AMS Pump Malfunction
Re: AMS Pump Malfunction
I'm having an implant on June 10, 2013. I wanted the AMS 700LGX but my surgeon said they are troublesome as they cause right angle bending of the penis. I asked AMS but they would not answer me on this. I decided to go with the Titan per my Doctors suggestion. He is the top Dr. in the USA for this surgery except for Dr. Ead. His father invented all these implants, so I think i'll trust him. Can anyone give me advice on preparation & what to expect after surgery. Do most people go home the same day? What kind of pain can be expected? Thanks
Re: AMS Pump Malfunction
angelbob wrote:I'm having an implant on June 10, 2013. I wanted the AMS 700LGX but my surgeon said they are troublesome as they cause right angle bending of the penis. I asked AMS but they would not answer me on this. I decided to go with the Titan per my Doctors suggestion. He is the top Dr. in the USA for this surgery except for Dr. Ead. His father invented all these implants, so I think i'll trust him. Can anyone give me advice on preparation & what to expect after surgery. Do most people go home the same day? What kind of pain can be expected? Thanks
Most people stay overnight one night and go home the next morning but some go home the day of the surgery. I think everyone has a catheter for the first night whether they go home the same day or not. Some people prepare by using a vacuum pump to get the penis as large as possible before the surgery and think this is important and others do not do that. I did not. Your doc will give you some instructions on cleasing the groin area before the surgery, probably with a special solution. That part is straightforward. Not much else is needed in preparation other than to try to relax. The pain afterward varies a lot depending on the skill of your surgeon and how your body reacts to the surgery. Read some of the other posts here for details, especially those with "journey" in the topic subject. Some of the guys are ready for sex after two weeks and others not until 10 weeks. Most are probably ready at 4 to 7 weeks. Getting fully healed up though usually takes a few months but in the end most people find the process was worth whatever it took.
Best wishes for your surgery. The probability is very high that after a few weeks you will be thoroughly enjoying having a bionic dick that performs 100% of the time on command.
Implant surgery by Dr. John Greisman 10/31/2012 - Installed AMS CX700
Re: AMS Pump Malfunction
Bionic_by_AMS wrote:Dave,
Next time try this ... prior to pumping, hit the deflate button and squeeze the shaft at the same time. Now squeeze the pump ball and you should feel the slight "pop" where the check-valve engages. The reason it seems easier to pump is that the cylinders are stretching ... think of it as a long kids balloon, where stretching the balloon a few times makes it easier to blow up. I think the same applies to your 15 min. period (losing stiffness) it may just be your penis stretching?
Bionic, I tried the process you suggest on five different days. I never got the “big squish” or "pop" that you thought might happen when pumping after having squeezed the penis. I have gotten that in the past but it does not seem to be happening recently as I have not had it happen in the last month. But as far as I can see that does not affect my results. Three of the five times I lost a little stiffness after a few minutes. I might have retained enough stiffness for sex though. But when that happened I pumped an additional two to four squeezes, and then retained full stiffness for at least the next 20 to 30 minutes so the slight loss was not a problem. So my conclusion was that squeezing the penis and pressing the deflate did not make any improvement in results and might have caused a slight deterioration in stiffness. Regardless the slight deterioration was easily reversed by a couple of extra squeezes of the pump.
I am still learning about what might or might not affect pumping results so I do appreciate your suggestion. For the last month my pumping has been 100% of the time adequate for sex so I am hoping the previous problems have gone away. My doc told me at week 3 post-op that my pump seemed to be stiff when he pumped me and might need to get broken in with time. Maybe that happened.
Implant surgery by Dr. John Greisman 10/31/2012 - Installed AMS CX700
My first AMS malfunction
This is a triffle compared to what other guys have described.
I went for my nocturnal pump up and the bulb squished and didn't expand.
I Pressed the deflate button while squeezing the penis balloons and the pump bulb expanded.
This failure & fix was repeated twice.
Then I gave it a "QUICK AND FIRM" first squeeze and that set it right as rain again.
Incidentally I've been curled on the couch for 3 days with my post-tonsil surgery, so I am out of it and weaker than normal. The tonsils were a lot worse than my implant.
I went for my nocturnal pump up and the bulb squished and didn't expand.
I Pressed the deflate button while squeezing the penis balloons and the pump bulb expanded.
This failure & fix was repeated twice.
Then I gave it a "QUICK AND FIRM" first squeeze and that set it right as rain again.
Incidentally I've been curled on the couch for 3 days with my post-tonsil surgery, so I am out of it and weaker than normal. The tonsils were a lot worse than my implant.
AMS 700 LGX Feb 2013.
Re: AMS Pump Malfunction
I will post here the current status on my pump problem. I have the problem under control but my experience may be of use to someone else having the same problem.
