One or two handed pump?

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armygolfer
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One or two handed pump?

Postby armygolfer » Wed Apr 28, 2021 7:58 am

I'm sure this topic is covered somewhere here but thought I'd ask again. Do you guys use one or two hands to pump? I'm 15 months post op with a Coloplast Titan. I love my implant but the only downside is it takes both hands to fully engorge. I'm a pretty strong guy with good grip strength. I've figured out a two handed technique grasping the pump between the thumb and first two fi gers on my right hand and covering those with my left thumb pad and four fingers.

It would be so great to be able to pump fully with one hand.
65y.o. Very healthy fit and strong.
Radical Prostatectomy 1 Aug 2019
Implanted 30 Jan 2020 with Titan 18cm with 4cm RTE on one side and 2 1/2 RTE on the other
First implant failed at 6 months. Revision done 12 July 2020 with 20cm Titan, 2cm RTE's

FreddyFree
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Re: One or two handed pump?

Postby FreddyFree » Wed Apr 28, 2021 8:23 am

I usually pump with one hand. When i get to around 20 pumps, the bulb is rock hard and can’t compress further, I use two hands and can completely press bulb. I think the reservoir is empty.

I have an AMS implant.
AMS 700 CX 18cm. x 12mm. With 3cm. RTEs. 10/10/18

Biker60
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Location: Philadelphia Pa

Re: One or two handed pump?

Postby Biker60 » Wed Apr 28, 2021 9:36 am

With the Titan pump you really need 2 hands. Did you ever Experience inflating and the pump pops out of your grip ? Hurts like hell. I use 2 hands.

Old Guy
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Re: One or two handed pump?

Postby Old Guy » Wed Apr 28, 2021 12:06 pm

Yup, I use both hands. Had the bulb slip out of my grasp one too many times trying with just one hand.
I use pretty much the same technique as armygolfer. Keep my index fingers bent to form a pocket the bulb lays in then use my thumbs to press. Always try to position the bulb in a different area on my sack every time too.
Nov. 8, 2019
4+ years, Coloplast Titan OTR
Married 36 years to my beautiful young bride
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newbie443
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Re: One or two handed pump?

Postby newbie443 » Wed Apr 28, 2021 5:17 pm

I used 2 hand before my repair just 2 weeks ago. I held my pump from moving buy grabbing my tubing just as it attaches to the pump with my week hand and using my index and middle fingers and the pad of my thumb on my strong hand. I can use my strong hand alone for some of the early pumps but as the bulb becomes more difficult to depress I have to as others posted have my weak had hold the pump so it does not shoot out. Early on I did need to use both hands on the bulb to get that first hard fast squeeze to pop the valve from deflate to inflate mode. The bulb has softened over time and this was not an issue.
Injections failed. Implanted 3-21-18 AMS 700 LGX 21 + 1 RTE 100 cc reservoir 6.5" L 5" G Dr. Kramer.

Proximal Perforation Sling Repair 4/13/21 Dr. Broghammer

66 years young.

Will show and tell and talk with others.

Smetro
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Re: One or two handed pump?

Postby Smetro » Thu Apr 29, 2021 1:22 am

4.5 years have passed.....still need to complete the process with 2 hands.....for max stiffness
68,Titan Touch 22cm+1.5cm rte's op done in Melbourne Aust by Dr Chris Love-Feb 2017 Venous leakage over a 2 year period, did pills and Caverject. Length@ 3 1/2years is: 7+” erect, 6.5” flaccid and almost 6” girth. REZUM Feb 21 ejaculation now normal.

LookingUp
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Re: One or two handed pump?

Postby LookingUp » Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:30 am

Anyone tried hand/arm exercise to increase pump ability. Figure muscles go downhill as I get older.

LUp
ED 26 years. 1995->Pills->Shots->Implant penoscrotal Implanted Feb2021, AMS CX, 18 CM + 3 RTE, penoscrotal, 100cc reservoir. Looking forward to revision with a better Doctor.

peyroniesjr
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Re: One or two handed pump?

Postby peyroniesjr » Fri Apr 30, 2021 8:53 am

I use one hand, I hook my index finger behind the pump & press with the back of my thumb. Junior
Implant Titan 2/21/2020 / 67 yrs / Married 44 yrs /ED / Peyronies 70 degrees - Xiaflex/ Low T / & RALP 4/1/2019 (Nerve Sparing)

Waynetho
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Re: One or two handed pump?

Postby Waynetho » Fri Apr 30, 2021 9:52 am

LookingUp wrote:Anyone tried hand/arm exercise to increase pump ability. Figure muscles go downhill as I get older.

LUp

If you don't have arthritis you could get some hand exercise balls used for PT. They are a gel rubber and come in different firmness levels, each with a different color.

I got them from quickmedical.com in April 2011 when I was recovering from tenosynovectomy surgery. The standard size is $13.67 each.

They have options from "Extra Soft" to "Extra Firm". Mine have a different color than the ones available now (as seen in the photo below. The current color scheme is:

EXTRA SOFT: YELLOW (I didn't buy)
SOFT: RED (Mine was orange)
MEDIUM: GREEN
FIRM: BLUE
EXTRA FIRM: BLACK (Mine was purple)


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62yo, married 41 yrs. Urolift (x4) 8/12/19. AMS 700CX 15cm (no RTE) penoscrotal 10/28/19, Frisco, TX. PD 1995/ED 2011. Cialis helped but hinged. (1995)L:6/G:5.5+, (2019)Pre-op L:5/G:4.5, (2/2020)L:6.0/G:5.0

DougAnd
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Re: One or two handed pump?

Postby DougAnd » Mon May 17, 2021 1:59 pm

I'm an LGX one hander. But I seldom fully pump. No need to. I just crouch slightly while pulling the pump up tight against the boys and then go for it. It's easy to trap the pump between my three fingers. My thumb on top to squeeze, next finger at the end to trap tight and the third finger in its side underneath to push against. I have my pump very low in the scrotum and sideways pointing away from my hand. Just perfect for me.
LGX 18cm+3cmRTE 8 / 8/18 by Docs Saracino , Prody of FL Disfigured by Implant. Married 31 years, Functionally impotent 2+ years. 4" day of surgery now 7" inflated after VED 6.5" without. Pump moved 12/4/18 by Dr Kata


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