How your implant failed?

[Waiting789]

I am wondering, people who got an implant and it failed, how did you notice?

What I really mean is, it was a medium-long process like you got less and less pumps, or it was a one day thing, the implant did not inflate and that is it?

[QuestionGuy]

Good question. I'm dealing with a failed Titan implanted 2019. In my case it simply did not inflate after pumping ....my first line of defense was trying all the various troubleshooting hacks for sticky valves (which was wishful thinking) The cylinders became profoundly sucked flat with negative pressure. Literally as if a vacuum had been connected to them. Coloplast has a good customer support line, where they will talk you thru what's going on.....but it very quickly became obvious I needed a revision. When I got the implant I brainwashed myself that it was one-and-done, and after I recovered in 2019, I was certain all my troubles were behind me....and I also thought that some issues could be dealt with perhaps with minor surgery or even in-office via some sort of manipulation......but I have since learned that virtually all issues involve a complete rip-and-replace.

I'm interested in knowing if there is any data on what (statistically) causes most failures (behavior-wise) because over the years, I have seen alot of people here fantasizing : that if they inflate less frequently, they will prolong the devices mechanical life (like a car or something) .....but it seems that almost all failures are the tubing getting pulled out or leaking.....so I think these theories are not valid.

In my case I did 3 things that I am suspicious of:

1) fell asleep inflated (could have rolled onto it in my sleep and put crazy pressure on something)

2) dumbell dead lifts (a new exercise for me.....someting just felt weirds about it)

3) running on a new cheap narrow treadmill (it caused me to really keep my leg's together in a very unnatural stride)

anyway....im very interested in understanding the physics of this, as I don't want to get major surgery every 6 years... and I also don't want to be paranoid about everything for the rest of my life either.