Failure at first time cycling

[frank66665]

I'm trying to think back to my 6 week after surgery and I believe that I still had a swollen scrotum also. I went to the urology clinic and had device training at the 6 week mark. The urology assistant not my doctor, deflated the implant and I had to inflate it, but it hurt like heck and I could only manage a few pumps to get it back to the level that the doc had inflated it to, after installing the implant. Then I had to deflate it, pressing the button on the AMS700 lgx and try to squeeze the fluid out of the implant. All of this was painful. Especially trying to grasp the pump bulb and pump it up, the ridges on the AMS pump hurt like heck. Pushing the deflate button on the AMS pump was very painful. Eventually the surgical capsule forms and there is no more pain pumping the bulb, or pushing the deflate button.
Also during this time the doctor was having me pull the pump bulb down in the scrotum so that it would not migrate to the top of the scrotum and get stuck there.
It took a good while before I could really grasp the pump bulb and pull it down, with my scrotum still swollen.

For me it started getting better around week 8.

I don't remember if I could grasp the top block of the pump at week 6, but that is where I grasp it with my left hand, I use my index finger and my thumb to pull it down in place to pump. I use my right index finger knuckle and the lower part of my thumb to pump the bulb because this uses your forearm muscle rather than just your fingers. Yes, it sort of sounds like a pop when you do the first pump but it can be a faint, and then continue pumping. If the implant is not inflating, try pushing the deflate button again.

Boston Scientific has patient champions that you can call and they will help you with any questions. Just go on the web site and contact the patient coordinator.

It gets better every week, keep trying.

"Eventually the surgical capsule forms and there is no more pain pumping the bulb or pressing the deflation button"
SWorks17 excuse my ignorance what are these capsules? I've only heard of the tank capsule and not the pump, can you clarify please

[ThailandBound]

Frank,

The surgical capsule is your body’s defense against any foreign object. Everything that might be inserted into a human body will form a surgical capsule. Breast implants, knee replacements, and penile implants all create surgical capsules.

I’m attaching a link to Dr. Clavells video on the subject. He explains it very nicely.

https://youtu.be/vTV7Dazv6gI

[frank66665]

Frank,

The surgical capsule is your body’s defense against any foreign object. Everything that might be inserted into a human body will form a surgical capsule. Breast implants, knee replacements, and penile implants all create surgical capsules.

I’m attaching a link to Dr. Clavells video on the subject. He explains it very nicely.

https://youtu.be/vTV7Dazv6gI

thank you ThailandBound unfortunately I don't understand English

[ThailandBound]

Frank,

The surgical capsule is your body’s defense against any foreign object. Everything that might be inserted into a human body will form a surgical capsule. Breast implants, knee replacements, and penile implants all create surgical capsules.

I’m attaching a link to Dr. Clavells video on the subject. He explains it very nicely.

https://youtu.be/vTV7Dazv6gI

thank you ThailandBound unfortunately I don't understand English

La capsula chirurgica è la difesa del tuo corpo contro qualsiasi oggetto estraneo. Tutto ciò che potrebbe essere inserito in un corpo umano formerà una capsula chirurgica. Le protesi mammarie, le protesi del ginocchio e le protesi del pene creano tutte capsule chirurgiche. Queste capsule si induriscono attorno al dispositivo impiantato. Se si indurisce attorno al tuo dispositivo impiantato mentre è sgonfio, ti impedirà di gonfiarlo alla sua capacità massima. Ovviamente non lo vuoi con un impianto del pene. Quindi, la soluzione è il "ciclo" che impedisce la formulazione della capsula. Dopo circa 3-4 mesi di ciclismo, la capsula sarà stata stabilita attorno alle parti allungate, estese e più larghe del tuo pene completamente gonfiato. Dopodiché, la capsula chirurgica non è più un problema. È finito. …..Avevo una ragazza che aveva protesi mammarie. Il suo medico voleva che li spremesse frequentemente per evitare la capsula chirurgica. Sono stato felice di aiutare!

[Livingstonguy]

Just tried again while sitting in the hot tub. Still nothing. I'm getting frustrated.

I've watched the Youtube video, tried holding the deflate button in hopes of resetting it, squeezing the bulb hard to release the valve button. Nothing. I'll give it a couple of days then if no success, I'll go back to my surgeon

[sswinsfba]

I’m attaching a link to Dr. Clavells video on the subject. He explains it very nicely.

https://youtu.be/vTV7Dazv6gI

I agree. It's a very informative video but, like Perito in his exercise videos, Clavell bends the implant to 90 degrees in each direction to demo the exercise.

A fully inflated implant can NOT be bent to that extreme unless you want to injure yourself. I can get a slight bend in each direction w/mine but there's no way I could (or would even try) bend it to 90 degrees.

LOL!

[Bwtbbb]

I’m attaching a link to Dr. Clavells video on the subject. He explains it very nicely.

https://youtu.be/vTV7Dazv6gI

I agree. It's a very informative video but, like Perito in his exercise videos, Clavell bends the implant to 90 degrees in each direction to demo the exercise.

A fully inflated implant can NOT be bent to that extreme unless you want to injure yourself. I can get a slight bend in each direction w/mine but there's no way I could (or would even try) bend it to 90 degrees.

LOL!

More misinformation. Some can do it, especially those with several centimetres of RTEs.

[Jage64]

sswinsba means well, but many of his statements are final, and they're just not true. I don't think he means to be misleading, he just doesn't know what he doesn't know, and what he thinks he knows is sometimes just plain wrong.

[sswinsfba]

I’m attaching a link to Dr. Clavells video on the subject. He explains it very nicely.

https://youtu.be/vTV7Dazv6gI

I agree. It's a very informative video but, like Perito in his exercise videos, Clavell bends the implant to 90 degrees in each direction to demo the exercise.

A fully inflated implant can NOT be bent to that extreme unless you want to injure yourself. I can get a slight bend in each direction w/mine but there's no way I could (or would even try) bend it to 90 degrees.

LOL!

More misinformation. Some can do it, especially those with several centimetres of RTEs.

Ok, I'm willing to be proven wrong. I said that I couldn't do it but . . .

Please post a video of your (or anyone else's) FULLY inflated implant bent to 90 degrees at the CENTER of the shaft in EVERY direction.

Standing by to see it.

BTW, if you can't PROVE it w/a real video, I'm just going to block seeing any further antagonist posts of yours in response to mine. Out of sight, out of mind.

PS: You're free to do the same to me. In fact, I'd prefer it.

[Bwtbbb]

I agree. It's a very informative video but, like Perito in his exercise videos, Clavell bends the implant to 90 degrees in each direction to demo the exercise.

A fully inflated implant can NOT be bent to that extreme unless you want to injure yourself. I can get a slight bend in each direction w/mine but there's no way I could (or would even try) bend it to 90 degrees.

LOL!

More misinformation. Some can do it, especially those with several centimetres of RTEs.

Ok, I'm willing to be proven wrong. I said that I couldn't do it but . . .

Please post a video of your (or anyone else's) FULLY inflated implant bent to 90 degrees at the CENTER of the shaft in EVERY direction.

Standing by to see it.

BTW, if you can't PROVE it w/a real video, I'm just going to block seeing any further antagonist posts of yours in response to mine. Out of sight, out of mind.

PS: You're free to do the same to me. In fact, I'd prefer it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGBMccEQERw