybe after a few months....and once your hair grows back, you will not notice it all.
Can't wait for the big unveiling.
Best wishes
StepOne

48 hour update:

Pain is a 3/10 and switched to only 600mg of ibuprofen. Also taking my antibiotic.

Pretty sore at the reservoir site now and just a dull ache on my scrotum. Still wrapped up and can't wait to get that off and my drain removed tomorrow. Peeing went from a 8/10 pain to maybe 4/10. Some drainage and leakage coming out of the opening-assuming due to the catheter.

Still a little worried about seeing my reservoir, but if it's only a cosmetic thing I'll deal with it and try to cover it by just trimming and not completely shaving. Just hoping it won't create more risk for messing up the implant or reservoir.

Icing a lot and sleeping as much as I can

Hey bro,

I tried to respond to your DM, but your inbox is full.

I also have tubing at my pubic bone, it looks similar to yours. Haven't had any issues, it's only really noticeable if you touch it, and you'd only touch it if you were aware of it. Hasn't caused any hindrances for anything.

J

72 Hour update:

Feeling amazing right now. Got my drain removed today, thankfully. That thing was annoying. Also got the wrap off my dick which felt great. I don't know why but I was expecting my dick to look traumatized but it wasn't. There didn't seem to be much swelling or bruising at all.

I went into the appointment only expecting to remove the drain and wrap. Hakky came in and said I should start trying to cycle as soon as I can. I asked him, "now"?. And he said yeah right now let's do it lol... I was 110% not mentally prepared for that and had only take 600mg of ibuprofen. I absolutely would have taken more if I knew I'd be cycling today. Nonetheless, I said let's do it. I would say the pain was maybe a 7/10. Not nearly as bad as I imagined. Pumping caused zero pain, deflating caused more but just felt like someone pinching my ball skin. Anyway, it felt great to be able to inflate and deflate myself. I managed to fully deflate and my dick looked like it got run over by a bus which was weird to see.

I asked Hakky about the reservoir and was basically told that anyone with an implant should be mindful of the amount of weight on their abdomen/groin. He said if it's like a 200 lb girl bouncing up and down, that could be a problem. After all of my reading I've concluded that I want to play it safe with my implant anyway. I'm going to have lots of fun, but also not going to do things that I think could cause problems. Slight lifestyle adjustment basically. Small price to pay for a working dick imo.

Anyway, finally took a shower today when I got home and feeling significantly better. I can actually wear pants now that my dick is deflated. Excited to cycle tonight to see how long I can go for!

That's great, man!

I'm happy for you!

End of day 3:

Just cycled tonight for the first time aline and was definitely manageable. Pain probably 5/10. I did the helicopter exercises that were recommend while flacid to start softening the cyclinders, pulled down on the pump, and cycled for 25 minutes. Got maybe 20 pumps, waited 5 min and got another 3-5, waited another 5 and got another few pumps. Maybe 30 total, and left it up 25 min. Probably could have gone more but didn't know what the after math would hold so figured I'd ease into it. Currently icing my aching shaft now lol.

I got scared for half a second when I couldn't find the deflate, but then quickly realized it had rotated 90 degrees, and found it. Maybe from moving around or sleeping on my side for the first time moved it.

I can now officially confirm, my hourglass and narrowing are COMPLETLEY resolved. Insane.... I have significantly more girth on the top half of my shaft. Probably pre Peyronies girth, meaning I'm sure I'll go well above that after months of cycling. Even if my length stayed the same today I'd be happy, although I know I will get more length. Probably about 7 inches or so currently. Currently very happy with my decision. Now just to get the pain to go away lol, but I know that will take a few more weeks.

Fingers crossed, but I am really happy for you and I'm grateful to you for the detailed journaling as it serves as a roadmap for those on the other side.

Happy for you man, you can finally put all this behind you.

Could you please elaborate on the helicopter exercise, is that basically the perito exercices?

So nice to read this IWillBeatPD! Congratulation on having it done. Very surprised to read Dr Hakky wanted you to cycle this early, but that's amazing.

Excellent results!

Congratulations!
You are a welcomed success story which can be attributed to an excellent surgeon and an intelligent patient.
I believe your 26cm implant is the largest implant mentioned on this website so far.
I am sure you can get back to your previous length.
Pre Peyronie I was 8", girth 5.5"
Peyronie I was 7", girth 4.8"
After implant 7.1", girth 6".
My biggest concern was about girth, I have been more than pleased. I look at it sometimes when fudging and am still amazed at my increased girth doing its work.
Keep on pumping.
Your pumping technique is the way to go.
Pump, pause, pump, pause, etc.
When you think you have pumped to maximum, pause, and try pumping again. When you are fully pumped, you will not be able to squeeze the pump anymore.
Remember no pain, no gain
Try to leave inflated at maximum pump for 30 minutes or longer.
Now that's cooler, you may even want to loosely wrap your cock to keep it warm.
Eventually I got up to an hour and sometimes I would sit in the whirlpool hot tub.
I am so happy for you and your continued success.
StepOne

Thanks everyone!

JJ- It's identical to the Perrito exercise but they said to do it when flacid, or only slightly pumped. When they said this they mentioned the purpose being to soften to cyclinders. But I'm sure most of us know if you do it more pumped it can allow you to get more pumps and increase size a little.

Not surprised to see everything going well for a Hakky patient. He is fantastic.

You can finally put this damn thing behind you and as a plus probably have a bigger penis than you ever did!

Day 5 update: Last night was the first night I took zero ibuprofen before bed. I'm down to just taking 2-3 Advil before morning cycling, and before evening cycling. Last night I made it about 35 minutes while continuously adding additional pumps as I was able to. I think I could have gone longer but since I'm cycling so early I didn't want to go too hard to soon lol.

While cycling last night. I noticed a firm edge at the base of my penis. I think it's the cyclinder that's kinked, because it's not fully inflated. Not going to worry. I believe this to be because I have a lot of length to regain. Imagine your penis stretching out another inch, that will allow the cylinder to fully expand and the kink to release. It's like trying to inflate a balloon inside of a toilet paper roll. It can only expand as the tissue allows it to no matter how large the balloon. This is my assumption anyway but will ask at my 8 day follow up.

I got a message back from Hakky this morning and he said he had to split a muscle in my groin to get the reservoir in. So this would of course explain the pain. I recall in recovery he said specifically I'd have pain there, probably because of this. Another assumption here, but I believe he put it in my groin because he wanted to conceal it as much as possible. I remember in my post op video where he showed me after surgery, he said "your reservoir is pretty hidden in your groin, and you got to keep your six pack". It makes sense now why he placed it where he did. So if I have to have a small bump I'd rather it be in my groin than by my abdominals. Good judgment call on his part. Still slightly worried (unwarranted) about the pain going away there. Seems like everyone here and on FT have said their pain at reservoir site went away.

So really, as of this moment I think everything is on track and things are going great. Very excited to see how my penis looks in 2-3 months, and again at 6 months. I was telling Hawk yesterday that my penis ALREADY looks better than it did even before Peyronies. I always had a congenital curve left which I guess I never thought anything of. But this implant makes me really appreciate a straight and hard dick. I'm staying near the office for 2 weeks after surgery, so once I get back home I'll do some measurements and take some photos. Also plan to start tadalafil 2 weeks post op.

Final note: To those worried about being discreet pumping or deflating, it's a non issue. 5 days out I'm able to pump through my briefs. I'm also able to deflate in a matter of seconds by one press of the button and a 2 second squeeze of my dick. I really feel for the single guys who want to be discreet, since that's the boat I'm in. I'll be here to help you all if you ever have questions about how this plays out as a single guy in the bedroom. But initial observations are, the only way someone will know is if they grab your nuts.

So good to hear bro . So I have a congenital left curve as well the implant made your dick straighter ? How hard does it get when inflating ?

My dick is 100% straight now, and harder than I'll ever need.

Quote from: IwillbeatPD on December 03, 2023, 06:58:57 PMMy dick is 100% straight now, and harder than I'll ever need.

Wow bro good to hear . I wonder if I have fibrosis in the Corporal area after my ultrasound the insurance will pay for it .

Glad to hear you're doing great I appreciate the journal , I hope you get better and better as the days go on.

I'm also an athlete as well it's cool to see your story. 8 inches is wild bro I thought I was small but I guess I'm above average too .

If you're interested in an implant I'd start by seeing the potential surgeon of choice. Doesn't hurt to at least go get established, talk to him, etc. If you were to get implanted, your insurance will want to see you took certain steps before that. I will also say, I think surgeons can kind of fudge things to work in your favor. For example, my condition could have been marked as Peyronies, Ed, or a vascular issue. All of which are true. But depending on insurance they'll prob have criteria that you have to meet and only certain scenarios are covered. From my first appointment with Hakky, I think it took around 3-4 months to get to my surgery date. When I first met him, I was absolutely not ready for the implant, but considering that as an option. In that 3 month wait my condition worsened and I was very happy I took the first step to get established so I didn't have to wait longer.

Day 6:

Some recent updates:

- While cycling hurts like hell, I've noticed the ache now stops right when I deflate so my shaft isn't constantly sore.

- I can comfortably sleep on my side

- My flacid actually looks very normal, but I've also always had a 3'oclock erection angle, and I still have that angle after. Maybe that helps? Also, I FULLY deflate and squeeze all the saline out of the cylinders, then add one pump. Not only does my flacid not show much more than my pre implant dick, but I can easily push it to one side or the other, or up/down. Same concept as pre surgery with my normal flacid. I know many have concerns about this for the Titan but this hasn't been an issue for me. Makes me wonder if many experience this because they don't FULLY deflate by squeezing your dick. On a side note, the surgeons that have you wait a full month to deflate, wouldn't that be way too long and a capsule would have already formed over your reservoir-thus preventing full deflation?

- I'm off all pain meds and pain is minimal, except when cycling then it's a 9/10 lol

- Reservoir still shows slightly, but through my research I concluded that he put it the retzius space due to my body fat. When I say low body fat I mean competition level, 8 pack abs body fat. I was reading that very lean and muscular people it is very hard to conceal the reservoir. Also, my reservoir is huge with 130 of saline-making it even harder to conceal than one with say-70 saline. The alternative placement would be my abdomen which would have probably shown also due to my low body fat-but that's a much more visible spot. I asked a few others with similar situations and it sounds like the pain goes away with time. Hakky also said to give it a couple weeks. This was my only worry, and I'm less worried now.

- Just for kicks tonight, I watched maybe 5 min of porn to stimulate myself and see what happened compared to before. Obviously my shaft didn't get hard but I could see blood in my glans which felt great. In general I think the lack of blood in that area slows healing or something. I would be interested to know if stimulation a few times a day to get blood flow to the glans, and heat via bath or heating pad would speed up healing times. My brain tells me yes lol, but just a thought I had. I'll prob try that daily from now on to get some blood flowing since I can't do hot baths yet. Can't wait to cycle in a hot bath, cold cycling is the worst lol.