6/5/13 – I have been doing a test pump every morning for at least the last month and I hadn’t had any problems with the bulb refilling since 5/5/13. But today I had that problem again. I went through the attempt to reset the pump where I squeeze the penis and press the reset button. The first three times I did that I still had the problem when I started pumping again. But the fourth time I did not have it and pumping seemed normal. Then on the sixth squeeze of that cycle I felt the “big squish”, which I have not felt during the last month's pumping. I think maybe that indicated the pump had become fully reset for some reason. I normally use 10 squeezes to get to full stiffness, so I then gave it 10 more squeezes from that point. That seemed to give me full stiffness. I then proceeded to take a shower and periodically check the stiffness. It was okay for a while but then by the time I finished the shower I noticed some loss of stiffness. So I gave it one more squeeze which brought it back to full stiffness. That lasted for 15 or 20 minutes until I decided to deflate. I have observed that in my morning pumping quite often, maybe 80% of the time, I have some loss of stiffness a few minutes after pumping. Then giving it one more squeeze brings it back to full stiffness which lasts for at least 15 or 20 minutes. I think maybe this is caused by some change of my body during showering causing area that holds the cylinders to expand so the cylinders need to expand more, as I don’t have that happen during nighttime pumping.
As long as I can get the bulb out of the collapsing problem with a few resets, and it only happens infrequently, I am willing to live with the situation since the real fix, replacing the pump, would require surgery.
6/5/13 – I have been doing a test pump every morning for at least the last month and I hadn’t had any problems with the bulb refilling since 5/5/13. But today I had that problem again. I went through the attempt to reset the pump where I squeeze the penis and press the reset button. The first three times I did that I still had the problem when I started pumping again. But the fourth time I did not have it and pumping seemed normal. Then on the sixth squeeze of that cycle I felt the “big squish”, which I have not felt during the last month's pumping. I think maybe that indicated the pump had become fully reset for some reason. I normally use 10 squeezes to get to full stiffness, so I then gave it 10 more squeezes from that point. That seemed to give me full stiffness. I then proceeded to take a shower and periodically check the stiffness. It was okay for a while but then by the time I finished the shower I noticed some loss of stiffness. So I gave it one more squeeze which brought it back to full stiffness. That lasted for 15 or 20 minutes until I decided to deflate. I have observed that in my morning pumping quite often, maybe 80% of the time, I have some loss of stiffness a few minutes after pumping. Then giving it one more squeeze brings it back to full stiffness which lasts for at least 15 or 20 minutes. I think maybe this is caused by some change of my body during showering causing area that holds the cylinders to expand so the cylinders need to expand more, as I don’t have that happen during nighttime pumping.
As long as I can get the bulb out of the collapsing problem with a few resets, and it only happens infrequently, I am willing to live with the situation since the real fix, replacing the pump, would require surgery.
Implant surgery by Dr. John Greisman 10/31/2012 - Installed AMS CX700
Re: AMS Pump Malfunction
8/27/2013
I had not had any problems with my AMS pump since 6/5/13 but on 8/25/13 I again had the same problems I have had intermittently since last February. I normally need 10 squeezes to get full stiffness for sex. On 8/25/13 I did 10 squeezes but when I checked the result for stiffness I found it was like a wet noodle and not adequate for sex. This was the first time I had done 10 pumps without getting full stiffness and without having the bulb collapse during pumping, so this was a new version of the problem. Then I deflated, squeezing the penis throughout the deflation and started a new pump-up sequence. But after only one squeeze the bulb did not refill. So I deflated again and restarted the pump-up again, but again the bulb did not refill after I squeezed it. I repeated the deflate, pump-up five times and each time the bulb remained collapsed after one or two squeezes. I tried harder squeezes and softer squeezes but neither fixed the problem. Then on the sixth pump-up, I felt a “big squish” on the first squeeze. This seemed to get the pump back into a good mode of operation. I had not felt a “big squish” since June, so it is normally not necessary for good pumping results with my pump. But this time it worked and 10 squeezes got me fully stiff. Then I went on to some foreplay and after awhile when I was ready for insertion I checked stiffness and found it was down a little but not too much. So I did two more squeezes which got me adequate stiffness for good sex. After finishing sex I checked stiffness again and found I had lost a little but not too much. I have been watching how long the stiffness lasts and almost always it lasts for a long time, at least an hour or two with no loss of stiffness. So since I lost a little stiffness fairly quickly, there was still something a little off with my pump. But at least it worked adequately for sex that night.
Since then I have pumped three more times in the last 2 days and have not had any problems with the pump. And stiffness lasted at least 30 minutes so that problem seems to have gone away, at least for now.
