Hi Guys,
My doctor told my wife and I before we went into this that it was a joint partnership and boy was he right! She has made all this possible with daily pulling my pump down, helping me break up the scar tissue, inflating me daily etc... My question is, at about what point will I be able to inflate and deflate myself? I am 4 weeks post op currently.
Any help would be appreciated!
How long after surgery can one "self service" the implant
Re: How long after surgery can one "self service" the implant
Welcome to FT!
My problem was/is quite different than yours. I couldn't deflate for almost 5 weeks, and I haven't got my wife to pump me yet. Why is it you feel you can't pump it yourself?
Dave
My problem was/is quite different than yours. I couldn't deflate for almost 5 weeks, and I haven't got my wife to pump me yet. Why is it you feel you can't pump it yourself?
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: How long after surgery can one "self service" the implant
Same question - why can't you operate the pump yourself? My wife has never helped me with the pump, and it never occurred to me to ask her to.
Dave, 80, Maryland - Implant (Titan) 2008 by Dr. Andrew Kramer (failed Sept 2020) - never used due to a stroke that, among other things, ended my sex life.
Life is not the way it's supposed to be, it's the way it is.
Life is not the way it's supposed to be, it's the way it is.
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Re: How long after surgery can one "self service" the implant
The next day out of surgery I was playing was playing with it. Depends on you.
Re: How long after surgery can one "self service" the implant
so your wife does everything for you? WOW. I'm guessing, with that type of service, that you may never do it yourself.
62. Retired. AMS 700 LGX implanted Nov. 18, 2013. Ask me any questions about being implanted or life afterwards.
Re: How long after surgery can one "self service" the implant
No....she didn't do everything for me. We went into this as a team...and my doc had said it would be too painful for me to do the needed work to keep pulling the pump down and kneading the scar tissue to break it up for the first few weeks. But just so you know, everything is working fine now and I've turned into quite the one hand wonder.