- My dick is starting to look and feel back to normal. Veins are back and all. Zero bruising or swelling. My scrotum is still tender, but expected since I'm squeezing it 70 times a day pumping am and pm lol. No swelling in my scrotum though.

Overall, recovery is going great. Incredibly happy with my decision to do this, even though I questioned it days 1-3 as many of you have lol. At this rate, I'll be feeling like my usual self in a month and Peyronies will be a thing of the past! I'll probably keep journaling daily for a while then may do weekly or every few days.

You are doing great!
I think younger guys heal faster which makes perfect sense.
Are you going to do any pumped pics?
I assume you take measurements.
I had gains all the way up to one year.
Keep on pumping.
StepOne

Thanks Step!

I'm doing everything in my power to recover quickly. Been eating nothing but lean meats and tons of organic vegetables, lots of sleep and water. You know I'm a health nut so also doing meditation.

Will definitely post some pics up once I get home and out of this air bnb. I haven't measured at all after surgery but prob an inch shorter and just slightly less girth at the base, but MORE girth at the top half.

I can tell the cylinders have a lot of room left to expand, mostly because my dick is throbbing after cycling and I can feel kinks in the cyclinders still. Can't wait to see what I look like at the 3 month mark. What I find ironic is, the cycling pain feels identical to the Peyronies pain I had. Same stretching on the tissue feeling, but way worse cycling. No pain no gain!

Several of us commented about the pains of pumping and then you will get to a point where there is no pain, but of course that means no more "increasing length or girth". We missed the pain.
It seems some people reach their final length/girth at 6 months, and some up to 12 months.
Best wishes and thanks for sharing.
I love success stories!
StepOne

Wow, great news! 

All the best! 

One week update-

Ok I spoke too soon lol. I've been having a ton of pain now. I imagine from cycling. While I'm cycling it's probably 9/10 for pain, which reduces after deflating, but still remains around a 5 or 6 because my shaft is sore from cycling. My balls are sore from pumping. My groin is sore from my reservoir. I was taking no pain meds but will probably start some soon at least to sleep. Obviously a little discouraging after things felt like they were going so well. But, I think I've read about a million times the answer is....time. So I'm being patient, but hoping to see some reduction in pain.

I had my one week check up with a coloplast rep fist and Hakkys other doctor. They did a scan to check for hematoma and said there really wasn't one. My sack is still black and blue on the bottom half though. The coloplast rep gave me some advice when cycling to work out some remaining kinks in my shaft. Basically if you look at my dick it's generally straight, but not like a perfectly symmetrical line. If you look at my photos I always had a congenital left curve, then got Peyronies which made it more straight (weird I know). Now with the implant it's starting to fill out those areas more but I know that will come with time.

Just to log my emotional state, feel a little defeated right now and I'm a mentally tough person. This is a tough recovery for those who go through it. If you read other journals it seems like almost everyone has their own worries/fears etc in the beginning. I just keep reminding myself this is part of the process at day 7. This is quite literally the worst of it. Day 1 and 2 were pretty bad, but I'd say this period when you start cycling is equally rough in its own way. Everything hurts, my shaft, my sack and my reservoir. Basically limping around lol. Ice helps, and I am REALLY looking forward to cycling in a nice hot bath, versus this cold cycling stuff. Also can't wait to start back on tadalafil to get some blood flowing. This will all happen in a few weeks though so being patient.

Booked one last appt with Hakky at 2 weeks right before I fly out to have a final touch base on where things stand. I imagine in another week I'll have a whole different set of questions and I'll have more peace of mind with him taking a final look at me.

I will say, as hard as this is, I didn't have a choice. When I have those "what did I do" thoughts, I remind myself of how I felt walking around with an unusable dick with no plan of action to fix it. The countless hours of VED and Restorex use, and how pills were required tk even have a chance at sex. Not to mention, the appearance of my severely hourglassed dick. Sure, this recovery sucks, but I'm staying focused on the end result at 3 months and having my sex life back to normal. One day at a time.

Hey Iwill...

I think you are just like the rest of us.
Your previous post did sound too amazing to last, but really you are just as human as we are.
It is a marathon as you said. It is a healing process that takes time. Deep down you know that.
I can remember a few times when I thought I wasn't doing something right and I couldn't seem to deflate without a lot of pain, but it all worked out.
This site and everyone including Hawk have been very helpful.
Stay well, be safe, and keep on pumping.
No pain = no gain
StepOne

I smiled as I read these posts to catch up after our talk. I smiled for several reasons.  First, your progress is great.  Next, your concerns vividly bring back memories, and I smiled because I know what is in your future.  You will soon post not just about the great changes in your penis but about a psychological transformation.  Knowing you have a perfect bionic penis that will never let you down, that can function on the spur of the moment and last all night. 

Write down your measurements because even though you don't think you will, you will forget.  Always use the same ruler.  If necessary, round the sharp corners for comfort on the end that you bone-press.   

I could not be happier for you.

Thanks guys!

Your support makes all the difference in the world going through this.

Day 8-

Okay, small victory from yesterday and feeling better. I realized yesterday the CONSTANT throbbing in my sack was from my pump simply resting on the bottom of it. Once I lay on my side or support it, it goes away. So that was a game changer for pain. Ended up tucking a pair of boxer inside my briefs and under my sack lol.

My actual shaft stopped aching as well. That's a miracle since it hurt BAD. Got some Tylenol on hand now just in case, but amazing to get some real sleep after that night of horror last night lol. Lastly, idk if I've been distracted because of all of these other issues, but I haven't even noticed my reservoir pain the last 24 hours, so I think that pain is finally going down or away completely. First time since day 3. This was all without pain meds so it has to be improvement.

Weird situation with my sack though. It's still bruised and kinda swollen so I'm sure once that settles down I won't need the support there. But nice to know I have a solution. Sitting in bed right now pain free, just appreciating this moment to breathe.

I cycled last night and this morning, just 10 minutes and didn't push too hard just to ease back into it. Cycling was easy, no major pain while hard, and no lingering pain after. I'll probably add 5 minutes a day until I'm back at 30, and next time I'm going to throw in the towel if it gets too bad instead of trying to kill myself. I've been doing the modeling while inflating and I think that will help long term. What I mean is, any areas with a little kink, where it's not perfectly straight, I'll put a slight amount of pressure on that part to correct it while inflated. My goal is a 100% straight dick. For me that would be huge given I've always had somewhat of a weird looking dick. Congenital curve initially and then bad hourglass and narrowing when Peyronies Disease hit. Yet another reason I went the implant route. I quite literally had nothing to lose, and knew I'd end up with a better looking dick than I ever had pre Peyronies.

Day 9-

Fully back in the groove of cycling now. Did 25 min pretty easily this morning. Could have gone longer but as I mentioned, working up to it so I do having a throbbing dick all night lol. I'll prob start doing a minimum of 30 each time starting tomorrow, and get up to an hour sometime in the next 1-2 weeks. I can only imagine my gains when I start hot baths and tadalfil. Somehow I feel like getting blood to the area makes all the difference in the world.

Reservoir pain is a 0 just walking around eveyday. If I stretch or something I'll feel it some and it's maybe a 3 or 4 max. Still sensitive if I press on the area. But just thankful to see improvement.

My balls and dick remain sore. I've concluded my nerves in that area are prob just all super sensitive (rightfully so). My biggest complaint is my balls though. That makes it hard to walk for long. Just the feeling of standing where the pump rests on the sack is painful. It's literally painful to the touch, so I need that to resolve and then im sure I'll feel WAY better. From what I hear this is what takes the longest to recover so I'm expecting maybe 4 weeks before my sack looks pretty normal.

I bought a school style measure stick and did a flacid measurement today which was 7 inches. I don't want to hear anyone else complain about their flacid after this LOL. It's been quite the awkward situation trying to poop. My dick actually will not fit inside some toilets, and have to hold it so it doesn't go inside the water. As far as concealment, I'm not too worried about it though. While it is a thick and long flacid, I can easily tuck it left or right so I don't anticipate a problem. I certainly will have to do some exploring when I get home because I do still want to wear form fitting clothes. I think there's a way to have balance here. May have to end up wearing like two pairs of briefs and tucking my dick to the side. I'll figure it out though.


When I cycle here shortly I'll take an erect measurement and post that tomorrow. Has to be AT LEAST 7 inches though right? So that's a win. Only up from here (no pun intended)


Lastly, I found out today my insurance denied the claim because Erectile Dysfunction was listed as the primary diagnosis code, instead of Peyronies. So I had joy of talking to them for hours on the phone trying to figure out what needed to happen. I read the entire fine print about coverage exclusions and I meet all the criteria for the IPP, so should be all good, they just need to resubmit it under the right code for primary. Good times good times.

I fly out to go home early next week so I'm excited for that. Ready to get off the plane with my new life ahead (with my working dick).

Quote from: IwillbeatPD on December 06, 2023, 09:47:06 AMOkay, small victory from yesterday and feeling better. I realized yesterday the CONSTANT throbbing in my sack was from my pump simply resting on the bottom of it. Once I lay on my side or support it, it goes away. So that was a game changer for pain. Ended up tucking a pair of boxer inside my briefs and under my sack lol.

My actual shaft stopped aching as well.

A couple of points.  The scrotum lining will toughen up, but right now, squeezing it against a ridged bulb will understandably make it sore.  Since the scrotum is very loose, one tip is to slide the scrotum over the somewhat stationary pump bulb so that you are not squeezing the pump with the same two sections of the scrotum every time.  You can even change up in the middle of a cycle.  Also, for some reason, a wet washcloth between your hand and the scrotum helps.

I get the impression that you are or intend to start tucking your penis down.  I would NOT do that for several months. Based on several pieces of information, I maintain that will give you a less stable erection angle.  I think you said your natural erection angle was about 3 O'clock.  Unless you do not mind an erection angle of 4 or 5 0'Clock, I would not point my penis down.  If I am wrong and you keep your penis pointed up, you lose nothing but a bit of inconvenience.  If I am correct and you point your penis down, the results are irreversible.  That does NOT mean your penis will not work.  It will still be firm as the penis of a horny 17-year-old, but it will affect the aesthetics.  If you insist on pointing it down because someone told you it is not an issue, I would at least not do so for a couple of months. When you do, there is a compromise technique that might minimize the impact on an inflated angle.

I've heard that Dr Eid says keeping it pointed up is only important in the first couple weeks after surgery as the scar capsule forms fast. Even then, only do what is comfortable for you.

I wore my flaccid down and erection angle did not change. 3pm erect angle and my flaccid angle is at 6pm.

If your pump is also hurting, maybe take a day off from the cycling.

My best advice for you would be don't stress too much about the little things, take your time and just enjoy the implant when you get cleared for sex. Cycle normally for the first 3-6 months and just use it like a normal penis.