I am posting this because at least one other person has had a problem with the pump bulb collapsing so my results may be helpful to someone else. My present conclusion is that I have the problem very intermittently, since I did not have it for 2 ½ months, and I can get the problem to go away such that the result is ready for sex, although it takes a few minutes of restarting the pumping. I will live with the problem, as the real solution would require a surgery.
I had not had any problems with my AMS pump since 6/5/13 but on 8/25/13 I again had the same problems I have had intermittently since last February. I normally need 10 squeezes to get full stiffness for sex. On 8/25/13 I did 10 squeezes but when I checked the result for stiffness I found it was like a wet noodle and not adequate for sex. This was the first time I had done 10 pumps without getting full stiffness and without having the bulb collapse during pumping, so this was a new version of the problem. Then I deflated, squeezing the penis throughout the deflation and started a new pump-up sequence. But after only one squeeze the bulb did not refill. So I deflated again and restarted the pump-up again, but again the bulb did not refill after I squeezed it. I repeated the deflate, pump-up five times and each time the bulb remained collapsed after one or two squeezes. I tried harder squeezes and softer squeezes but neither fixed the problem. Then on the sixth pump-up, I felt a “big squish” on the first squeeze. This seemed to get the pump back into a good mode of operation. I had not felt a “big squish” since June, so it is normally not necessary for good pumping results with my pump. But this time it worked and 10 squeezes got me fully stiff. Then I went on to some foreplay and after awhile when I was ready for insertion I checked stiffness and found it was down a little but not too much. So I did two more squeezes which got me adequate stiffness for good sex. After finishing sex I checked stiffness again and found I had lost a little but not too much. I have been watching how long the stiffness lasts and almost always it lasts for a long time, at least an hour or two with no loss of stiffness. So since I lost a little stiffness fairly quickly, there was still something a little off with my pump. But at least it worked adequately for sex that night.
Since then I have pumped three more times in the last 2 days and have not had any problems with the pump. And stiffness lasted at least 30 minutes so that problem seems to have gone away, at least for now.
I am posting this because at least one other person has had a problem with the pump bulb collapsing so my results may be helpful to someone else. My present conclusion is that I have the problem very intermittently, since I did not have it for 2 ½ months, and I can get the problem to go away such that the result is ready for sex, although it takes a few minutes of restarting the pumping. I will live with the problem, as the real solution would require a surgery.
Implant surgery by Dr. John Greisman 10/31/2012 - Installed AMS CX700
Re: AMS Pump Malfunction
10/2/13
I had not had any problems with my pump since the one on 8/25/13 but on 9/29/13 I again had the same problem with the pump bulb not refilling when I was trying to inflate. I will document that as I may have discovered something that gets the pump out of the bad state.
On 9/29/13 when I started to inflate, after the first squeeze of the bulb it did not reinflate. So I pressed the deflate button, squeezed the penis, allowed it to deflate totally, and started to inflate again. But again the bulb did not reinflate. I repeated the deflate procedure and attempt to reinflate 8 or 9 times without success. On two of the times the bulb reinflated okay but after I completed 10 squeezes, which is what it usually takes to get me fully stiff, when I checked stiffness I found it was just like a wet noodle. On the other times the bulb did not reinflate after the first or second squeeze and I deflated as soon as I saw the bulb was not reinflating. During these times I tried holding the bulb differently to see if that would solve the problem. I move my fingers about 90 degrees clockwise from my normal position, which did not make any difference. Next I moved my fingers about 90 degrees counter-clockwise from my normal position but again that did not help.
At this point I was pretty frustrated. My doc had told me not to squeeze the bulb as hard as I had been doing. When I tried that once in the past I immediately had the collapsing bulb problem so that did not seem like a good solution. And the AMS instructions say to squeeze the bulb forcefully on the first squeeze to get the pump in the inflate mode. But when nothing was working to get it out of the stuck mode, I tried again after a deflation, but this time I pressed the bulb only about half way and rather softly. After two of those soft squeezes on the third squeeze the bulb did the “big squish” that in the past has meant that the pump had switched fully to inflate mode. I then completed my 10 squeezes plus two more in case the first two hadn’t actually worked. When I tested stiffness, it was fine and ready for action. After some foreplay I checked stiffness again and it was about 98% okay but I did two more squeezes to get it back to 100% okay.
So it appears the two soft squeezes may have caused the pump to switch fully to inflate mode. This does not match the AMS instructions at all but maybe it works due to some unusual problem with my particular pump. Or maybe it was just a coincidence that I changed to that pumping mode. One success does not prove anything but I will keep this in mind if the problem comes up again.
I had not had any problems with my pump since the one on 8/25/13 but on 9/29/13 I again had the same problem with the pump bulb not refilling when I was trying to inflate. I will document that as I may have discovered something that gets the pump out of the bad state.
