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At last, my penile implant

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User
Posted 10 Jun 2022 at 13:33

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member
How does this implant work? A Smartphone app to control it? 🙂

Chris

Don't forget the password, and don't share it with anyone else.

Dave

User
Posted 10 Jun 2022 at 15:44
Ulsterman

I wander if you say with the right specialist saddle and keep away from the tight lycra or similar if they'd reconsider the cycling advice?

Either way yes sex over cycling any day.

Cheers

Bill

User
Posted 10 Jun 2022 at 18:41

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member
How does this implant work? A Smartphone app to control it? 🙂

Chris

Don't forget the password, and don't share it with anyone else.

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There is a manually controlled pump at the junction of my scrotum and perineum.  I wish it was controlled by an app.

And that's why cycling is out.  There is a danger the mechanism could get damaged.  They said the specialist saddles help with lrostate issues but aren't going to stop the implant damage.

It's not worth the risk.  But I never thought PCa would take cycling away from me.

In 6 weeks' time I can have sex at the touch of a button.  

User
Posted 10 Jun 2022 at 20:58

"Good luck. What a shame you can't post pictures on this site. 😝"

 

Can't he ?😆

Good luck!!

User
Posted 11 Jun 2022 at 20:46

Third night in hospital.  Scrotum full of old blood that isn't draining quickly enough.  Hopefully get home tomorrow.  No regrets.  

User
Posted 12 Jun 2022 at 15:51

Wishing you well through the recovery period and when you at last get to use the device!

User
Posted 12 Jun 2022 at 16:01
Glad you're on the mend. Shame about the cycling, but as you say, a matter of priorities.

All the best,

Chris

User
Posted 12 Jun 2022 at 21:43

4th night in hospital.  Wound infected.  Ultra sound scan on scrotum tomorrow .  Feeling much better though.  

User
Posted 12 Jun 2022 at 22:32
Sorry to hear this, Ulsterman - hope it can be resolved easily and you are home tomorrow
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

User
Posted 14 Jun 2022 at 00:00

To keep you updated.  Night 5 in hospital.  My scrotum is as purple as the best plums you have ever seen.  It is swollen about 6 times its normal size.  Pain is managed, but only with morphine.  There is no infection, they have now concluded.  I had an ultrasound scan today.  The radiographer said the swollen scrotum was not as damaged on the inside as it looked on the outside.  The urologists feared a huge blood clot but that isn't the case.  There are a few moderate sized clots.  I'll find out in the morning what can be done, but the urologists have already said they do not want to go back in to drain.  It could compromise the implant.

I still have no regrets.  I think they'll sort this.  But I was warned not to enter into this surgery lightly.  They weren't wrong.

So battered and bruised but trying to be positive.

User
Posted 14 Jun 2022 at 00:32

UM, hope things start to improve soon, got say I admire your courage for having it done. Take care. Thanks Chris 

User
Posted 14 Jun 2022 at 02:10

Sorry to see this. Fingers crossed they will have you sorted very soon.

All the very best for a speedy recovery.

User
Posted 14 Jun 2022 at 06:57
Hang in there Ulsterman, hopefully it'll be worth it in the end.
User
Posted 14 Jun 2022 at 07:42

Sending best wishes, hope this gets sorted soon.

Dave

User
Posted 14 Jun 2022 at 09:16

I took a selfie of my scrotum. 

Oh my goodness.  The bruising in my perineum is extensive.  It's no wonder sitting down is a bit of an issue at the moment.

Not feeling so brave now, but still no regrets.

It's gonna be worth it all.  Imagine, an erection on demand, unlike my 4 standard issue NHS provided erections per month.

I'm bad.  I'm sore and I'm thinking about my penis.  Men, eh????

User
Posted 14 Jun 2022 at 16:39

I've got a great photo album on my phone of my perineum bruising after my template biopsy. Always a hit at parties!

Cheers,

Chris

User
Posted 14 Jun 2022 at 16:44

Originally Posted by: Online Community Member

I've got a great photo album on my phone of my perineum bruising after my template biopsy. Always a hit at parties!

Cheers,

Chris

I bet mine is worse.  We should compare.  I took a selfie this morning lol.  It is not a pretty site.

You know those paint charts you get from the DIY stores?  There could be a brand new colour - bruised plum

 

User
Posted 15 Jun 2022 at 12:17

I'm home.  Sore and bruised.  Hope all this proves to be worth it.  I'm sure it will.  I do think I've turned a corner.  Follow up next week.  I'll let you know what the doc says.

User
Posted 15 Jun 2022 at 17:39
Glad you're back home. Take it easy!

Best wishes,

Chris

User
Posted 15 Jun 2022 at 17:40
i didnt realise you were in hospital when you were giving me such sage advice.thank you ,hope you have all the luck in the world.and all your discomfort is forgotten in a haze of blissful activities
 
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