Day 10:

Another successful day of cycling. Did 30 minutes both morning and night. Oddly enough I think I felt more pain in the area underneath my dick, where my sack connects. I guess that makes sense since that's where they cut into from the scrotal approach. At this rate it's hard to tell since I think it's all nerve pain and it kind of radiates. Sometimes I'll feel it in my shaft, other times in my sack. Cycling was painful but manageable. Im not using pain meds for cycling, but taking 2 Tylenols before bed.

If it wasn't for this pain in my scrotum, I'd feel like normal pretty much. I say scrotum pain but as mentioned I really have no idea where it's coming from since it's like a radiating pain. What I do know, is I have to figure out how to stand without my sack throbbing. Because I want to start getting out some. Sometimes no matter what position I'm in it's like a constant throbbing feel. I could be standing straight up without moving and feel pain that's 7/10, and it's from the pump hanging in my sack I'm pretty sure. I have briefs but they're normal ones not the special ones with the supportive pouch. I think a lot of this will be relieved when I get my Separatec briefs. I've concluded part of the problem is that sense my pump is not just low, but also BEHIND my testicles...the heavy pump actually pulls my sack back also. I think these briefs have a separate pouch for your balls so I think that will help a lot to keep things in place. I'm also sure the more things heal the less sensitive everything will be.

In other news, I switched to heat today, and WOW. What a difference. I'm only doing ice after my cycling. I also started using heat before cycling to warm up the tissue. Since I can't take baths yet this is the next best thing.

One last weekend in my air bnb laying around lol...it will be a breathe of fresh air to be back home next week.

This surgery really is a funny thing. There's literally no clear path. Everyone has their own struggles, some similar and some different.

I have my final appointment with Hakky soon and will be interested to hear his thoughts at almost 2 weeks post op.

Overall, still happy with my decision and I think things are going great and as expected. Obviously, I'd prefer to not have the pain, but it's expected and I plan to be dealing with it the first 1-2 months. If I feel this much better in 10 days, I can imagine how much better I'll be at one month. Once again, my reminder to myself when I've had the "what did I do" thoughts along the way...is remembering the alternative. I stress this alot because I think more people need to compare to their situation BEFORE surgery, not before Peyronies. For me anyway, I couldn't have sex in the months before surgery. If I did, it was extremely risky and there was a chance I'd end up in the ER over one small wrong move. If so, that one incident could have cost me inches if I ruptured my dick. Worth it? Not to me, so I stopped sex the last month. Then remembering how 1.5 hours of my day was consumed with restorex/ VED. Using pills. And most importantly, the mental toll it takes feeling inadequate because you know you have a deformed and unstable dick. I thought about it DAILY. Everytime I saw a girl, I'd think about it. So while this recovery is tough, I'll take this any day over what I had before.

Lastly, my official post surgery erect length measurement was 7.5 inches BPL. 7 inches even without pressing the ruler into the skin. No idea about girth but didn't feel it was an accurate comparison without natural engorgement to fill out the spong/glans. I'll take that measurement at about 30-45 days, but as mentioned I already have more girth on the top half of my shaft where the narrowing was. Bottom half prob slightly less. Can't wait, or even imagine, how my dick will look at 6 months!

To clarify, I could not have sex the 1-2 months leading up to surgery. Well I could, but the risk was way too high for injury.

While I'm here... Day 11 update:

Had my follow up appointment this AM and Hakky said everything looked good. I think about 95% of the swelling and bruising in my sack is gone. It looks almost normal now.

I have to say, Hakky is a class act. The guy is incredibly smart but talks to you like a normal person.

No other major news to report today.

Quote from: IwillbeatPD on December 09, 2023, 10:57:18 AMHad my follow up appointment this AM and Hakky said everything looked good. I think about 95% of the swelling and bruising in my sack is gone. It looks almost normal now.

Hell yeah! Congratulations!

Very happy for you!

I have noticed some of your issues on FT, and trust me, after a few weeks they will be non-existant.

I'm glad you found Dr Hakky, I will be seeing him too if my issues don't resolve within the next year.

Try take it easy, rest, keep your mind at ease. If there are no signs of infection, you will be fine and living life as your pre-peyronies self (or possibly better) within the next few months.

Cycle, but if there is excruciating pain, take it easy. Remember, you have a whole year to get back your gains.

Despite my issues, I can see how an implant can really give you your life back to Peyronies sufferers.

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

J

Day 12 update:

Cycling still going well! Downside to having a 26cm is that it takes a million pumps. I think I'm getting somewhere around 30, and then adding an additional 5 along the way. Call me crazy but it seems like I'm getting bigger already. Prob a ton of pumps left to go. 

Still having pretty bad pain in the area under my dick/deep in my sack when cycling. That pain is worse than the pain I have in my shaft. But previously the shaft pain was way worse. I asked Hakky about this yesterday and he said it's normal because just like the front tips push out, the rear tips do also as the implant expands. So I guess what I'm feeling is that. Otherwise, cycling has been very manageable. Painful but manageable. No more pain in my glans cycling though, just the normal stretch feel.

I really don't have many concerns right now. And as a result of worrying about nothing, obviously my mind has to create something to worry about so now I'm counting down the days to where I know I'm clear from infection. I've been doing meditation everyday to try to stay in a healthy and positive mindset. It's not good for your body if you're constantly worrying.

On the note of infection though, I was wondering this...of course the first 3-5 days are probably the most risky for the actual incision site itself. I think it's after 5 days generally that your body creates a natural barrier to keep bacteria out. There was a very interesting article I read about what happens each day and the healing cycle the body goes through. Point is, by prob 7 days, your body has had a good amount of time to start closing the wound, get protective barriers up, etc. Then the internal healing starts. All of that to say, I believe the general rule is, after 6 weeks you're generally in the clear. Does that sound right to everyone?

I think this shows how important the selection of surgeon is. Choosing someone like EID, Hakky or Clavell with infection rates under 1%. Clearly they know what they are doing from pre op to post op. Then it's just using common sense to keep the incision site clean. Thats my peace of mind anyway. I chose a top surgeon with one of the lowest infection rates. Add in that I'm young, fit and healthy with a strong immune system...that's all I can do. While recovering I've literally had nothing to eat but healthy food. Of all the times I want to make sure my body has what it needs, it's now.

Thanks for listening to me rant, but just wanted to share my mindset for those who are going through this as well. The recovery process really puts your through a roller coaster of emotions/feelings. Mindset in this is huge! Stay positive and stay focused on the end result!

Quote from: IwillbeatPD on December 04, 2023, 12:25:09 AMIf you're interested in an implant I'd start by seeing the potential surgeon of choice. Doesn't hurt to at least go get established, talk to him, etc. If you were to get implanted, your insurance will want to see you took certain steps before that. I will also say, I think surgeons can kind of fudge things to work in your favor. For example, my condition could have been marked as Peyronies, Erectile Dysfunction, or a vascular issue. All of which are true. But depending on insurance they'll prob have criteria that you have to meet and only certain scenarios are covered. From my first appointment with Hakky, I think it took around 3-4 months to get to my surgery date. When I first met him, I was absolutely not ready for the implant, but considering that as an option. In that 3 month wait my condition worsened and I was very happy I took the first step to get established so I didn't have to wait longer.

Yeah bro this has been to much its felt like I've been kicked down there by an MMa fighter in the dick for years it's constant tender grueling pain.

I've never felt so much mental and physical suffering for so long.

I live near a doctor named Edward Karpman apparently he's a high-volume implant guy.

The thing is I switched doctors because my other PCP wouldn't change my URO even after I told him the guy was rude and didn't care.

So now I switched to new pcp I'm going to tell him that I want a referral to Karpman.


The pain and ED is just ruthless at this point. I'm like 3.5 years to this still wondering why the pain hasn't dissipated.

I was gonna ask you my natural Erection angle no matter the quality of the section is at 12 o'clock. So I wonder if that would pose as an issue when putting in an implant.

Also wonder if they take out the Erctile tissue it will change my erection angle to a straight dick so I can do doggy style.

Because sometimes I feel like it pointing up towards my stomach and me not being able to pull it does is unccomon annoying. Maybe there's a physical anamoly that's causing that even though I remember having it since I was a kid. I thought about I wonder if it'scarring on the bottom of the organ that causes it to angle up idk, but I hate the angle.

Hopefully I can get to Karpman soon and he will actually do some diagnostics on me for physical causes of my symptoms.


I just got my first GF so I don't wanna have these issue anymore lol.

Appreciate the journal I'm gonna keep reading and take notes.

Quote from: Stepone on December 02, 2023, 08:58:44 AMCongratulations!
You are a welcomed success story which can be attributed to an excellent surgeon and an intelligent patient.

You gained 0.5 in girth how is that possible? sounds amazing.

Hey bud-

I've heard of that surgeon before but don't know much about him. Just make sure you've talked to some of his patients and that he is high volume.

About your erection angle, I'm sure they can adjust that during your implant if you get one, or probably even without an implant they could fix that. I'd check with the dr when you arrange a meeting.

I have a strong recommendation!  This is a patient's implant journal.  As such, others are encouraged to respond to HIS questions or comments.  It is NOT a topic for others to address their own issues unless it directly relates to his recent comment.  It is also NOT a topic for members to respond to other members and end up having a discussion between themselves.  Rather than do that, feel free to start a new topic on yourself, and IWillBeatPD and others will respond to you there.

The point of an implant journal is to have a journal that others can read through to follow another man's experience with his implant journey without getting sidetracked on different issues and topics. They can ask questions about his experience or offer advice to any of his questions. Others reading this journal (now and years into the future) should NOT have to sift through a lot of other posts to follow this member's progress. Let's not clutter it up and cause the topic to drift from its intended purpose.

I will delete this post in a few days so it does not detract from this valuable journal.

Quote from: 305made on December 10, 2023, 03:25:10 PMAppreciate the journal I'm gonna keep reading and take notes.

Day 13:

Almost can't believe I'm a day shy of 2 weeks post op. I remember before wondering what condition I'd be in at that point- and here I am. Undoubtedly, I'm getting better day by day. It definitely feels like I'm getting longer and thicker from the cycling I've been doing. Just one major complaint...

This pain I keep getting in my perineum area and sack. It gets worse from cycling and when I stand without supportive underwear- it's a throbbing pain. If it wasn't for that, I'd be out living it up already at 13 days post op lol. If I had to take a guess, I think the nerves are all a little bit angry-initially from the surgery, and then from cycling after that. Supposedly the rear tip of the cylinder also pushes out like the front tip, so I think that's what I feel. I intentionally don't take pain meds except to sleep because I want to feel the real level of pain. If I'm lounging around all day it's tolerable, but if you told me to go walk half a mile...I think my nuts would fall through the bottom of my sack lol. That's how it feels anyway. I have several types of supportive briefs waiting for me when I get home tomorrow so I'll try those out and hope that makes a difference for when I have to be out walking around.

I plan to start going back to the gym at 3 weeks to do some VERY light things, definitely no straining. Just baby weight to start actually using my muscles. I think just getting back into SOME routine will help. Staying in this air bnb for the last 2 weeks feels like a prison lol.

