Gentlemen:
I am now 10 days post op and everything seems to be going smooth. My concern is about the pump:
Should it be pretty much 'free floating in the scrotum?
The skin of the scrotum has pretty much thinned out other than that adjacent to the pump. The pump doesn't move about freely and it stings when I pull down on it.
What should I be expecting at this point in time?
Could what I am experiencing now be adhesions? The right testicle is free moving and is now located behind the pump.
Open to ALL input! My next appt @ 2 weeks is mid Dec.
Thanks
Larry
10 days post surgery - pump question
10 days post surgery - pump question
Elevated PSA July 2009, Biopsy (postive) August 2009
Robotic surgery Sept 2009, Gleason 8-6, ED
VED, Cialis, Bi-mix unsuccessful
LGX Implant 11/22/11
Activation January 4, 2012
Robotic surgery Sept 2009, Gleason 8-6, ED
VED, Cialis, Bi-mix unsuccessful
LGX Implant 11/22/11
Activation January 4, 2012
Re: 10 days post surgery - pump question
I don't know how much free floating it should be but mine is movable, easily, but I don't think I can sugnificantly change it's location. I understand that the pump should become more or less anchored at somepoint and I think mine has done that. All this healing and things finding themselves a spot to stay in takes time.
age 74 married, Robotic RP Dec.2009. Implanted Jan 2011 with AMS 700LGX and AMS 800 AUS. (AMS 1500). IPP failed March 2018 , leak. Planning an AUS revision (total replacement) in 2018, now I need the IPP too.
Re: 10 days post surgery - pump question
I am now 16 days post op. The pump has pretty much stayed in the same place. Behind the testicles and about an inch from the top of the scrotum. I asked the surgeon if i should pull down on the pump and he said no that it is where it should be. I would think it is somewhat limited by how much it can move because of the tubes that are attached to it. It is a little sore when I hold it by the top when i pump it. At first I thought it was going to be difficult to use, but since I was at the doctors 3 days ago i have pumped it up several times and it has gotten a lot easier.Good luck on your new equipment.
Ricky
Ricky
72 years young. RALP on 10/2009. Some ED before surgery. Complete ED after. Pills and injections don't work. Pump works, but hate it. Diagnosed with venous leak. Don't like giving up things of my youth so going for implant.
Re: 10 days post surgery - pump question
I had a lot of the sticking you describe. My pump was completely surrounded by tissue, I had quite a time pulling it free, literally. The stinging is the pump being seperated from the tissue. Mine still hangs near one testicle, but the area around in with that exception is pretty open, I can feel the pump on all sides except one.
You don't want normal motions to be painful, and you want to be able to access the pump. I kept pulling at mine until I achieved those results, with my doctor's blessing.
Dave
You don't want normal motions to be painful, and you want to be able to access the pump. I kept pulling at mine until I achieved those results, with my doctor's blessing.
Dave
Charter member of the Brotherhood of Bionic Boners.
69 YO with a venous leak since puberty, made worse by meds & diabetes. Tried pills, a VED, and injections before my AMS 700LGX was implanted 3-17-2011. A life changing event!
69 YO with a venous leak since puberty, made worse by meds & diabetes. Tried pills, a VED, and injections before my AMS 700LGX was implanted 3-17-2011. A life changing event!
Re: 10 days post surgery - pump question
After surgery you need to pull the pump down or it will ride up into the scrotum and scar tissue will make it difficult to access Right now, like me, I'm still pulling it down...so basically it will sit itself in the base of the scrotum. For now it does move but if you are pulling it the pump should be easy to find always if you approach the scrotum from the bottom. It aggravates me that it is still floating around a bit, not the pump but the deflation device, which is attached directly above the pump. MAfter time I am told tissue will encase all the parts and it will all feel pretty natural.
bionicguy3040
Re: 10 days post surgery - pump question
I'm going to call Vanderbilt and speak with my doctor's staff about the pump incapsulation. It now seems to be fully encased in a fluid fill sack. It is located on the right side and in front of my right testicle. Both 'boys' are free floating and only the pump is an issue. I just hope things will work out on their own, but what ever it takes -- it takes.
larry
larry
Elevated PSA July 2009, Biopsy (postive) August 2009
Robotic surgery Sept 2009, Gleason 8-6, ED
VED, Cialis, Bi-mix unsuccessful
LGX Implant 11/22/11
Activation January 4, 2012
Robotic surgery Sept 2009, Gleason 8-6, ED
VED, Cialis, Bi-mix unsuccessful
LGX Implant 11/22/11
Activation January 4, 2012
Re: 10 days post surgery - pump question
Thanks for checking...and let us know. There is so much information we are not told both pre-op and post-op that I'd like to get their opinion....thanks!
bionicguy3040
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