Hello Jasonfarmer,

I am at 4 months post implant and I while you will find some variables between doctors, it will probably go something like this:

Following the procedure, you will wake up with have a catheter, partial erection, and everything bandaged up so that your penis is pointing straight up and secured to your abdomen. Mine was held up by bandages and a jockstrap that gave me and I was left at 50% erect. You will either stay in hospital till the catheter is removed or go home and come back the next day for removal. I was out of the hospital within a few hours of the procedure and went back for removal. Bandages stay on for a couple days.

They will instruct you to keep penis pointed up as much as possible for the next few weeks even while you sleep. You will point it down to pee and then secure it up with underwear or jockstrap. I had to do this for 4 weeks until my first followup appointment. You can sleep on your back or side, but keep things pointed up and secured.

At four weeks I was cleared to begin inflation, 5 minutes a day, then later twice a day. At 7 or 8 weeks I was cleared for "use" via a teleconference call. Regardless of use, daily inflation needs to occur over the next 6 months to stretch things out just like a natural penis. I am now at the 30 minutes inflation per day twice a day inflation cycle. This will go on until 6 months and then pretty much you are on your own.

Following implant you may seem a bit shorter than you expected. With regular inflation and stretching the tissues will expand and you will gain additional length (1/2" to 3/4") over the next 6 months. I am seeing this now so all good in that department.

I will be honest, the first week was a bit rough. I never needed pain meds, but I was uncomfortable much of the time with all the penile securing , soreness, and such. The second week was better.

Lastly, these things take some getting used to as they do not retract like a natural penis. The inflation adds mostly girth and rigidity with a bit of length. You are always a show'r now and I found I needed to go to one size over jockey style underwear to allow some room. Also to help with some sensitivity in the first few weeks, baby socks work great over the glands to keep it protected. There are other forums that could be useful, "Franktalk" for example has quite an IPP discussion forum. In the end, they work as advertised and no one would know you have one.