8 month update post implant

[Matthew]

So in the last few weeks it seems I can pump a little more and I have reconnected with a little more pain from it. I figured I had topped out for size but I am wondering. I get about 25 or so pumps and then after 30 minutes the pain comes again. The pain at full pump had lessened for a couple months so I thought I was done stretching but now it is back. Has anyone else experienced this? I do have the AMS 700 unit. I am a little scared to pump to hard. I mean I do not want to bust pump bulb.

[Daverx]

Yes, I had a similar experience at 8 months with my Titan, able to pump more but with a little added discomfort. I figured that this must be a good thing.

[antelope]

My guess is that the pump mechanism is designed and built to handle any amount of pressure you can put on the bulb. Ask your doc to be sure.

Greg

[rlm1818]

So in the last few weeks it seems I can pump a little more and I have reconnected with a little more pain from it. I figured I had topped out for size but I am wondering. I get about 25 or so pumps and then after 30 minutes the pain comes again. The pain at full pump had lessened for a couple months so I thought I was done stretching but now it is back. Has anyone else experienced this? I do have the AMS 700 unit. I am a little scared to pump to hard. I mean I do not want to bust pump bulb.

I've never heard of anyone busting a pump bulb. Nor have I read of any doctor warning about it. Nor do any of the manufacturers warn about it. I can't imagine you could bust it unless it was defective to begin with.

Even at one year plus, I can generate a slight bit of discomfort by pumping to the max (as hard as I possibly can), and then waiting a few minutes and maxing it again, and maybe a third time. At this point I don't pump to the max daily any more, which I did for about the first year in order to make sure scar tissue didn't inhibit operation. (I also deflated to the max daily too, for the same reason). I also find that if I go for a while (week or 10 days) without pushing it to the max, I will have more discomfort from pumping to the max, but after a day or two of therapy (ie pumping to the max) its better again.

FYI I did read about a guy who, at about 9 months post op, was pumping to the max, felt a painful pop, and after a day or two found the pain was gone but his girth had expanded noticeably. He surmised that some scar tissue gave way. That's something I hoped might happen to me, since my girth isn't that great (4 5/8 to 4 3/4), but it hasn't.

I guess I should add, I don't pump to the max for sex, since my partners have never liked it that hard.