Anyway, that's my only concern, and I think time will be the answer. And unfortunately, I think as long as I have to keep cycling, I'll keep feeling the pain there because I'm constantly stretching the tissue. If there's one thing I know about injuries/surgeries, is that it can sometimes take a year to truly feel 100% back to normal. Our bodies are amazing and capable of so much, but 13 days post op isn't nearly enough time, and I'm aware of that. When I had my shoulder labrum repaired, I didn't feel 100% for a full year or maybe a little more. The best part of this situation is, it only gets better from here. Opposed to before, where it only was getting worse. On the road to recovery finally you could say, and happy to be here. As much hell as this is, I can have a raging hard on in 60 seconds that won't bend or break. Before, I was constantly reminded of my broken dick and that was affecting me both physically and mentally. I think the hardest part of the recovery is there's no set path. Everyone experiences different things, obstacles, and you have to "roll with the punches". I would imagine it's probably rare that somebody just has complete smooth sailing through the entire process. Some days I feel pain in different places, some times there is no pain, some days it's really bad pain I have to take Advil/Tylenol for. In the last 13 days I've had about 100 different worries or concerns, most of which resolve. I think worry is a natural instinct, so as I mentioned before, having a positive mindset is key. For me, I imagine 6-12 months down the road, kicked back on the beach, zero pain, fully functioning dick (better than ever before), just loving life with the full length of my dick back with even more girth. By nature we always think of the worst possible scenario, so I continue replaying the best possible scenario in my head and plan on turning that into a reality.

Hey guy, things sound good to me. It is a marathon, so yes there are bumps in the road to healing, but your observations sound "normal" to me.
It's really hard to think of any surgery where you get things fixed like a car, lol.
Don't forget to take some pics.
Oh yes, I still have some pain now and then, tonight when I started to deflate, my nuts were slippery and my finger slipped and hit my nut, ouch..... no big deal.
I think you are doing super.
StepOne

2 week update:

Well, the day has come. I returned to my lovely home which feels amazing. All the traveling, walking and standing around was brutal though. Pain was high, my dick got uncomfortable being stuffed in my pants, and the perineum pain i mentioned was rough. Once I got on the plane I got a whole row to myself and iced my balls the whole flight.

For some humor, when I went through security I was curious what the scanner would show. One yellow square and one red square right on my dick. The guy explained he had to pat me down. As he was patting her grabbed my 7 inch flacid dick which was hanging half way down my leg (lol), and asked if I had something in my pocket. I told him that was my cock he was grabbing and we both laughed and I grabbed my luggage lol. Funny.

Anyway, I'm really hoping for the throbbing pain to start improving. But I also question if it will as long as I'm cycling. If cycling is the cause, and I'm cycling daily, I would imagine it's possible this could continue until everything is stretched out.

While I haven't read about a ton of other people having this pain. I have heard alot of people say if they cycle hard or stay max inflated too long they will feel pain from the rear cyclinder tips. Maybe I'm just experiencing that at a more severe level? Hakky did say he would size me aggressively, but mentioned it would hurt like hell when I start cycling. I said supersize me lol...I'm going to keep cycling and just hope things work out in time. I do have an email out to Hakky to ask his opinion on it.

I had the same perinium pain, it was quite bad in the early days. It has slowly subsided. Although, if I pump extra hard, and then wait and pump more, I will definitely feel it, at this point my inflated penis is maxed out and angle is almost 2 o clock.

My understanding is that, it is just stretching on both ends.

Please keep us updated on what Dr Hakky advises.

Quote from: jj21 on December 12, 2023, 09:15:03 PMI had the same perinium pain, it was quite bad in the early days. It has slowly subsided. Although, if I pump extra hard, and then wait and pump more, I will definitely feel it, at this point my inflated penis is maxed out and angle is almost 2 o clock.

My understanding is that, it is just stretching on both ends.

Please keep us updated on what Dr Hakky advises.

Hey JJ- Thats what I'm thinking too. I feel like the more I cycle the more stretching happens, which hopefully will equate to less pain (and a bigger dick) after everything has been stretched. Just weird how in the beginning I felt really bad aching in my actual shaft, and now I don't feel much at all there but only in the perineum.

How long did it take for your perineum pain to go away? And did you feel it only when cycling or when not cycling as well?

Quote from: IwillbeatPD on December 12, 2023, 11:24:33 PMHow long did it take for your perineum pain to go away? And did you feel it only when cycling or when not cycling as well?

I felt it when cycling and just generally as well. It took about six months to subside, I still get it when I have an intense cycling session.

Keep in mind that I also had TEP done and developed prostatitis after my surgery, so these may have contributed.

I think you will be okay, just try and take it easy, your 2 weeks out and your body is still adapting.

You are also on the bigger side, so this could be why your experience is different to others, more tissue to stretch. Pre-implant I was 6.5 inches, pre-peyronies I was about 7.2 inches (approx), and post-implant I was somewhere around 5.5 inches, I also had lengthening (TEP) as well. so the tissue had a lot to stretch I am guessing. These factors could be why we feel pain in the perinium area with both sides stretching, we have a lot of stretching and expanding going on. I am also very lean as well.

Merrix also had pain in his perinium I believe, it subsided for him after 6 weeks if I recall correctly.

Dr Hakky usually advises against hyper-inflation (inflating to extreme pain), maybe try ease it down and work your way up. It's a marathon as StepOne says. I know you just want all your gains as soon as possible, but remember, some people make quick gains, other people continue gaining up to and over a year.

Hope this helps, let us know what Dr Hakky advises.

J

Day 15 update:

Yesterday was a big mile stone. Not only did I manage to survive all the traveling (walking maybe a mile through the airport, standing around for hours, having to sit in an actual chair, etc), but I was also able to meal prep all my food for 2 hours and do all my laundry last night. This was quite the feat for me seeing how I basically laid around in bed for 2 weeks. In retrospect, I think I should have slowly challenged myself to get out after the first week or so, so it was a gradual progression and not going from 0 to 100. But I survived!

I decided to go right back into my normal routine today if waking up at 5 am and going to the gym before work. It felt amazing. Don't get me wrong, I didn't manage to do much of anything in the gym besides lifting 5-10 lbs for a million reps, but just going through the motions of normal life helped SO MUCH. Felt great to get some blood flowing. Speaking of blood flow I'm starting tadalfil today as well again. Prob 5 mg a day. Hoping this helps get some blood back into my glans/spong.

For the first time, I feel like I am getting back to life. Couldn't be happier. I cycled last night for the second session, and I can absolutely tell my dick is already thicker. The last half of my shaft is far thicker than it was prior to surgery. I also noticed some of the links I referred to before are going away. Very minor little things but I can see improvement already.

Overall, very encouraging day yesterday!

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Why are you thinking about taking Tadalafil?

How much girth did you gain after the implant?

To start getting some natural blood flow to my dick. Of course you get some, but I feel like that will "kick start" my natural erectile function in the spong/glans.

I have measured but maybe an inch at the part that narrowed before. The base is comparable to pre surgery. Currently it just looks different because there's no natural engorgement. If you inflate you dick and have zero natural engorgement, you won't see the normal round dick you're used to with the glans full of blood.

Cycling is definitely not enjoyable so being hard during that time absolutely doesn't equate to natural blood flow lol.

Congratulations again
One day at a time
Soaking in a whirlpool bath was good for me during my first month when I would pump.
I seem to remember drinking a beer and listening to NPR while my cock throbbed from me pumping.
The heat relaxed my ball sac and made deflation easier too.
I fuched the spouse on my 31st. day after my surgery.
It was pretty good and each time has gotten progressively better.
My cock was sore and the pleasure didn't get to amazing until maybe the 5th or 6th month....or it could have been longer.
You have progressed so far already, so just imagine where you will be at 6 months, 12 months, etc.
StepOne

I'll be posting my erect pics closer to 2-3 months so I can show you all a *hopefully* insane transformation.

However, here is a flacid photo. While you'd think a 7 inch flacid would be hard to hide, thankfully it bends nicely at the base and lays flat.

https://ibb.co/prh33wD

Wow
It looks amazing
I can't believe it's been only 3 weeks.
Stepone

This guy went from a busted up penis with narrowing that made it look like a chewed up dog toy to a 7 inch flaccid monster dick.

Dr. Hakky really is a miracle maker.

Absolutely amazing. Enjoy your new "flag pole" Bro!

Quote from: Sonic on December 13, 2023, 07:53:58 PMThis guy went from a busted up penis with narrowing that made it look like a chewed up dog toy to a 7 inch flaccid monster dick. 

Haha! I agree! That's one enviable log. 

Quote from: IwillbeatPD on December 13, 2023, 09:09:17 AMI can absolutely tell my dick is already thicker. The last half of my shaft is far thicker than it was prior to surgery. I also noticed some of the links I referred to before are going away. Very minor little things but I can see improvement already.

Hopefully, you are keeping scientifically objective incremental measurements and not just subjective impressions.  Our emotions and attitude are so closely tied to our penis that objective measurements are all that count.

Your photo is amazing, however.  Congratulations and good luck with your progress.

Thanks everyone! Definitely happy with how things are looking so far.

Day 16 update:

I've noticed, the more pumps I get, the better my dick looks. Assuming that's because the tubes are perfectly round and symmetrical and when it's max inflated it's stretching the tissues to adapt to that. SO MUCH PUMPING though!

I think I'm up to about 35-40 pumps. I'm sure I have a ways to go though also. I was reading through my surgical notes yesterday and it says I actually have 135cc of IV saline. From what I understand that's a lot, so I'm sure once I have fully stretched out I'll be pumping around 50+ times. However, I've read by many that it's more enjoyable for both you AND your partner to have sex at closer to 80-85% inflated. So when the time comes I won't be using that as an opportunity to max inflate-not trying to kill anyone lol.

But, maybe after sex I will pump up a few more times in the bathroom to get as much stretch as possible before deflating and cleaning up.

A couple things to note. I've realized kegels have some correlation with the pain I'm experiencing in the perineum area/balls. When I do a kegel is almost pauses or reduces the pain by maybe 50%. Also, when I do a kegel, where I feel it is at the exact location of the pain. No idea what that means, but I've been doing some kegel exercises incase that helps. Figured it can't hurt.

Also, since I can't take a bath while cycling until 4-6 weeks post op, I've found a real game changer. At home I have a heating bad that is perfectly sized to sit on so it goes between my legs right on my perineum area. I turn that on max heat, sit on it 5 min, then start cycling while I'm sitting on it. This significantly reduces pain. Even when I'm not cycling I've been applying heat. Heat increases blood flow, and blood heals damage. So I figured maybe this will promote faster healing. At a minimum, it eases the pain alot.

Lastly, I've been doing a variation of cycling. One day, 2 times a day for 15-20 min. And the next day, one time for 30 min. As time progresses I'll up the intensity. Don't want to push things too fast though as I'm making significant progress already with how many pumps I get.

As mentioned I'm back in the gym, went off day 2 this morning at 5 am after my coffee. Super light workout and walked around for a while. Feels great to get out.

