Pumping Up

[Den5576]

OK guys, I need some of your wisdom and thoughts. I had my Coloplast OTR implant done on Feb. 13th. I was told not to have any form of sex or try to work the pump until I went back to the doctor on March 28th, six weeks post-op. I did listen to not trying to pump up as my sack was so large, however, I did jerk off a handful of times. A man can only go so long without release you know.

When I went to the doctors he told me I will have to wait another six weeks as there was still too much "thickness" in my sack for him to show me how to operate the implant. I have tried to not fool around with the pump but it is getting extreamly hard to not want Homer to become hard. He is inflated to about 20% I would say as the doctor did deflat him some at the appointment.

I am back to jerking off regularly as normal but of course no sex with my wife yet. I have felt and played with the implant in my sack quite a bit now. I can feel the pump and I think the release valve. And I have tried to pump the bulb just a little to see what would happen but I have come across a problem. The bulb of the pump is extreamly hard. I have squeezed it as hard as I can with one hand and I even applied both hands and still I cannot get it to colapse at all to push fluid into the cylinders.

Now I know the doctor pumped Homer up after the surgery as he always does that to check things out before completing the surgery. Also, Homer was pumped up part way the first six weeks and then the doctor deflated Homer a little as I said at the last visit. But I cannot understand why I cannot at least get the bulb to colapse a little. I can get no movement at all in the pump bulb. I have pushed as hard as I can without any movement at all.

Has anyone else here ever come across this problem? Is there some trick to getting it to work the first time?


Den

[rlm1818]

Hi Den

I had my Titan OTR installed Feb 22, and have just started pumping daily since last week. I find the first squeeze is harder than the subsequent ones, and sometimes I have to squeeze that first one pretty hard. But, one handed is adequate for me. The only time I try two hands is when I'm trying to max it out. Sometimes I can get a little more at the end with two hands.

Not sure if this is much help. I also am finding it easier than at first. Maybe things are broken in a little, though more likely I'm just learning how to do it better. Also, make sure you know how to grab and squeeze the release valve before you try pumping. The first time I pumped it, it was sore right away and I wanted to hit the release right away. It's better now.

[JROSE999]

Hi,
I can't imagine why your doctor is not having you pull your pump down at least twice a day to break up the scar tissue and make it so it sits at the bottom of the sack. If you don't pull it down and break up that tissue it will just become encapsulated in all of that scar tissue and be impossible to use. It hurts like crap at first but you HAVE to do it and suffer through. You will also feel scar tissue around the release valve and at the bottom of the pump and the sack. I took hot baths and using my thumb and index finger kneaded the scar tissue until it finally dissipated.
Ask your doctor how you're supposed to free up your pump from the scar tissue if you can't pull it down to break it up.

[danny1553]

I've heard many times about how hart is to pump. I can bend a beer cap with my left hand (not with the right though). I hope this is enough force for using the pump. Otherwise I would be concerned of getting a device into my scrotum that can be squashed only with the help of pliers

[rlm1818]

I know that some surgeons recommend "pulling down" on the pump during recovery. It seems to me this is more prevalent when the incision is pubic as opposed to scrotal. My instructions were the opposite, and I had a scrotal incision. My instructions amounted to, "don't do anything to move the pump during the healing process while scar tissue secures the pump in place". My surgeon is very precise and specific in placing the pump during surgery, and leaves it where he intends it to stay.

As far as scar tissue encapsulating the pump and making it "impossible to use", that certainly was NOT my experience, and I didn't do anything to prevent it. It works very nicely, one handed. As far as making sit "at the bottom of the sack", I don't think this is necessary. During pre-surgery consult my surgeon discussed options for pump placement, and indicated that he could place it more discreetly, though it would be a little harder to use, if it was higher and to the back. That's what he did. The pump is entirely behind my testicles, and the bottom of it is quite a bit higher than the bottoms of my testicles. It took a slight bit of practice, but learning to access it to inflate/deflate has not been a problem at all. Its also very discreet.

I'm just a patient, and not a medical professional. But, it seems to me there are quite a few variations in the details of how these IPP's get installed, and that in most cases they all work one way or the other, with various advantages and disadvantages in the variations.