21 Weeks - Post Surgery

I’m 21 weeks and a couple of days post surgery and it would seem all is still going well.  As you have already seen in the previous pictures I look pretty normal and even better I and my penis feel normal.  My flaccid size is definitely changing for the better - 13cm length and 12cm girth.  I’ve been swimming and to the gym without any problems at all, and best of all embarrassment in the showers is a thing of the past.

I am still inflating everyday and as of about a minute ago, inflated I measure 14.5cm length (easier to breakdown in metric) and 14cm girth.  My length seems to be increasing steadily but slowly, the girth is staying much the same but I defiantly won’t be complaining, I am more than happy with a 14cm (5” girth).  I have checked the AMS website it would seem that the implant diameter is what it is. If I can steadily add to the length over the coming months/years that’ll do for me.

The cold weather is fine now and as long as I keep it nice and snug and warm as described on previous posts its ok and I am not even aware of the implant again.  The incision has healed completely and the scar tissue surrounding it has all but gone meaning inflating and finding the deflate button is a doddle.

I’ve still not managed to shoot a video of the inflate/deflate but I’ll keep at it and one of these days I will get it posted.

Another top-tip!!!

 

Anyone heard of a “wheaty”?  It’s a long-ish material tube filled with I presume wheat, that you warm in the microwave (it’s for putting round your neck to ease stiffness).  Well it’s perfect for keeping my penis warm (and aiding stiffness <grin>) when I’m inflating for exercise.  Even better because the tissue is warm it is easier to inflate and hopefully stretch …… I wont post a picture because my “wheaty” is pink with multi-coloured spots (it’s all they had) !!!

Till next time

Wishing you all a Happy Christmas & New Year

Dave

Almost 5 Months - update

I have just worked it out and it’s almost 5 months since I had my surgery – time does go by so quickly.

Although in that time my implant has certainly become part of me and most of the time I would never know that I have it, now and then as it’s got colder it certainly on occasions lets its presence be felt in no uncertain terms.  Like before when it’s cold the tissue tightens, except now it tightens around two quite firm rods and a Lego brick with a bulb at the side!!!  There is no shrinkage anymore and it’s not painful but when it gets cold boy do I know it’s there.

The heated pads that I made such a fuss about were good while they lasted.  It stated on the box that they would be good for 100 activations - well they might have been, but not in my case.  One I could only get to heat-up twice. The other, and this is a bit of a cautionary tale, I boiled dry trying to return it to it’s liquid state and it exploded – smoke everywhere, alarms sounding - goes to show you should never leave something like that alone – lesson learnt!!!

What I have been using that helps in keeping everything snug and warm and is so much safer are the incontinence pads that I used just after surgery.  They have made a big difference to my comfort on cold days and are so much easier to use and keep in place – no more socks needed <grin>.

Everything seems to be going ok with inflation and deflation although when I inflate there is not always a definite “pop” of the bulb to start with as there was.  When it happens squeezing the bulb can be quite an effort, although I am still able to inflate properly to the full.  I will however mention it to the doctor next time I visit could be something he needs to be aware of or it could just be that is the way it becomes over time.  Anyone else having a similar thing happen to them?

I had not measured for a while thinking that by sight nothing much had changed, although it has felt slightly firmer over the last week or so. Knowing I was going to post today I measured last night and as you can see I have gained approx ½” in length when I am fully inflated.

 

Completely Deflated



Three Pumps




Fully Inflated - 1/2" gain

I came across this post by another implantee: - although having checked the AMS website I have been unable to verify the statement.

“An AMS LGX700 will expand 15-20% in length, but not beyond what you normally are.

It can take anywhere from 6 months to 3 years

½” in 3 months, ¾” at 1 year and almost 1” in 18 months

Some men were having expansion up to 3 years

Length gain was up to 1 ¼” in 3 years”

 

We shall see!!!!

Till next time

 

Cheers for now

Dave

Keeping Out the cold !!

Last time I wrote I mentioned the cold and how it was causing some discomfort especially while I was walking to work.  Although not all of it comes from the cold - some comes from me still inflating to the max and some from the cold.  Well with a bit of experimenting I hope I have found a solution and, while it has not exactly been a scientific survey I have come up with something that works for me.

Firstly I bought a couple of pairs of base level shorts, the type you wear under your outer clothes to act as an  insulation layer when playing sport.  Although they did work to a certain degree and did and do keep me warm my implant and in turn my penis were still becoming cold and quite stiff and in turn painful.  I also tried a thicker thermal layer, again it worked ok but I was still having a similar level of discomfort.

The answer, in conjunction with the additional layer was re-usable Heated Pads.  They are normally placed inside gloves to keep your hands warm. Who would have thought they would work for this as well. 

 








When activated they turn into a warm soft gel pad that I put inside a sports sock, place inside my underwear and I’m set to go.  The ones I purchased come in pairs (as you would expect) and should last for approx 100 activations, as I only need to use one at a time they should keep me comfortable until it gets a bit warmer.  Provided I put the gel pad in as soon as it’s activated it moulds to my shape and once I am dressed no one would ever know.