Trying some new briefs I got today. I have been wearing Tommy John's to workout, but also got some Hanes and separatec briefs with a pouch for your sack too. Will try them and post an update soon on that.

Day 17:

Okay, I've concluded cycling hard two times a day causes more pain. I mentioned before I was alternating between cycling 1, and then 2 times a day. Last night I did my second cycling session which was painful as usual, but the lingering pain after was an absolute killer. Tossing and turning all night basically, but prob also my fault for not taking pain meds.

I think it's exactly what I said, the cycling caused somewhat of a radiating nerve type pain near my perineum area. Has to be from the stretching. I've also concluded that pumping to 80% causes almost no pain. So when I do have sex for sure I'm not pumping to 100% because it would absolutely kill the pleasure lol. Couldn't even focus honestly with that level of pain.

But as I said, wow, so much pumping. Which I guess is expected with a large implant and reservoir. I counted to 45 pumps last night. Some could have been half assed pumps though.

Lastly, I'll add that the other problem with cycling twice a day is that you're squeezing/pinching your scrotum 2 times a day. 45 pumps x twice a day is almost 100 pinches on your sack. Obviously not helpful in reducing pain lol.

I'm playing it by ear though. Hakky did clearly say I should cycle ONE time per day, but in some cases he recommends two if it's a Peyronies situation. But he went back and forth so I concluded it's not a huge difference as long as you're consistently stretching the tissue. Definitely cycling just once today and will go for two again when things settle down. Maybe the second session I won't go for max inflate or add pumps in between.

I noticed this morning my reservoir site was sore, almost like the feeling of a sore muscle. Assuming this is from me being more active and just moving around more. Which is why I think it's probably beneficial to do active things that don't require lifitng anything heavy or straining. If you walk around hunched over you're going to heal that way, and then when you do stretch your core out it's going to hurt like hell. It's like any rehab essentially. This makes sense in my head anyway. So I'm going to keep doing some super light stretching, walking, etc.

Nothing else to report really other than I can absolutely tell I'm getting longer and thicker. The girth is the biggest change I think.

I have been taking 5mg of tadalafil a day. Just for kicks I watched some porn the other day to see what happened. I could feel some tingling and engorgement in my head. Definitely have all the feeling in my dick still. I honestly don't think I'll ever attempt sex until 2 months minimum. I'm not in a rush and would rather be fully healed. But I am doing some version of perito exercises to mimmick sex. Also I will prob get a flashlight or something after 4 weeks just to do some test runs. I really don't see the rush when people recover from surgery. I mean yeah I want to have sex, but after such a big surgery I will HAPPILY wait 2-3 months if it means sex is better when I try it and im fully healed. Not to mention, I'll hopefully be back to my normal size by 3 months with a better looking dick than I've ever had.

Again, just to reiterate, after you are healed, you could squeeze your pump 300 times a day, and it would never rise to a level 1 pain.

Just curious, when you are counting pumps, are they wall-to-wall, meaning the interior opposite sides of the pump bulb touch each other?

I kind of agree with your conclusion not to rush into sex, especially since you are not in a long-term committed relationship.  Just for reference, however, I had intercourse on day 21.  It started out as a scientific experiment but ended up as fully satisfying sex that did a world of good physically and emotionally.

Point of consideration: Cycling once a day for twice as long out half of the wear and tear on your pump although the pump is typically not what fails on a Titan implant.

Quote from: Hawk on December 15, 2023, 10:52:31 AMJust curious, when you are counting pumps, are they wall-to-wall, meaning the interior opposite sides of the pump bulb touch each other?

I try to do this, but because it hurts when I repeatedly squeeze my sack sometimes I don't think they're full complete wall to wall pumps. I might start doing one session a day for longer until
I can start baths at week 4!

Thankfully the pain from cycling last night has mostly gone away as of this afternoon. That was rough lol.

Day 18:

Okay guys, yesterday was probably the most discouraging day in this recovery journey so far. For one, it was the second night in a row I got almost no sleep from the constant throbbing in my sack. Just laying there not moving at all it was throbbing. Two, I must have irritated the area my reservoir was in because it was sore after being more active the other day, also, some swelling in that area. I felt around and it doesn't seem like there was any herniation, just sore and a little swelling. It must have been triggered easily because I didn't do much. I'm wondering if the stretching I was doing caused it somehow. Because I didn't attempt anything crazy or even lift anything super heavy. But I certainly was more active those two days and did some stretching with my arms up that could have pulled in that area?

As of tonight, I think I have some silver lining to write about. The reservoir area feels less sore and seems swelling has gone away some. Also, while laying in my bed last night in pain, staring at the ceiling, I had an epiphany about the pain. For the first time I considered that the pain I'm feeling is from pressing on the scrotum itself. This would make sense, because as mentioned the pain starts when cycling. The more I pump, the more it hurts. And the pain location is the back of the scrotum, which would explain why I thought it was the perineum. I think the pain just radiates so I feel it other places. This would also explain why it hurts just to stand up, because when I stand the pump rests in that area. After 24 hours of my last cycling, the pain is gone while laying down, and seems only present when standing up. So that's good, I can actually sleep tonight.

I think I'll skip cycling tonight and try tomorrow. This should let everything settle down in my sack, and should also be a good test to see how much better I feel not squeezing on my sack for a day.

I know people say you can move the pump around so you're always pressing in the same area. And while I can move it some, there's just not that much room. Once the swelling goes down (which is likely worse from all the pumping), I'm sure there will be plenty of room to move it around.

Really hoping for the reservoir site to return to normal again, and also hoping I can figure out a way to pump without causing extreme scrotum pain.

Just curious, was the incision above the penis or at the scrotum? If the latter, is the pump near it? 

I've seen both techniques and mine will be at the scrotum. 

Quote from: RexRG on December 16, 2023, 08:11:22 PMJust curious, was the incision above the penis or at the scrotum? If the latter, is the pump near it?

I've seen both techniques and mine will be at the scrotum.

Mine was in the scrotum, which is why this approach is supposed to take longer to heal than infrapubic. Because of the incision and all the work done through that area, it makes everything in the scrotum tender and swollen. I imagine it would be much less going infrapubic. But each approach has there pros and cons, and I'm ok with a longer healing time. Hakky said 6 weeks for scrotal and 4 weeks for infrapubic.

Where is the incision irt the area of your pump? Are you aggravating the wound by pumping? I find it hard to believe he'd have you constantly irritating the area near the incision. You're giving me questions for my surgeon now. 

Quote from: RexRG on December 16, 2023, 08:52:05 PMWhere is the incision irt the area of your pump? Are you aggravating the wound by pumping? I find it hard to believe he'd have you constantly irritating the area near the incision. You're giving me questions for my surgeon now.

Definitely not pumping near the incision site. And that's the problem, because reduces the area I can pump in even more. I pump only in a certain area where I can move the pump to that's away from the incision.

Iwill,

You definitely need to reread some journals.
I looked back over mine, and I was still experiencing pain in my scrotum well into 65 days and longer.
Perhaps one day someone will write a "expectation guide" such as

Day 90 pre surgery, start stretching exercises for your penis by... 
Day 15 post surgery try to pump to maximum and hold as long as you can or a minimum of 15 minutes.
Day 45 post surgery at this point you should be pumped to full for 45 minutes daily
Day 60 post surgery you should start to feel a relaxing of the pump as it gradually and slightly loosens from your penis.
Day 90 post surgery pump daily and

Of course what I typed above is inaccurate, but I thought someone at one time was going to do something like this. Maybe there is?
Of course I know it would be only a guideline as every surgery is different,
But this could be very helpful for anyone having this surgery.

StepOne

Thanks Step. I knew these things going in but have to continuously remind myself along the way. This isn't a smooth and consistent path to recovery. Day 14,15,16 for me were some of my best and was feeling super positive. And day 17 and 18 were some of my worst. Lots of ups and downs but I have a feeling I'm about to turn the corner for the better. I had a real night of 9 hours of sleep last night, no pain. I feel like a new man. So today I'm going to do a test run of being super careful pumping. As slow as I need to and going to try to use a towel or something to see if that helps minimize pain pressing on the scrotum. Time will tell and I'll be very interested to see what happens. I imagine I'd be back to feeling most of the pain in my shaft like on day 4-7 if my theory is correct. As of this morning reservoir site is a lot better pain wise. Haven't evaluated swelling as still in bed but will look later and post when I update. I'm assuming swelling went down too.

Thats a beautiful looking dick man! Haha happy for you

Im trying to find the "banana" dick picutures you mentioned in my thread, can you tag me or send it? Gone through all post in here (I think)

Where you always this big? 7 inches flaccis is a joke man  ;D Good for you brother!

Quote from: Doktercoke on December 17, 2023, 11:41:49 AMIm trying to find the "banana" dick picutures you mentioned in my thread, can you tag me or send it? Gone through all post in here (I think)

Where you always this big? 7 inches flaccis is a joke man  ;D Good for you brother!

My fault, apparently the pre Peyronies pic is in another thread. Just my pre surgery photo is here. You can see the dick I had my whole life pre Peyronies at this link:

https://ibb.co/k8rMgfr

The curve is the one before Peyronies, straight and deformed dick is prior to surgery.

Thanks comrad!

Day 19 update:

Feeling POSITIVE!

After getting a full night of sleep with zero pain. Also, my reservoir site feels back to normal now pain wise. Swelling is basically completely gone. New day and feeling great.

I was going to cycle at night but decided to this morning instead when showering. I was very careful pumping and used a pair of boxers between my fingers to reduce the pressure on the scrotum. I pumped about 30 times to what seemed maybe 90% inflation. This time, instead of trying to get more pumps in every 3 minutes, I left it alone. Because of this, I was able to go 45 minutes (and could have gone longer) with minimal discomfort. Maybe 6/10 pain, which is a huge adjustment from the 11/10 pain im used to.

Perhaps I should have been less aggressive previously in trying to stretch, and eased into it more. My previous approach was prob great for trying to stretch, but not great for levels of pain during and after without meds.

I'm going to start shooting for one hour a day, trying to keep stretching pain below an 8. Otherwise I know I'll pay after for it being too intense. 

My evaluation after this cycling session:

During cycling 80% of the pain was in my shaft, 10% scrotum and 10% perineum. This is quite the difference as before it was like 80% scrotum/perineum.

As time has gone on I think I there are multiple factors happening here, it's not just one thing. I think the pinching of my sack amplifies the pain. Also max inflation and adding those final pumps really puts ALOT of additional strain on the tissue- making it brutal for the following 24 hours. And lastly, I do think a lot of the cycling pain is also from the rear tips pushing out as previously mentioned. This is what Hakky said as well. I was oversized at my request and was told up front cycling would hurt like hell. But if this results in a bigger dick, bring it on.

On the flip side, I've read some journals where people were undersized, and it makes alot of sense why you'd have less pain. Nothing is stretching.

