"SQUISH" sound when inflating/deflating - Is it normal?

[Gt1956]

Just read a post from another thread, GT1956 made the reference to air migrating to the cylinders that was originally in the reservoir.

That makes me think, if I had a few bubbles of air in my reservoir from day-1 and through the angle my body was in while pumping, some of it made its way to my cylinders (pumping on my back, for instance), that could account for the squish sound.

Now to try pointing things (implant, penis, body, pump, etc) in a semi face-downward position when deflating - maybe the air in the system can once again make it to the top of my reservoir and be heard from never again. I may try this face-down deflation attempt this weekend to see if it gets rid of the sound when inflating and deflating.

I'm sure that a doctor would snicker at my very non scientific idea. But we all have heard all kinds of strange noises from our stomachs. We even burp to expel swallowed air. My gall bladder stone pain was only relived when the stone moved away from the duct. Things do move around. As to moving a bubble in an implant. Wow, that is a puzzle. My first guess & totally without any medical knowledge. You'd likely need to position yourself exactly opposite of how you normally inflate. Karma Sutra might look tame to to this. I wish you the best of luck if you try it. If it is a success, then you should report back. If nothing else, it might be a real good excuse to roll around in bed with your wife. That itself might make it worthwhile. Wife might like some silly time pretending to help fix a problem. Nothing wrong with having some fun.

[Waynetho]

Just read a post from another thread, GT1956 made the reference to air migrating to the cylinders that was originally in the reservoir.

That makes me think, if I had a few bubbles of air in my reservoir from day-1 and through the angle my body was in while pumping, some of it made its way to my cylinders (pumping on my back, for instance), that could account for the squish sound.

Now to try pointing things (implant, penis, body, pump, etc) in a semi face-downward position when deflating - maybe the air in the system can once again make it to the top of my reservoir and be heard from never again. I may try this face-down deflation attempt this weekend to see if it gets rid of the sound when inflating and deflating.

I'm sure that a doctor would snicker at my very non scientific idea. But we all have heard all kinds of strange noises from our stomachs. We even burp to expel swallowed air. My gall bladder stone pain was only relived when the stone moved away from the duct. Things do move around. As to moving a bubble in an implant. Wow, that is a puzzle. My first guess & totally without any medical knowledge. You'd likely need to position yourself exactly opposite of how you normally inflate. Karma Sutra might look tame to to this. I wish you the best of luck if you try it. If it is a success, then you should report back. If nothing else, it might be a real good excuse to roll around in bed with your wife. That itself might make it worthwhile. Wife might like some silly time pretending to help fix a problem. Nothing wrong with having some fun.

I don't know. I just spoke with the Boston Scientific Patient Liaison, Jamie and she said pretty much the same thing I stated there. Since all implants go into the operating room in a dry-pack and have to be primed before installation, despite the best efforts to prime them, there will always be a few small air bubbles in the pump, tubing and possibly even the cylinders that will eventually coalesce into a single air bubble in the implant.

They will make a bubble noise, which I described as a "SQUISH" sound, when going in and out of the pump. She said ultimately getting the bubbles out of the cylinders, pump and tubing and into the reservoir is ideal. Once the air bubbles make it to the reservoir, due to the semi-permeable nature of the reservoir, the bubbles will eventually be absorbed into the body through the walls of the reservoir.

She even agreed with my suggestion of "DEFLATING while pointed downward" to get the bubbles back into the reservoir, stating that it was probably as good a method as any.