Let’s just pray I never get hit by a bus!!

One last thing for this entry, my implant does seem to be settling in a bit more now so next time I will post a couple of updated flaccid and inflated photos.  Hopefully you too can see the difference.

Cheers for now

Dave

 

Cold Weather - Ouch!!!

Today is the first cold day of the year and the reaction of my penis to walking in cold weather has been to say the least a bit sore/uncomfortable. It's not agony by any means but I do need to find a way of keeping that area warmer.  Walking 3 miles or so to work this morning was not a pleasant experience.

I think thermals would help and somewhere in the back of my mind I seem to remember warming pads for gloves, perhaps they may help as well if I can find them.

Watch this space because I can feel a bit of experimenting coming on.

Cheers for now

Dave

Week 15

I have still not managed to figure out video!!!  I will keep trying though and as soon as I can I will post an inflation and deflation video.  I have however finally managed to get a couple of pictures that show the placement of the pump.  Hope they help to make things more clear especially for anyone thinking about having a similar procedure wondering about where it went.

 

Pump Placement



Pump Placement

Reading back over the blog and looking at the pictures I cannot believe how far I have come in 15 short weeks.   Physically the difference is obvious (well it is to me and hopefully to you too). 
 



Day 7 Approx



Week 15 ish

I also feel so much better mentally.  Taking Viagra or one of the other pills I had been prescribed, putting a pellet inside my penis or injecting my shaft were not ideal for me or for sex (brilliant solution for others though) and had become a chore - to the point of my not being too bothered whether I ever had another erection.

Despite being told by a few people close to me that I had changed I did not realise quite what a difference there had been in my personality.  Now that has all changed again and compared to how I had become the difference is immense.  I fact I am more or less back to my grumpy old self again <grin>.  I do know that just being able to get an erection is not the be all and end all and while my erection is not quite as it was it has gone a long way to making me feel so much better about myself in general.  I do still have annual PSA checks for the Prostate Cancer.  That can be a bit worrying, but fingers crossed my PSA will stay undetectable and it’s onwards and upwards (so to speak).

I am still inflating to the max daily and can feel differences, admittedly they are very now very small but they are differences in both girth and length. The blood-flow to the head and outer shaft of my penis has returned, increasing my aroused size and making any slight floppy head a thing of the past. 

One other small bonus - I went swimming yesterday and in the showers mine looked pretty much like everyone else’s (apart from mine not reacting to the cold water of the pool).  I just knew there had to be more than one benefit to this implant!!!!

Cheers for now

Dave

Week 14 ish

What did I say about “getting techy”?  As you might have guessed I haven’t figured it out yet, hence no video but I will keep trying and as soon as I have mastered it you’ll be the first to see.

I am still pumping to the max every day to stretch the tissue and in turn allow the implant to inflate fully and it does seem to be working.  Erect there is a slight difference in length and girth but the main difference is in the flaccid size.  I am also surprised at the difference between the implanted flaccid and erect size generally.  I was always more of shower than a grower and even now nothing has changed.

Flaccid before surgery

Flaccid approx Week 8

Flaccid today Week 14

APOLOGIES FOR LARGE SIZE OF SOME OF THE PICTURES.  I AM SURE YOU REALLY DON'T WANT MY PENIS FILLING YOUR SCREEN.

 

I WILL GET THEM ALL TO A DECENT SIZE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

There does not seem to be any further movement of the implant, perhaps I was concerned for no reason.  However where I am inflating and deflating fully everyday there is some soreness.  My scrotum is tender, especially where it meets the shaft which is also tender as is the head although none of it is too bad and it disappears within an hour or so.

Somebody has told me about Bio-Oil (apparently ladies have known about it for years) anyway a few drops smoothed into the skin of my shaft and scrotum makes all the difference and it is definitely making inflating fully and stretching much easier.

Week 13 - Update

Well the visit to the hospital on the 24th October went ok. 

After plenty of squeezing, bending and pulling the doctors didn’t seem overly concerned (very strange laying there in all your glory with two doctors squeezing and discussing my willy).

 

Anyway, there does not seem to be too much to worry about at the moment, although one tip from the implant does seem to be a bit close to the surface – the one I was worried about.  I have been told to keep an eye out for any redness on the surface which could mean that I am getting erosion.  Other than that continue inflating to stretch the tissue which I am doing and I will see them again in three months

No pain or discomfort at all now and after the way the doctors pulled it around I am not quite so scared of it (fancy being scared of your own penis).  I think the key now is to get the implant embedded into the head properly and the only way I can see to do that is to manipulate the implant a bit as I inflate.

I am going to try and get a bit techy and do a short video of the inflation/deflation process.  Could be ok or a complete disaster – Watch this space.

Cheers for now

Dave