Starting Monday I'll continue back with my routine at the gym. I'll quite literally be doing nothing there, but just the routine helps me. SOMETHING is better than nothing. But I've also decided I'm going to be very cautious even after 4-6 weeks. I know they say no restrictions after 6 weeks, but yeah, I'll pass on that. It'll prob be a few months before I even attempt a squat. Going to go nice and slow and gradually build up. I'm general it seems nice and slow, constant progression is the overall theme here. Anything to sudden and you're going to be in pain. Especially cycling-ease into it. I'll be doing one cycling session a day for now, going for an hour. Probably will do the first 45 at 90% and maybe take the last 15 minutes one additional pump at a time where I'm at my limit, without over doing it. I'm a strong guy so I can pump pretty hard. So
Max inflation for me might be 90% for someone else.

Thankful to feel the step forward today-it's refreshing after a step back.

Day 20:

What an amazing day! Many accomplishments that I'm thankful for. For one, woke up at 5 am, did the whole routine of getting my daughter ready for school, dropped her off, went by the gym and did basically nothing, then worked all day. Pain was very minimal if any at all. I really just had to readjust my balls while sitting at my desk. I did a whopping 50 min cycling session this morning. 30 minutes at maybe 90%, and 95% the last 20.

After this, pain was still completely managaeable. I will note, for some reason I've noticed at night my dick just feels a little sore no matter what. But tonight, I decided to go for a second cycling session of just 15 minutes and it was pretty easy. I would have pushed it harder but don't want to get to the point of no return where it kills my sleep all night.

My flacid is actually very manageable if I FULLY deflate. The girth is significantly less and not as long. A lot of people who complain about the titan flacid, it makes me wonder if they're not fully deflated.

In other good news, I took my first official walk today. Maybe a full mile, with zero pain. It was amazing. I'm still testing different briefs but for now I've really like the Tommy John briefs. They fit more snug and the ball support is top notch. In real life, I'll probably end up wearing boxers around the house, and supportive briefs when I go out. Im also not worried at all about my dick showing. I can tuck it to the side and it's really not visible. I mean if someone starts putting their hand in my pocket of course they'll feel my dick lol, but we're men. I'm not ashamed of having a dick or if it shows just a little at time. Even before my surgery, you could see my dick in certain clothes.

I'm just one day away from 3 weeks now...and I am very happy with everything.

Update on my reservoir...felt a little pain after doing alot of moving this morning. Perhaps from sitting inside all weekend to let things settle. That quickly went away and now I feel nothing, and no swelling. I'm convinced the reservoir is comparable to a strained muscle. I'm sure as I become more active I'll feel it a little as the tissue and muscle stretches, but I expect that's normal. Certainly will be playing it safe though and taking things very slow.

Feeling grateful today!

Day 21:

It's here! Officially 3 weeks post op. Everything still going great! I do have one update. This morning I decided to see if I could get myself hard for the first time. In a matter of 60 seconds I had full natural engorgement, and I swear I probably could have had sex just like that with only a few pumps and my natural erection. First time I've seen my glans swell up since surgery. But this accomplished two things. One, I know I have full sensitivity already, and two, I got to see what my engorged dick looks like with the implant not inflated.

Lately, I cycled this morning again for 50 minutes at almost 100%. Just for kicks I decided to repeat the same process. See if I could get hard while max inflated enduring the current cycling pain. And YES, that worked too. I didn't finish because I didn't know if it was bad too. I know EID says sex at 3 weeks is fine, so I can only image it's not a problem to gently use your hand if you're careful. But, I'll probably save that for week 4-5. What's crazy is how much engorgement I had without tadalfil. I skipped the last couple days. I can only imagine what I'd look like with the help of tadalafil, but at this point I don't think that's even necessary.

I looked at my dick when I was inflated and with natural engorgement, and wow! I was looking at it thinking that's a thick dick lol. Doesn't even feel like it's my dick. Remember I've had a banana type curve my whole life. So I can honestly say my dick looks better now that it ever has in my entire life-which is crazy. And this is week 3. I can't even imagine at 3-6 months out. Couldn't be happier!

Part of the reason you are seeing such good engorgement is because of complete lack of playing around with your penis for so many weeks. Abstaining definitely helps too . Happy for you and remember not to rush , it's a marathon from what I've heard !

Hey Iwill

Glad all is going so well.
I still think that about my penis.
I look at it and think, that's not my penis, although I lost length from a previous surgery, my girth has never been bigger.
So yes, I understand your excitement.
Congratulations and it's so wonderful to hear how you are doing.
....and yes, it is a marathon, but I must say I have not seen anyone run the marathon as fast as you.
StepOne

Day 22:

Everything still going great!

The after pain from cycling seems to be significantly less now. Of course I feel stretching and pain when cycling, but after it's immediate relief. Unlike before where I had significant pain and soreness after.

I've been cycling twice a day for 45-50 minutes, so hoping my length/girth gains start coming along quicker. My girth seems to be almost identical or greater to what it was pre surgery. Length seems maybe an inch shorter. I'm not worried about that and I'm confident with time I'll get that back. Post op I was measured at the exact same length so I think that's proof. I've also been cycling since day 3 so I got a good start.

I sent Hakky a photo of my incision site just to confirm everything looked normal, and he said it looked great. I'm really starting to feel more like myself now. The sexual urge is 100% there. Where as before it wasn't at all because I was always in so much pain lol. I can't wait to try this thing but will definitely wait until I'm all clear to do so. Minimum 6 weeks though. Really not complaining about waiting as the longer I wait the more length I'll have back.

Lastly, I know I said this before. But after trying multiple briefs, the tommy john ones are amazing. Perfect fit so my sack feels 100% secure. Amazing quality and they also look great. The hole in the front where your dick goes in. The way they make it- it positions your dick up. I like having this option incase I don't want my dick over my leg. Perhaps in some situations where I'm in setting where someone could potentially feel it. While I never wore my dick up 24/7 like some,  I did constantly change angles with the exception of down. My hope here was to form creases all around the base so it would easily go every way. My erection angle appears identical to pre op which is about 3 o'clock.

Will report again tom!

Day 23:

Can't believe it's only been 23 days. I feel amazing and pretty much back to normal. Almost no pain during the day. Only when cycling and that's manageable. No after pain like I used to have before.

I'm walking 30-45 minutes a day and doing very very light gym workouts and have no reservoir pain or swelling. I'm making it a point to breathe slow and controlled each movement so I'm not straining at all. Point is to get blood flowing and not to make any actual gains. Same with the walking, exercise plays a significant role in how efficiently your body operates. The healthier your body, the faster the healing and repair. Because of this, my diet has been 100% strict throughout recovery. Not a single cheat meal. Nothing but organic vegetables and quality organic meats. Of all the times I wanted to make sure my body was functioning at max capacity and had everything it needs, it was now. No idea how much this impacted my recovery, but I can only imagine it helped.

Cycling still going great. Minimum 45 minutes twice a day to max inflation, gradually adding pumps as I can along the way. Any potential kinks seem to have been worked out and my dick looks better than it ever has erect. Truly a miracle it could be such a change after my pre op deformity.

The temptation to masturbate is pretty strong now. I've been playing around some while fully erect to try to align my mind with my new dick. Also figured it would be good to get some blood flowing to simulate a natural erection. I have full sensitivity so finishing will not be a problem even when fully erect, I could have already but chose not to.

For briefs, I had to throw my separatec ones away. For people with a long dick, they're worthless. But to have a thick, semi stiff and 7 inch flacid, it doesn't work. Also tried some hanes with ball support. Those were ok but quality not as good as the Tommy John's. So I ordered more Tommy John's as they'll prob be my go to brand when I'll be out walking around doing stuff. While at home, I prefer a looser fit so things can hang.

I've had no issues with my dick showing while going out. Even wearing tighter fitting jeans. I can just push it to the side and it's fine. I will say, you HAVE to be completely deflated for this to work. And I will say again, I think this is why alot of people complain about their dick showing. If you don't max deflate you're going to look semi hard.

Incision is looking good. I feel like it's in the final stage of complete closure. It's closed of course, but you know your body has to do its thing to completely seal all layers of skin inside out. Maybe another week until completely closed but looking better everyday. Although, it sounds like I'll have to wait 6 weeks to have stitches removed either way. Completely fine by me as I'd rather be safe.

I know y'all are prob tired of hearing this but, SUPER happy with everything and very thankful/grateful. I have my next appointment with Hakky in a couple weeks, and I imagine that will be the appointment where he basically clears me to have sex. As time goes on and I feel better and better, the more I think I'll try to have sex at 6-8 weeks. I was going to wait, but honestly I might feel completely ready by then- we will see. Not rushing it though. 

Sounds great man, glad to hear that for you. Never tired to hear people coming out the other side of this disease! Gives us all hope :)

Merry crimbo

I will,
I forgot to mention I used Tommy Hilfiger low rise briefs to secure my equipment. They are made of cotton and what I liked about them was I could place my penis to the right or left and my pump and balls were supported down below.
StepOne

Day 24:

Not much to report today. Everything is still going great. Really pushing the cycling now to get max inflation, adding pumps every 15 minutes. Even though I hate the stretching pain, I also love it because it means I'm growing.

I'll do some measurements maybe at 2 months post op. But at this rate I feel confident I'll be back to pre op size by month 3. And then hopefully gain a little girth over the next year. Wishful thinking 🙂

I might start reporting less here just because there will be less updates now. But will still be logging on here periodically to update my journal.

Hello everyone! Merry Christmas!

This is day 29, but we might as well just call it my one month update.

I decided to go ahead and put a one month post op pic erect for my own record keeping. I'm about 7.7 inches in length right now. You'll see in the photo my girth is significantly more in the top half than pre surgery. Due to the massive deformity pre op I didn't even bother measuring girth. I'll put a pre Peyronies link here as well so you can compare pre pre Peyronies to post op.

https://ibb.co/WWD14Qh  -1 mo post op
https://ibb.co/mbG9G5S - measurement 1 mo post op
https://ibb.co/7k4jrVH  -pre Peyronies
https://ibb.co/qRhMYwq  -right before surgery

Most importantly of all, my dick is perfectly straight and STABLE. I can say this is the best my dick has ever looked, even pre Peyronies.

Cycling is going well, but HURTS! Most often I do 45-50 minutes twice a day. I initially get 10-15 pumps in before it's maxed. I wait 5-10 minutes and then I can get another 5. Wait another 15, another few, so on and so forth. I cringe when it's time to add more pumps because I know the pain it's about to bring lol. The pain is equally distributed between my dick and the perineum area. THANKFULLY...all of this pain goes away immediately upon deflation.

Incision site looks almost fully healed. Almost all swelling is gone. I have noticed the side where the tubing and reservoir are, it's maybe 10% more puffy around that area but probably just my body adjusting to the tubing. I'd imagine your body makes adjustments to accommodate the tubing.