On 9/29/13 when I started to inflate, after the first squeeze of the bulb it did not reinflate. So I pressed the deflate button, squeezed the penis, allowed it to deflate totally, and started to inflate again. But again the bulb did not reinflate. I repeated the deflate procedure and attempt to reinflate 8 or 9 times without success. On two of the times the bulb reinflated okay but after I completed 10 squeezes, which is what it usually takes to get me fully stiff, when I checked stiffness I found it was just like a wet noodle. On the other times the bulb did not reinflate after the first or second squeeze and I deflated as soon as I saw the bulb was not reinflating. During these times I tried holding the bulb differently to see if that would solve the problem. I move my fingers about 90 degrees clockwise from my normal position, which did not make any difference. Next I moved my fingers about 90 degrees counter-clockwise from my normal position but again that did not help.
At this point I was pretty frustrated. My doc had told me not to squeeze the bulb as hard as I had been doing. When I tried that once in the past I immediately had the collapsing bulb problem so that did not seem like a good solution. And the AMS instructions say to squeeze the bulb forcefully on the first squeeze to get the pump in the inflate mode. But when nothing was working to get it out of the stuck mode, I tried again after a deflation, but this time I pressed the bulb only about half way and rather softly. After two of those soft squeezes on the third squeeze the bulb did the “big squish” that in the past has meant that the pump had switched fully to inflate mode. I then completed my 10 squeezes plus two more in case the first two hadn’t actually worked. When I tested stiffness, it was fine and ready for action. After some foreplay I checked stiffness again and it was about 98% okay but I did two more squeezes to get it back to 100% okay.
So it appears the two soft squeezes may have caused the pump to switch fully to inflate mode. This does not match the AMS instructions at all but maybe it works due to some unusual problem with my particular pump. Or maybe it was just a coincidence that I changed to that pumping mode. One success does not prove anything but I will keep this in mind if the problem comes up again.
Implant surgery by Dr. John Greisman 10/31/2012 - Installed AMS CX700
Re: AMS Pump Malfunction
Man you are lucky! Only 12 pumps to get to working stiffness. I need a minimum of 25 pumps to get to a useable erection. Optimum is at about 40 to 50 depending on how complete each pump is. I have an AMS 700 LGX with 21CM cylinders.
I occasionally have a problem where the bulb doesn't refill, but a sharp squeeze on the bulb without any other actions generally corrects the problem. Bulb not refilling almost always occurs if the bulb slips away while I am pumping.
Radiodec
I occasionally have a problem where the bulb doesn't refill, but a sharp squeeze on the bulb without any other actions generally corrects the problem. Bulb not refilling almost always occurs if the bulb slips away while I am pumping.
Radiodec
70 - married 47 years: RP - 2000, injections till 2012, AMS700LGX with 21cm tubes 2cm extenders 11/7/2012, failed 6/5/2017 --- Re-implanted 8/18/2017 with AMS 700CX -- Implants by Dr. David Morris, Hendersonville,TN
Re: AMS Pump Malfunction
radiodec wrote:Man you are lucky! Only 12 pumps to get to working stiffness. I need a minimum of 25 pumps to get to a useable erection. Optimum is at about 40 to 50 depending on how complete each pump is. I have an AMS 700 LGX with 21CM cylinders.
I occasionally have a problem where the bulb doesn't refill, but a sharp squeeze on the bulb without any other actions generally corrects the problem. Bulb not refilling almost always occurs if the bulb slips away while I am pumping.
Radiodec
You should have a really firm handshake from all that pumping.
Do you do a deflate before you do the sharp squeeze that fixes the bulb not refilling or do you just do the sharp squeeze on the collapsed bulb?
I tried doing a deflate and then a sharp squeeze and that doesn't fix mine. But mine seems to be different than most others as you are the only person who has mentioned also having the collapsing bulb at times.
Dave
Implant surgery by Dr. John Greisman 10/31/2012 - Installed AMS CX700
Re: AMS Pump Malfunction
When I have the no reinflate problem I just do a quick squeeze with the bulb in whatever shape it is in. I get a click and then things continue normally.
As I said this generally occurs if the bulb slips. Not the whole handshake but I can crack walnuts between my thumb and index finger
Dave
As I said this generally occurs if the bulb slips. Not the whole handshake but I can crack walnuts between my thumb and index finger
Dave
70 - married 47 years: RP - 2000, injections till 2012, AMS700LGX with 21cm tubes 2cm extenders 11/7/2012, failed 6/5/2017 --- Re-implanted 8/18/2017 with AMS 700CX -- Implants by Dr. David Morris, Hendersonville,TN
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