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Dumb question but what exactly does activation mean?

If you are referring to an implant it is when you go back for first appointment with the surgeon after surgery and they deflate and teach you how to inflate and deflate. Then you are instructed to cycle every day and can resume normal sexual activity.

My activation is in exactly 2 weeks today and I am dreading it.

Any advice, is it really painful?

I ask cos although i am generally healed, I still as of today that is, get a dull ache in my shaft, especially when I have been wearing pants for too long.

After my surgery, it appears that I was left inflated at about 55% so I have been walking around since my surgery with half a boner and it aches when constricted by suit pants

rick61 wrote:If you are referring to an implant it is when you go back for first appointment with the surgeon after surgery and they deflate and teach you how to inflate and deflate. Then you are instructed to cycle every day and can resume normal sexual activity.

Am i the only person that didn't know that after the surgery they deliberately leave you are partially inflated?

The activation is not painful but the cycling every day isn't easy. The pump will be stiff and hard to pump and you will still be sore during healing process. It is like insult to injury. Hang in there. It is tough at first but it does get better. I am 3 months since surgery and just now beginning to cycle a lot easier and with a lot less pain.

nehedia wrote:

rick61 wrote:If you are referring to an implant it is when you go back for first appointment with the surgeon after surgery and they deflate and teach you how to inflate and deflate. Then you are instructed to cycle every day and can resume normal sexual activity.

Am i the only person that didn't know that after the surgery they deliberately leave you are partially inflated?

I think Dr. Kramer sets your implant at around 20% inflated when you leave...that was my understanding anyway...

ccrider wrote:

nehedia wrote:

rick61 wrote:If you are referring to an implant it is when you go back for first appointment with the surgeon after surgery and they deflate and teach you how to inflate and deflate. Then you are instructed to cycle every day and can resume normal sexual activity.

Am i the only person that didn't know that after the surgery they deliberately leave you are partially inflated?

I think Dr. Kramer sets your implant at around 20% inflated when you leave...that was my understanding anyway...

Lol, if what I am currently walking around with is only 20% inflated, then my wife is in trouble

I was left with a maddening stiffie and my activation was painless. Don't dread it.
Donnie

nehedia wrote:

rick61 wrote:If you are referring to an implant it is when you go back for first appointment with the surgeon after surgery and they deflate and teach you how to inflate and deflate. Then you are instructed to cycle every day and can resume normal sexual activity.

Am i the only person that didn't know that after the surgery they deliberately leave you are partially inflated?

Possibly. Maybe probably.

I am sorry that the above comment is insensitive, but it is what it is. And there is more.

Some people study up before having radical surgery and some people trust blindly and jump in head first. I opine that few people in either group understand why the others take life decisions the way they do. I am in the former group and have spent months (after deciding to have an implant) researching to educate myself to facilitate an optimal outcome.

Christopher Columbus did not sail blindly west in 1492. He studied old maps, vast reports of sailors reporting experiences far out at sea and EXTENSIVELY studied the Trade Winds patterns before he sailed off to the "edge of the world". He was a preparer. Contrast with the stories of St Brendan's voyage to the Americas. He was a "Leap of Faith"er.

To answer the question of why, do a search on the phrase "coffin effect". It explains that a scar tissue capsule begins to form around the implant. The larger that capsule is, the less pain there is when you inflate. So, more residual inflation, the larger that capsule is when you are able to start pumping. Then, you stretch and break up the scar tissue to attain full erections. One does much the same thing after rotator cuff surgery and similar surgeries.

What to do to prepare? Take a pain pill (Acetaminophen or the like) an hour before your activation and prepare mentally to accept that the "no pain, no gain" mantra applies to more than just weight lifting.

Best wishes.

nehedia wrote:My activation is in exactly 2 weeks today and I am dreading it.

Any advice, is it really painful?

I ask cos although i am generally healed, I still as of today that is, get a dull ache in my shaft, especially when I have been wearing pants for too long.

After my surgery, it appears that I was left inflated at about 55% so I have been walking around since my surgery with half a boner and it aches when constricted by suit pants

I know the feeling fully lol, never in my ED experience did i ever think i would look forward to NOT having an erection