I want to comment on my reservoir since that was previously a big concern for me. I'm not sure if I've just put on a little body fat since my surgery, or if my body has adapted and formed a capsule over the reservoir, but now I can't see it protruding like before. Before it was very mild anyway and looked just like a marble size bump, now it's just flat. So that's great news!

I'm still trying to figure out what works and what doesn't when trying to manage my 7 inch flacid dick. I can tuck it left or right, but found sometimes either the dog ears cause some minor pain. I can wear it down but off to one side or the other, but then you see my dick in my actual thigh area as it hangs down. I've been exploring the option of wearing it up with Tommy John's. This seems like the most "concealed" option where it's nearly impossible for someone to feel it. However, once again, because my flacid is 7 inch it acfually comes up into my waist band area and the head pops out. Im doing some trial and error to see what works for me and what doesn't as I go to the gym. I also dance often and I am often times very close with my partner where they could feel my thigh on their thigh. I absolutely can't have people feeling my dick dancing and be known as the pervert lol. I've concluded the best options will be to wear it hard left-since that thigh is always angled out dancing meaning they won't feel it. Or, I'll try wearing it up also to see how that goes. Not worried but do need to find what positions work best for the gym and dancing.

I really have no pain when not cycling. Ive slowly upped my intensity at the gym. From maybe 10% intensity to 30%. Going slow and evaluating everyday, haven't had any pain at all at the reservoir site and no swelling. I'll continue to go up maybe 10% a week until I'm close to 100% by 2 months post op.

Overall, very very happy! This is for sure my own Christmas present to myself. Honestly I never thought I'd be feeling this good at one month post op, but things greatly improved for me after about week 3. If you're reading this and getting an implant, it's 100% true you will have good and bad days along the way. I was back and forth until about week 3. Tons of ups/downs and worries along the way, all of which are irrelevant now.

My only concern at this point is getting the rest of my size back. And I'm confident that's going to be there by 3 months.

Things are looking real good and even the recovery seems to go very well, seems like you are recovering faster than most, although patients from Hakky usually have a smooth recovery overall.

Iwill,

You continue to be a stellar patient and it seems your dick is fully cooperating.
You have been so fortunate to get your implant before getting any other type of penis surgeries, as I did. Ouch, but I didn't know that implants existed 6 years ago.
Your dick looks great and congratulations on all your achievements.
Best wishes and thanks for sharing, as your posts will certainly help others that have similar problems.
StepOne

29 days post op (4 weeks and 1 day):


Yesterday was an interesting day full of anxiety lol, and I'm not an anxious person. Just lots of first times with an implant you could say. For one, I went dancing where I was very close to my partner, so that was the test to see how discreet I could be hiding my 7 inch flacid and making it so it can't be felt body to body while dancing. Happy to report it was a success, but I was a little on edge the whole time as I was testing things lol. One box checked in my mind. Now I know I can hide my dick in the closest of situations. I just moved my dick hard left in right compression briefs. While dancing the girl is always on my right so I was strategic in that sense. The second test was I had a girl over last night, we didn't do anything but my flacid was well concealed. She did reach to feel my dick through my pants and then felt it obviously but it of course feels like a normal dick flacid. Just semi hard.

Lastly, after she left I broke down and finally masturbated. Happy to report everything was normal works just like it did pre surgery, that was a relief.

Many first times yesterday which is always a little stressful but glad that's done and it's just one more step of my journey I have passed. Getting easier and easier by the day!

Its interesting how us guys have little filing cabinets in our minds that separate our daily tasks and problems. Have you always been a briefs guy? I'm curious now why don't you just let it hang loose with boxers? :)

Mike

I think you were asking Iwill, lol,
But I have mostly been a briefs guy.
My cock was 8, now a little over 7, but boxers would always cause my cock to get into uncomfortable positions hanging down my leg or just moving around so much I would get a semi. This would go on all day. Also boxers allow my cock to fall too much and it creates too much bulge.
It will be interesting what Iwill says
StepOne

Hey guys-

Previously I wore briefs (not super tight ones) because my flacid dick would be uncomfortable running or training at the gym. Post surgery, I prefer compression briefs training or being out, and when I'm at home I like to let things just hang. It's more comfortable that way so my dick can breath lol

Hello everyone! Happy New Years Eve!

Post op day 33:

Well, this morning I freaked out cycling. I was on pump 20 probably, and I felt a pop in my shaft. I also felt some mild pain. Everything seemed and looked normal after I felt the small pop, other than that I had a some minor pain mid shaft (Maybe 3/10). The place I felt the pain and pop, is exactly where my scar tissue was located from Peyronies. Dorsal side mid shaft. Because of this, I relaxed and assumed it was just the scar tissue breaking up or something. As far as the implant goes, everything still worked like normal after, so I can only assume all is ok. Of course after I was staring at my dick to see if it looked different after POTENTIALLY having plaque break up. Maybe it's in my head but it might look a little more filled out on the dorsal side now. Anyway, has this ever happened to anyone? It seems logical to me that the expansion of the cyclinders could break plaque over time from the constant pressure exerted and stretching. Otherwise, I'd have no idea what the popping and minor pain was. I guess the fact that there was minor pain after should indicate it definitley was something in my penis versus the actual device.

Okay update!! I was mid cycling while typing that...just added two more pumps...nothing happened...added another 2 pumps and felt another small pop in the same location. 100% confirmed now that's where the pop came from. No additional pain, or swelling just the normal stretching pain from cycling. If anything, I was feeling less perineum pain during this cycling sessions. I don't know if it's from thinking so much about my shaft and the popping, or if somehow that did something in my shaft, and allowing that to expand took pressure off the rear tips and created more pressure in my shaft? At one point I actually felt pressure in my glans which also hasn't been the norm.

Can anyone confirm if this has happened to them if you had plaque from Peyronies?

If my suspicion is correct, this would be a great and positive thing as it means I can now stretch more and the implant is doing its job.

I do not have any experience with this but I know for a fact when Dr. Trost does his xiaflex protocol he pulls on the patients penis and in many cases a loud pop is heard and Dr Trost describes this as ''plaque breaking apart''

So it could very well be what you are suspecting.

Likewise, I can only speculate, and my speculation was just like yours,Either your aggressive sizing made a dogleg that had never filled out during inflation, and you finally stretched just enough under pressure to finally fill it out OR, you actually felt some scar tissue break loose.  I would consider either of those positive, but it is not common for either of those to be so dramatic to cause a "pop."  If scar tissue broke or ripped, I do not see how it would not cause capillary bleeding and some bruising.  Also, like you, it occurred to me that if you gained more expansion room in your shaft, it would relieve some pressure in your perineum.  Even though either of these would be a little unusual, something happened in an area where there are no connections or moving parts.

My only other speculation is that a cylinder is twisted, and as it filled, it suddenly snapped straight.

Quote from: Hawk on December 31, 2023, 10:22:54 PMLikewise, I can only speculate, and my speculation was just like yours,Either your aggressive sizing made a dogleg that had never filled out during inflation, and you finally stretched just enough under pressure to finally fill it out OR, you actually felt some scar tissue break loose.  I would consider either of those positive, but it is not common for either of those to be so dramatic to cause a "pop."  If scar tissue broke or ripped, I do not see how it would not cause capillary bleeding and some bruising.  Also, like you, it occurred to me that if you gained more expansion room in your shaft, it would relieve some pressure in your perineum.  Even though either of these would be a little unusual, something happened in an area where there are no connections or moving parts.

My only other speculation is that a cylinder is twisted, and as it filled, it suddenly snapped straight.

I got some more time to evaluate as the day went on, and during my second cycling session. Some hours after that AM cycling session I noticed some very slight soreness in my shaft where I heard the pop. It 100% had to be my penis, and most likely scar tissue as that same area is now sore upon my PM cycling. Not unbearable, but certainly sore.

To add to your point about bruising, we will see tomorrow, but as of now it looks 98% normal, with a VERY SLIGHT light purple on that area of my shaft. Could just be my mind but I swear it looked a little darker in that area after it happened. But certainly no drastic bruising or anything. We will see in the AM. But I can say with 100% certainty my shaft is sore in the area of the pop.

I text dr Hakky and he sounded confident it was plaque breaking up with what I described. Crazy. I do remember in my 7 day post op he talked about the plaque and was bending my dick in attempt to get it to break. Then proceeded to tell me to bend it (like perito exercises) while cycling to try to reshape or break up the plaque. Can't remember his exact words but something like that. I def took the cycling slower tonight and gradually added one pump at a time, then sat back and evaluated. Oddly enough. I am now feeling more pressure in my shaft and glans, and very little pressure in my perineum area.

This is exhibit A for why there's sometime no rule book for implants. Very odd and unexpected situation, but I guess you could say I'm glad this happened as it means I can fully expand.

This is also why the more plaque and damage done to your penis over time from Peyronies/injections etc, the more you will potentially have to deal with this. If you saw my dick pre op, this story will make a lot of sense. I had severe narrowing.

I can tell my dick is becoming more symmetrical and straight everyday. I'd say it's 95% already. It's insane to me to look at this perfectly straight and thick cock, and think it's mine. After living with a curved dick most of my life, and then a massively deformed dick after Peyronies Disease. Implants really are a miracle.

Day 34 update:

Cycled again the AM and the perineum pain is now down to a 2/10. This happened immediately following the pop in my penis (suspected plaque breaking up). To show the significance in, perineum pain was previously a 8/10 when cycling. I actually felt very little pain in my shaft or glans. Immediately after the pop yesterday it seems it immediately reversed. A lot more shaft, glans pain when cycling, minimal to no perineum pain. Very interesting. Also, my penis does look thicker now on the dorsal side. I'm 99% sure it was the break up of plaque which allowed my tunica to expand more.

The most interesting part about this is. I wonder if the plaque was quite literally like a road block to my dick expanding. Like if it couldn't expand out, it was just stuck until the plaque ultimately broke. Who knows but I am happy this happened! Will be very interesting to see length and girth gains in the coming weeks now.

Lastly, I know some doctors have you wait up to a month before you cycle. I know everyone has their protocols, but I can't image starting from the bottom right now being a month out. I feel like I've already made so much progress in the last month. Just one thing to consider for those getting an implant. I have to say, it makes a lot more sense to me to choose a surgeon with a protocol to get you pumping sooner than later. For the sake of your reservoir capsule and the expansion of your dick(ESPECIALLY, if you had significant plaque or narrowing like I did). I'd personally rather start stretching that out sooner than later before things settle too much or scar over.

Just my non-medical opinion on the matter.

Everything else is still going great! Back to life as usual now.

Sounds awesome! I just sent a message to my surgeon asking about how the plaque might affect the cycling and vice versa. I'll post his response when I get it.

Day 35:

Hey all-

I probably won't post daily after this until I feel I have a real update. But I do want to share that cycling continues to be way easier now. After that pop, the pain felt cycling is child's play compared to what I experienced before. Before it was excruciating and felt tons of pain in my perineum. Now, mostly just shaft pain, which I love because I know that's the area it's stretching. Also, the pain is completely manageable where I can multi task while cycling. Can easily go the full hour at 100% inflation while adding pumps every 10 min. Maybe I'm crazy here but my dick feels noticeably longer and thicker after that pop.

