Spikepork wrote: I'm at day 16 post op and still feel to tender down there for activating.

My incision is pretty tender, but the pump isn't that near the incision. You could try gently feeling for the deflate button when in a hot bath. To my surprise I could identify the pump parts pretty easily and without pain.

How far are you traveling? Flying or driving? Traveling alone? My surgery was on Friday and I flew home on Monday with the catheter in, and very glad I left it in for travel. Dr Eid's post-op instructions are for two full days in bed with ice packs, and I did that. I think this contributed to reduce...

francisco wrote:I would love to go with him, but I don´t if he plans to retire soon. Anyone knows?

Dr Eid did my implant about a week ago and I saw no indications of his retiring anytime soon. He's got a thriving practice and other doctors visiting to observe his surgeries.

Forum member bbb2.5 is a "Coloplast Patient Educator". Maybe if you PM him he might have suggestions.

Spikepork wrote: The aching is rather non stop and to be honest gets me down a bit.

Did they give you any pain meds to take? I was prescribed a big vial of Percocet and one of those will knock down any pain. Also got a milder med, Tylenol 3 w/codine. No reason to tolerate unnecessary pain imho.

The deflated cylinders will dramatically soften up and become more flexible. ...I was asking the same questions early on and noticed at about 3 months everything was more flexible. This continued during the next few months. So how did you handle this while waiting for more flexibility? Seems like I...

Be glad to get less of an ache where the bulb seems to press the right testcile. It's not pain. Just a strong dull ache. But it decreases each day. I have that same dull ache. What helps me is using an electric heating pad on that area for 30 minutes a couple of times per day. The doctor had recomm...

nudist wrote:i think that's british for jan 5

Oops, you're right.
Sorry Spikepork, ignore my comment, that's not long at all.

I'm being told I will activate on 5/1/18 for the first time so I'll follow that guidance rather than try and do it myself beforehand. I'm no expert but that sounds like a longtime to activate, over 5 months. Scar tissue could form around the reservoir or cylinders if not cycled. If you don't have s...

Just wanted to post an update with where I'm at on day +6. I saw the surgery report and Dr Eid used a 22cm Titan with one cylinder trimmed to 20cm and the other to 21cm. He had estimated 20cm during the pre-op exam. I was able to activate at day +4 to deflate and then inflate a couple of pumps. Ther...