awb651 wrote:Your post title says reservoir, but I think you mean pump in the scrotum. My reservoir is unnoticeable.
I'm 7 months out with a CX. For the first 2-3 months or so I felt almost chronic discomfort from the pump, first, where it would press against the perineum and second, where the scrotal skin rubs on it. A CX pump has ridges that seem to grab the skin from inside and rub into briefs. Have tried all kinds of underwear, looser briefs, tighter briefs, big-junk briefs. I have found the most comfort with good quality all-cotton briefs (Calvin Klein daytime) and (Hanes at night). Most of the discomfort is gone, especially when driving and sitting on soft surfaces, that used to be very troublesome. Big Junk briefs let the pump get down between the legs, don't work for me, in the trash. So for me, trying different brands, sizes, styles of underwear and giving it time.
Another thing, I had a tubing revision which made everything much more comfortable, the doc didn't trim anything down (duh) in the original surger, a coil of reservoir tub crowded the contents. This tubing was making rotational force and the reservoir so that the sharp edges of the pump control were pointing directly forward . . . big source of pain! After revision the pump sits with the button pointing almost towards the back.
My still ongoing complaint, I've posted elsewhere here, are the tips in my penis when it's flaccid, uninflated, its unpleasant. My dick is a bit odd looking. There's no such thing as flaccid, and the cylinders are snakes and bend back and forth. My penis wants to point forward unless the briefs hold it up. It's just weird, and I don't know if in the long run the bent up cylinders will fail. But, medicare got it's dollars worth, the erection feels great and works. I just miss my little grower dick disappearing.
How do they fix the tubing? Isn’t there an infection risk? Did they have to cut the tubes going to the cylinders or was it just to the reservoir? Does this happen with high volume surgeons where one is left with too much tubing?