In my unprofessional opinion. That plaque was preventing my shaft from fully expanding length or girth wise. And they're putting more pressure on the rear of the cyclinder as a result. After the pop, it allowed cyclinders to expand in my dick, thus reducing the perineum pain.

Just my two cents if I had to guess.

Feeling amazing now though. I think I mentioned I'm a fitness athlete, so my physique is everything to me. At 5 weeks I'm almost back to where I was pre op. I started SLOW doing 5 lbs. I just want to stress that so people don't read this and assume it's ok to go all out on week 4-5. That would be a mistake. I am upping the intensity slowly in the gym and by 6 weeks I should be at about 90% intensity while being careful to avoid risky exercises. Things like squats or deadlifts I won't start back until maybe month 3. I'd rather be safe than sorry. I definitely feel good enough to have sex now, but also not in a rush for that and will proceed when Hakky gives the green light. I have my follow up with him soon so we will see what he says 5 weeks post op.

Great to hear it's going well for you and it's stretching after the pop!

All the best

Official 6 week update!

Well guys, the day is here. 6 weeks! I feel 100% back to normal now. Doing everything I was before surgery now. I guess you could say the new and improved version since I now have a perfectly straight and functional dick. My whole life I dealt with a congenital curve so my dick now officially looks better than it ever has in my life, which is amazing. I'm almost the same size as I was pre op already. I have significantly more girth on the top half of my shaft. All narrowing, dents, and kinks have been worked out from cycling. I did a 6 week length measurement and I am already at 8.1 inches. Pre surgery I fluctuated between 8.25 and 8.5. So you could say length is almost fully regained.

I cycle to max inflation twice a day most days for an hour each time. Minor pain but very tolerable now. I did another experiment recently. As you read in my previous post I masturbated with no issues. Full sensitivity was there and it felt great. Felt normal just like before. However, this was with a semi hard with only a few pumps. The real test was attempting it when I was max inflated, to mimic sex, and I am happy to report I had no problem reaching orgasm even max inflated at 6 weeks.

Incision site looks great and closed up. Zero swelling and there is no sign that I have an implant. Pump is hidden perfectly behind my testicles so you'd have to actually grab them to feel it. Unfortunately have to wait till my appointment next week to remove stitches with Hakky. I am dying to try my new dick out but will patiently wait for Hakky to give the green light.

You may recall me mentioning a small bump at the reservoir site. Somehow that is gone and not noticeable now. I seem to be at about the same body fat percentage, so I can only assume somehow the capsule or my body formed something over the top of it and that smoothed out the bump? No idea but obviously happy about that.

Honestly couldn't be happier with the outcome of my surgery. Not going to lie, in retrospect, the first couple weeks were pretty rough lol. And this is coming from some very active. If you're getting this surgery just prepare yourself to know the first 2-3 weeks are going to SUCK. After about week 3 for me, things got significantly better and my recovery progressed quickly. I know 100% I made the right decision. I tried all natural methods but did not see improvement, only saw worsening of my condition over 12 months. Thankful I did the implant when I did to stop Peyronies in its tracks, while completely resolving my hourglass and narrowing. Now on to living my life. I'll keep you all updated periodically along the way and always here to help if anyone has questions.

I'm glad you are doing great... How is the site where you thought that a plaque broke?

Quote from: Arthur on January 10, 2024, 02:51:27 AMI'm glad you are doing great... How is the site where you thought that a plaque broke?

Very minor pain at that site for 1-2 days after that pop while cycling, after that completely normal.

Hey everyone!

It's been a while! I'm 2 months and 2 days post op. Removed my own stitches virtually with my dr on stand by a week ago. All went smoothly and the incision site is fully healed. Just applying neosporin on it daily now. My length has fully returned and I have more girth than pre surgery. Dick is completely straight for the first time ever. I just cycle once a day for an hour. More concerned with extending implant life given I already have good size.

For the first time today I tried using a flashlight instead of my hand. The idea was to simulate sex, and I have to say, it was 100 times better not having to think about my dick breaking off. Also thinking about staying hard is a non issue. You just enjoy. Being able to put pressure on it due to the rigidity is nice, since before even a small amount of pressure would cause hinging.

It's safe to say I'm officially ready to have sex. I suspect it will go great. I don't have pain even at max inflation and zero issues with sensitivity or reaching orgasm like before.

Only thing for me is getting good at hiding it. I won't be discussing it with my partner so I plan to pre pump about 8 times when I think sex could happen. With natural engorgement that's easily hard enough for sex, but soft enough that I can still move it to the side in my pants. I'm sure with time I'll become the master of sneaking in a few more pumps here and there lol.

Posting an updated photo of pre surgery and then two months post op. Whats crazy to think is, if I've regained my size already, I can't imagine at a year if I gain a little more. Very a happy with the surgery, my doctor, and being back to a normal life!

https://ibb.co/jDXxbbm
https://ibb.co/4JLfCyy

So happy for you, Dr Hakky really is a great surgeon. Wish we had him in Australia.

You can finally put all this behind you, and move on with your life.

Consider doing Perito exercises while cycling (if you're still cycling), I've read of people on FT gaining half an inch above their pre-peyronies length. Never know.

J

Very very happy for you bro, may we all stay blessed.

Thanks for sharing on the forum, great progress!!!

Congratulations. Gives us all great hope .

Quote from: IwillbeatPD on January 25, 2024, 06:30:21 PMI removed my own stitches virtually with my dr on stand by a week ago. All went smoothly and the incision site is fully healed.

I am curious and would like a little more info on your statement. 
Do you mean you did the physical removal while the doctor stood by you and instructed you (what would be the point of that?)
Do you mean you did the physical removal while the doctor instructed you over the phone or video conference?

He was on FaceTime in case I had any questions while I removed them basically. Fortunately, all went smoothly. But it was nice knowing he was there in case anything weird happened.

Update:

Measured yesterday and I'm at 8.3 inches length, girth is similar at bottom half as pre Peyronies, top half is greater girth than pre surgery.

Still haven't tried sex yet. Perfectly comfortable doing so just haven't had time to go on any dates lol. I will report back when I do though.

On a side note, when looking for a video the other day I came across a video of my pre surgery dick. I was shocked. I think I can gotten so accustomed to it I didn't even notice. Now having a straight dick for so long it's weird to think it used to be anything but that.

Iwillbeathis,

Congratulations!

You should post the video. Were you or are you a porn star?
 StepOne

I'm guessing Iwill wasn't a porn star before, but it's time to float the resume! A giant permanent erection is perfect for the genre. 

Awesome results! 8.3 WOW. You are the envy in the locker room and now bedroom. Yes there are a lot of porn stars who have implants. It has been confirmed that Ramon Nomar has one. It's just that once you make that first video it will be something you can not take back.  :D

Hey guys! I'm not a porn star lol. A normal dude but with a lot of options. Despite that, my goal isn't to go around just hooking up-mostly due to my faith. Otherwise I would have used my new dick about 100 times by now lol.

Still haven't used it almost 4 months out, by choice. Just been so busy with work and the dates I've been on, I didn't feel a good connection with them so left it at that.

However, my dick really feels like my own now and 100% confident I can use it like normal now. I do a lot of the Perrito exercises to make sure it's imitating sex. And of course still cycling once a day for 1-2 hours. More focused on extending my implant life versus gaining an extra half inch, since size is not an issue for me.

You all will be the first to know when I do have sex though lol

Quote from: IwillbeatPD on March 03, 2024, 11:20:04 AMmy goal isn't to go around just hooking up-mostly due to my faith. Otherwise I would have used my new dick about 100 times by now lol.

More focused on extending my implant life versus gaining an extra half inch, since size is not an issue for me.

I think both decisions are a wise choice.
 

Hey guys! Long time!

I'm not sure how far out I am from surgery now, but probably about 4-5 months. I think last time I posted I said life was fully back to normal, and that is still true. I'm at a point where I really don't even think about my implant and I'm doing all the same things I did before Peyronies Disease.

Most important update first, I HAD SEX!

The first three months post op I just wanted to feel comfortable with my penis before I decided to try to jump into a sexual encounter. I've had many opportunities leading up to tonight but just didn't take them as I'm going through some major life changes right now with a new job, building a home, etc. Quite literally just didn't have time to date. But I met a girl recently and we went out tonight then back to her place after. Happy to report that sex was easy and as good, if not better than before. Given this was my first time using my implant-I think that says a lot. My initial plan was to go to the bathroom to pump up after we started kissing. However, while going down on her I decided to give pumping with one hand a try (which I practiced in advance), and was easily able to pump up within about 20 second discreetly. She had no idea. After this, it was pretty much the usual sex I would have had before Peyronies Disease. Zero pain, 100% enjoyable.

This is what I would say was different:

1. Normally when I'd go to have sex, I always worried I'd lose my erection, even before Peyronies Disease. I'd worry that when I put my condom on my dick would go soft. And then while it was soft, I'd be thinking so much about getting hard that now I can't get hard lol. I was successful 99% of the time, but always feared that 1% where I was overthinking for whatever reason. THIS TIME, I had complete confidence putting the condom, no rush...my erection wasn't going anywhere. I remember looking her in the eyes while putting it on while joking with her. I took my time and had more confidence than ever. This alone, knowing that you can have sex 100% of the time without fail, and never thinking about not being hard enough- it makes it all worth it.

2. For the first time in a LONG time I could have her on top and not even think twice. No worrying about my dick snapping in half. How satisfying...it was great.

When sex was over I just went to the bathroom, deflated, and mission accomplished.


Now for the more boring updates. My dick may have gotten slightly bigger from the cycling, I'm not sure I haven't measured and don't care to. It was big before and it's big now, so I'm not worried about an extra 1/4 inch. My dick is straight with no dents. I cycle one time a day for an hour as I did most of recovery. Again, the reason why is so I can maximize implant life. Perhaps if I was worried about gaining length I'd try to cycle twice a day and use a VED. Just doesn't make sense for me given my size.

I wear boxers all the time unless I'm running. I like to let my dick hang. I also still wear all of the same pants I wore before, and most work without showing my dick. But honestly even if someone does see my dick I don't care.

I will say my dick has started to hang much more natural than before. Dog ears are still present but obviously go away with pumping.

So happy with the outcome! Life is good!

Awesome success ! It is amazing that your anxiety regarding having sex and not loosing your erection is now completely resolved! Another implant success story!

I can't tell you how happy I am to hear it man. It's fantastic to be active again. 

What an awesome report! Thank you for sharing. It was interesting to read your idea of inflating while performing oral sex on her. Maybe other members struggling with "how to inflate discretly" will find this beneficial!

I whish you nothing but lot's of smiles with your implant and renewed sex life. Stay safe!

Congratulations! Great report! 

I have tried to assure men for years that inflating an implant can be done discretely with no trouble.  All it takes is a tiny bit of practice and understanding the process.