When can I use a pump?

[floppsy]

Hi,
I had a laparoscopic prostatectomy 3 weeks ago and I am considering buying a pump to maintain penis health. I see my surgeon again in 3 weeks time but I would like to know if it is okay to start using a pump now. Am I in danger of causing any damage so soon after the op?

[Cajun Jeff]

If I remember right my Dr talked about it at my 6wk checkup and I did not get the pump for about a month..Thats about 10 wks. Talk to your Dr to make sure.

Cajun Jeff

[regain-is-the-aim]

Flop:

I agree with Jeff. I think you might wait a bit and talk with the doc first. You do want to pump and there is time and it should help. But everything down there needs to heal and expanding him with a pump right now may not be the best course of action.

However, if your sex drive has returned- go for it. It is good for him and you and begins the process. Don't worry if you don't get hard. I didn't and the climax was amazing and it began the journey of rehab and finding my new normal.

Also, as you start to pump consider getting a "Prelude". It is described in the Pumping Treatments Section. That was my first pump and it is wonderful!! It is a great way to begin and is easy to use. Comes in 2 sizes determined by your girth not length. I used it first as it is a soft enlargement and a "gentle" way to begin the process of returning blood to the shaft. They are not expensive. Even after I got my first vac pump I continued to use it for another year as it was a different sensation and gave my shaft another feeling while filling the guy up and out.

Good luck and push your doc on a Penile Rehab plan. They can be fun. . . .

Regards,

Dick

[floppsy]

Thank you Jeff and Dick,

Good advice and I shall certainly discuss this with my surgeon when I see him in 3 weeks time. Dick, thanks for the advice on a VED, I shall look into the model you suggest.

Thanks Guys,

Neil.