noob cycling question for Titan Touch pump - defalting

[Old Guy]

My doctor told me not to touch it until I was in his office for a follow up 6 weeks later. I bet you are pretty tender after 11 days?

interesting how different surgeons have such different protocols. For me it was home from the hospital at about 70-80% inflated for the first week, then started cycling, a minim of twice a day, until the upcoming (last?) post-op appt 3 weeks after. Yeah, still pretty sore, but I'm down to one 1/2 codeine per day, so that's progress,

This forum is great! Thanks for the feedback on 'One Touch' being marketing hype and the deflation minimum.

The "One Touch" is kind of correct, just one long touch as you deflate! LOL
Since I was so damn sore I got left inflated until my 5 1/2 week follow up, and that still hurt like hell. At that point doc told me to go "use it". Never knew about cycling until I found FT at 5 months post.

[BP1024]

I have actually been wondering if I'm doing something wrong. I hold the Titan buttons the entire time I'm deflating and I pretty much squeeze it as hard as I can. it is like two bars one on either side of the tubes --- I cannot understand how this opens a pathway how does valve works confuses me, I then squeeze my penis as hard as I can. I am not that big but it takes a lot for it to empty and I have to squeeze pretty hard. it seems like I can only get it deflated to a certain point and then if I wait about a half hour I can get some more out of it and then sometimes even a little more out of it another half hour later. worried I am doing something incorrectly it just seems like if it would deflate it would deflate all the way don't know whether it takes time to travel to the reservoir or I'm doing something wrong maybe I'm squeezing the button too hard? any suggestions appreciate it

[Rider1400]

First sever months it was difficult to get a full deflate. As tubes break in and get softer it’s much easier to get as deflated as I want. Usually stop before totally flat as it feels and looks very flat. So either pump a few times or not totally deflate to maintain a natural feeling and appearance. Gets much easier by 5-6 months.

[willing]

I got left inflated until my 5 1/2 week follow up, and that still hurt like hell. At that point doc told me to go "use it". Never knew about cycling until I found FT at 5 months post.

5 1/2 weeks - wow! I was very grateful to have it go down a week post-op. It was sore and I kept banging into furniture.

[willing]

I have actually been wondering if I'm doing something wrong. I hold the Titan buttons the entire time I'm deflating and I pretty much squeeze it as hard as I can. it is like two bars one on either side of the tubes --- I cannot understand how this opens a pathway how does valve works confuses me, I then squeeze my penis as hard as I can. I am not that big but it takes a lot for it to empty and I have to squeeze pretty hard. it seems like I can only get it deflated to a certain point and then if I wait about a half hour I can get some more out of it and then sometimes even a little more out of it another half hour later. worried I am doing something incorrectly it just seems like if it would deflate it would deflate all the way don't know whether it takes time to travel to the reservoir or I'm doing something wrong maybe I'm squeezing the button too hard? any suggestions appreciate it

asked my surgeon about this at the 3-week post-op a couple of days ago. My understanding from him (hopefully someone will correct me if wrong) is that after the button has been pressed for a couple of seconds the valve is set to transfer fluid from cylinders to reservoir and stays in that mode until a pump press reverses the direction. So squeezing out saline, waiting a bit and squeezing some more, without touching the button, should get you more flaccid as expected. Just as when pumping you can get to a given stiffness, take a break, then pump some more.

[willing]

First sever months it was difficult to get a full deflate. As tubes break in and get softer it’s much easier to get as deflated as I want. Usually stop before totally flat as it feels and looks very flat. So either pump a few times or not totally deflate to maintain a natural feeling and appearance. Gets much easier by 5-6 months.

good information - thanks !

[Floridaspeedo]

I have actually been wondering if I'm doing something wrong. I hold the Titan buttons the entire time I'm deflating and I pretty much squeeze it as hard as I can. it is like two bars one on either side of the tubes --- I cannot understand how this opens a pathway how does valve works confuses me, I then squeeze my penis as hard as I can. I am not that big but it takes a lot for it to empty and I have to squeeze pretty hard. it seems like I can only get it deflated to a certain point and then if I wait about a half hour I can get some more out of it and then sometimes even a little more out of it another half hour later. worried I am doing something incorrectly it just seems like if it would deflate it would deflate all the way don't know whether it takes time to travel to the reservoir or I'm doing something wrong maybe I'm squeezing the button too hard? any suggestions appreciate it

It sounds like you have the original pump with the two buttons like I have.

I find that sometimes If I push both buttons I can't deflate I let them go for a second and then re-push them. That seems to work. I've been using my left hand to to push the buttons. I recently tried my right hand and it works substantially better.

Bottom line is it's practice in trying different positions as to what works for you.