Pumping question-Somebody help please!

[mmartinez]

Hi
I can pump and deflate and is getting easy with every cycle.
I have read that if one does not deflated completely, there could be loss in erection length.
How does one knows when you are completely deflated. It is not the same as before the implant.
Does this still holds true with the new materials now employed in the implants?
Thank you
Mario

[Anonymous 3]

You need to deflate as much as possible, at least in the early stages, to make sure that there is enough room in the reservoir after encapsulation of the reservoir is complete for almost all of the saline. The fibrous material can compress the reservoir if it is not full. It is a bit of a balancing act between keeping the cylinders as large as possible and keeping the reservoir as large as possible. Less room in the reservoir means less fluid for pumping and a continually stiffer penis than what you might like. So cycling is important.

I have the LGX. I can tell when I have fully deflated when the buzzing, vibrating feeling while pressing the deflate button stops. I then press the button again while squeezing the sides of the penis and pressing the penis down towards my groin. The buzzing feeling starts again and stops when I have got as much fluid as possible out of the cylinders. I figure that is all that I can deflate. The cylinders feel soft in my penis and it is a lot smaller girth wise and shorter than when inflated. Hope that helps.

[mmartinez]

You need to deflate as much as possible, at least in the early stages, to make sure that there is enough room in the reservoir after encapsulation of the reservoir is complete for almost all of the saline. The fibrous material can compress the reservoir if it is not full. It is a bit of a balancing act between keeping the cylinders as large as possible and keeping the reservoir as large as possible. Less room in the reservoir means less fluid for pumping and a continually stiffer penis than what you might like. So cycling is important.

I have the LGX. I can tell when I have fully deflated when the buzzing, vibrating feeling while pressing the deflate button stops. I then press the button again while squeezing the sides of the penis and pressing the penis down towards my groin. The buzzing feeling starts again and stops when I have got as much fluid as possible out of the cylinders. I figure that is all that I can deflate. The cylinders feel soft in my penis and it is a lot smaller girth wise and shorter than when inflated. Hope that helps.

Thank you for your reply
I am close to 3 months from surgery and even though, I can find the button without any problem, hitting the button in the precise point to start buzzing takes me a few minutes, by the time it starts buzzing, I am already some what sore. When is done buzzing and I have squueze it as much as I can, going for the second buzz is somewhat pain full. But yesterday
,for the first time, I was able to use my right hand to deflate, with practice, hopefully this will allow me to buzz twice.

What do you mean by "early stages"? 3 months, 6 months. am I over the early stages?
Thank you for your comments
Mario

[Anonymous 3]

Everyone is different or course, but at nearly 7 months post surgery, I consider that I am past the early stages. I still inflate about 4 or 5 times a week to keep the valve mechanism working freely, to maybe gain a bit more length although I think I've got what I'm going to get and am okay with it. And, of course, it gets inflated for use as it was intended lol. I have no problems fully deflating or inflating the device so I consider that my implant is fully encapsulated by now and most of the danger of infection has passed.

At not quite 12 weeks, personally I would keep on inflating regularly. I know the problem of soreness from having to mess with the deflate button, but it will get a whole lot easier to operate with practice and the soreness will disappear when you have to spend less time playing around. I can now fully deflate in less than a minute, probably less than 30 seconds. At 7 months, the implant seems like just part of my body. Most of the time I don't even think about it or feel it anymore. For example, as I am writing this and thinking about implants, without actually touching it, I cannot feel it in my body at all. It is amazing really, that the body adapts so well.

I guess the message is to be patient, keep working at cycling and have faith that it will get better. It is a pretty invasive procedure in a very sensitive area and while some have amazingly fast recoveries, I think for most of us it takes a while. The end result is well worth it!

[mmartinez]

Everyone is different or course, but at nearly 7 months post surgery, I consider that I am past the early stages. I still inflate about 4 or 5 times a week to keep the valve mechanism working freely, to maybe gain a bit more length although I think I've got what I'm going to get and am okay with it. And, of course, it gets inflated for use as it was intended lol. I have no problems fully deflating or inflating the device so I consider that my implant is fully encapsulated by now and most of the danger of infection has passed.

At not quite 12 weeks, personally I would keep on inflating regularly. I know the problem of soreness from having to mess with the deflate button, but it will get a whole lot easier to operate with practice and the soreness will disappear when you have to spend less time playing around. I can now fully deflate in less than a minute, probably less than 30 seconds. At 7 months, the implant seems like just part of my body. Most of the time I don't even think about it or feel it anymore. For example, as I am writing this and thinking about implants, without actually touching it, I cannot feel it in my body at all. It is amazing really, that the body adapts so well.

I guess the message is to be patient, keep working at cycling and have faith that it will get better. It is a pretty invasive procedure in a very sensitive area and while some have amazingly fast recoveries, I think for most of us it takes a while. The end result is well worth it!

Thanks for the reply, it does get bit better everyday,
Thank you