Magicmike wrote:Ok guys today is day 5. My surgeon like to start cycling on day 4. My surgery went great but I always worried about the part of deflation. On day 4 I inflated to about 50% and left for about 15 minutes. When it came down to deflation I totally lost. I tried and tried until after 6 hours I gave up called the doctor and scheduled an appointment for the next morning. My penis scrowdom are was very swollen and hurt like hell. Long story shot he was able to deflate me and we spent about 30 minutes on technique. Well here we go to and another day of cycling. I do not have enough confidence that I will be able to deflate so I very scared about pumping up. My question if I decide not to cycle for 2-3 weeks after the swelling goes down will I be doing myself any harm. Another thing that concerns me is that I a totally deflated and wake up in the morning with my dick looking deformed because of fluid retention really freaks me out. I'm stuck in the mud it's like the what do I do. I have no confidence in deflation and last time I worked on this issue for 6 hours and left me penis very sore. Not happy
Hey - you're going to do fine in time. You're putting a lot of stress on yourself here and I say that as a guy who has a high tolerance for pain, is confident and assured in a lot of things in life, and was also in complete panic-stricken fucking tears just about when I inflated at home the first time and it resulted in an urgent roundtrip to the surgeon's office to have them help me deflate. Not due to physical discomfort. But due to the emotional exhaustion and frustration which accompanied my not being able to accomplish what, on paper, seemed like a pretty straightforward task. It wasn't.
I wrote a post about this deflation thing...short version to answer your specific question...my surgeon put the brakes on my cycling entirely for an additional 2 weeks until my swelling in my sac resolved enough to allow me to more comfortably and confidently navigate the new architecture inside my sac. I did not perceive myself as still swollen at week 4. I couldn't have been more wrong. Those additional 2 weeks were the trick for me. I could MUCH better feel for and find and identify landmarks on that valve, and I was able to start cycling. I'm still not particularly good at deflating...I've got a ways to go. But it is working now. Not optimally. But it's working. I'm super aware that I need to fine tune some finger placement, pinching technique, etc...all I can say is, that swelling makes the valve movement and operation a real chore. That extra 2 weeks of patience waiting for the edema to settle and disperse...it cost me 2 weeks of cycling progress...but my doc said listen, big picture, you'll catch up and do fine. You're in this for the long haul.