Cleared for Sex

[ElbowRoom]

Thanks for all the replies. I'll just keep pressing on with daily cycling and of course somewhat uncomfortable sex for the time being as I get used to my new prosthetic. One thing I thought odd about my urologist visit was that when he pressed the deflate button it hurt somewhat. He suggested another round of antibiotics but said he didn't think there was any infection maybe just swelling. I can press the deflate button without pain but I have to do it carefully. He didn't do it carefully. My question is wouldn't a steroid be better than an antibiotic if there is some mild swelling going on? I didn't think about it until later.

Steroids suppress the immune system and make infection more likely.

My deflate bars hurts to use (2 weeks post-op) if I'm not careful too. There's a lot of trauma down there that needs to heal.

[SWorks17]

Thanks for all the replies. I'll just keep pressing on with daily cycling and of course somewhat uncomfortable sex for the time being as I get used to my new prosthetic. One thing I thought odd about my urologist visit was that when he pressed the deflate button it hurt somewhat. He suggested another round of antibiotics but said he didn't think there was any infection maybe just swelling. I can press the deflate button without pain but I have to do it carefully. He didn't do it carefully. My question is wouldn't a steroid be better than an antibiotic if there is some mild swelling going on? I didn't think about it until later.

Valdekio, when I had my device training at 6weeks, the male nurse pushed the deflate button on the pump and I can tell you it hurt like heck. Then he told me to pump it up as much as I could. I could only get in 10 pumps because the big AMS MS pump with all its ridges hurt too when squeezing the bulb, because the surgical capsule hasn’t formed around all the implant.
I wouldn’t think that you would need any extra antibiotics. I don’t know about a steroid, where that would help. It just takes time.
Good luck
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SWorks