Yes, swollen (large orange) for 2-3 weeks, post implant procedure. I too, panicked and sent the surgeon a pic. You guessed it...he said that is normal. Also, I did NOT have a drain. He said I didn't need it. After about 6 weeks+ all good. Oh, did I mention that I was black and blue from the waist d...

I just had a revision done after 8 years, surgery was on Tuesday and today (Friday) I took out the catheter and all the padding that was placed in the athletic supporter. My problem is that my sack is swollen the size of an orange even though I had iced the area since getting home and am on a heatin...

Stayingstrong wrote:

Transit74 wrote:My AMS 700 failed after 8 years, waiting for surgery date. Dr Eid said he will use the Coloplast for the revision.

Did he give you his reasoning for this?

No he didn't

My AMS 700 failed after 8 years, waiting for surgery date. Dr Eid said he will use the Coloplast for the revision.

I'm going to have to have a revision done as my AMS 700 finally sprung a leak after 8 years. Dr Eid did my implant in 2015. I called to make an appointment today and am scheduled to see him on January 29th. I was wondering how long the wait is between seeing Eid for an exam and the revision surgery....

I have had my implant for 11 years now and since traveled through airports all over the USA and south to Mexico, central America, Ecuador, Argentina x2, Europe, eastern Europe, middle east and including Israel where they have some of the strictest security I have seen anywhere. Not once has any TSA...

7 years
AMS 700
Dr Eid

I was implanted in 2015 and have inflated around 375 times

At my check up last week, I asked Dr Eid to point on my body where the reservoir is located. He pointed to an area just below or at my waist slightly off center to the left. Also, I believe (don't hold me to this) that he advised me against lifting weights for 6 weeks for fear of herniating the res...

I had my implant done in September of 2015 and it has worked great since it was done so much so that I rarely think about it. Last week I went for a physical and the doctor found a lump on my lower stomach and has scheduled me for a CT Scan this Friday. Today I inflated my implant as i hadn't in aw...