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Well it’s day 8. Healing nicely. Wish I did not have a perma erection. I was going to try to deflate again. Pa did twice in office. I can feel pump, I can squeeze pump but won’t. The pump is the coloplast titan genesis pump. It has two bars front and back. I know squeeze both and or squeeze penis. I can not find the bars for the life of me. I am told to pull the pump down. I am doing that. Don’t know how hard however. Not trying to yank anything. I see surgeon next week for follow up. This is what happens when dealing with Pa and NP. They have limited knowledge so you don’t get all things resolved the first time. But with those that have been helping me regardless have treatment me very well.

Were you not given an envelope that contained a model of the pump?
I know I had AMS, but I was given an envelope with the regular sales paraphernalia, as well as a 'pump' I can put on my keychain, which I have.

I too have the genesis pump and keychain practice pump. My doctor had me demonstrate in the office before clearing me to cycle. Takes some practice and gets easier as you heal. I use index finger and thumb then squeeze with my right hand. Good luck.

Biker60 wrote:Well it’s day 8. Healing nicely. Wish I did not have a perma erection. I was going to try to deflate again. Pa did twice in office. I can feel pump, I can squeeze pump but won’t. The pump is the coloplast titan genesis pump. It has two bars front and back. I know squeeze both and or squeeze penis. I can not find the bars for the life of me. I am told to pull the pump down. I am doing that. Don’t know how hard however. Not trying to yank anything. I see surgeon next week for follow up. This is what happens when dealing with Pa and NP. They have limited knowledge so you don’t get all things resolved the first time. But with those that have been helping me regardless have treatment me very well.

Take advantage of the availability of the Manufacturer's Patient Liaison. That person is there to help with questions and is often more knowledgeable than the surgeon about the device. And already paid for.

Yes I got the key ring pump in a box with my mri conditional card as well. I know what the bar looks like. I can feel the entire bulb of the pump. I guess when the swelling goes down I can feel the bars. Went out to dinner tonight, first outing post surgery. Definitely can not sit too long. Pain in the pump area. It’s only day 8. Everyday things are feeling better. Or new things pop up post inflammation. My Pd went from 95 degrees to 25 per surgeon. So anything is an improvement over PD

I've detailed in another thread here the crazy difficulty I initially had with my new Titan deflate valve and process. Nightmarish for me due to the orientation of how the valve is hanging, just very difficult initially to
1. even find the right places to push, and
2. to grasp the buttons with confidence and with sufficient pressure to activate the transferrance of fluid into the reservoir.

Both of these things were impacted and exacerbated by my squeamishness about squeezing all around in my sac and the fact that my sac, though I thought it was fine, was in fact at week 4 post-op still significantly full of edema which limited the bulb/valve's ability and space to hang a bit more freely for exploration and access.

I'm past week 7 here and I've only had this shit figured out for a week now. Inflate up, easy. Deflate...I definitely learned how to do it myself, I can do it easily now that the swelling must be mostly resolved. All I can say is, stay at it man. Be more patient than you think you're capable, but just keep exploring the new crazy geography of your sac, you will find the way and you will find what works for you. I was in a complete fucking panic when I first inflated at home and could not get it down. Resulted in a 2.5 hour round trip to the doc's office for tutoring and help. For what it's worth, they were entirely unsurprised, apparently this struggle and confusion is fairly common.

One thing I am experiencing...and I'm probably going to put this in a new topic/thread to try and get a wider range of responses from the guys...but when I deflate, I pinch both sides of the deflate apparatus hard and I know they (Coloplast and my surgeon/PA) say that you are supposed to depress the buttons for 2-3 seconds, this opens the valve, and then you can release the pressure and proceed to "gently" squeeze your dick and push the fluid back up into the reservoir. This is sort of, but not entirely, my experience.

I hit the buttons for several seconds, sometimes 5, 8 seconds, whatever...and upon squeezing my dick I get a deflation which is something like going from 100% inflated down to...I don't know...50-60% inflated. I wait a moment, then I depress the deflate buttons again for several seconds. I squeeze my dick. Then, I am able to squeeze it down from the 50-60% deflation range to maybe 30% or something approximating that. I'm not really entirely convinced that I am getting the cylinders fully emptied. Maybe I am, and I'm just experiencing and needing to get used to the rigidity and fullness of these cylinders even if they are in fact fully emptied. Maybe? I am leery of squeezing any harder to empty my dick than I am already squeezing. When I went into clinic with my panic-emergency-I-can't-deflate-my-dick dilemma, the urology fellow there, who was very familiar with implantation and who is learning from my guy, Levine, squeezed my dick so hard it felt like a fucking truck had rolled over it. But it did seem more loosely flaccid and more empty than I seem to be able to get it myself now. Coloplast's instructions clearly state: "GENTLY". I'm guessing for a damn good reason the manufacturer is stating this.

Thoughts, guys?

I have zero interest in damaging the hardware in my body and having something break. Like...zero. Appreciate any of your experiences and feedback. My important caveat to all this is that my inflate/deflate experience is barely a week old - I have plenty to learn and figure out!

Thanks all.

Stephen54, my thoughts are in the other thread. See if they help.

Waynetho wrote:Stephen54, my thoughts are in the other thread. See if they help.

Just saw those and thank you!