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Posted 7/7/2019 4:10 PM (GMT 0)
I just got my AUS and doctor said I can go on trips do anything but heavy lifting but I know 2 slings ago that there not for coming.I been helping my wife in the garden slip and lifted a bag of rocks a few times and use a shovel and pick to dig her a trench did some bending over,is there anything I need to be wear of? AUS 6/28/19.
Posted 7/8/2019 3:43 AM (GMT 0)
If you have just had it fitted you should not lift anything more than a gallon of milk or drive a car for at least two weeks post surgery. This was the advise I was given by my Doctor last year.
Posted 7/8/2019 5:36 AM (GMT 0)
Drive hum thanks feels like a big box down there is that the new normal
Posted 7/8/2019 11:08 AM (GMT 0)
One week post surgery feels like the pump is way bigger than the pics and replicate they gave me do anyone know?
Posted 7/8/2019 3:22 PM (GMT 0)
As I stated on the other thread the pump sample they gave me fells identical to the pump that was installed.

As for what we can do post-op, my uro told me this morning I am cleared to get back in the pool for lap swimming by to swim "old man style" in other words takes it easy. I am not doing any heavy lifting either. She said wait until the 4-week point before doing anything strenuous which for me will be running. If something goes wrong I don't want to repeat this procedure so I am not going to take any chances.

BTW, I am less continent than before the surgery. I'd done the whole Kegel thing and was so-so but not nearly what I am willing to be onward which is why I opted for the AUS. Post-surgery I have very little control. The uro explained that part of the musculature that we strengthen with the exercises is cut to gain access to the urethra. Makes sense.

She also said she tried two different cuffs on me and went with the less restrictive one, 5 cm. She said I'd be happier with that fit. We'll see in a few weeks. Anything is better than what I've dealt with for the past year.

I am still trying to figure out how to develop a simple two-handed approach to operating the pump and aiming without disrobing. They don't provide instructions for that in the packet.
Posted 7/8/2019 4:41 PM (GMT 0)

VinceInMT said...
She also said she tried two different cuffs on me and went with the less restrictive one, 5 cm. She said I'd be happier with that fit. We'll see in a few weeks. Anything is better than what I've dealt with for the past year.

I am still trying to figure out how to develop a simple two-handed approach to operating the pump and aiming without disrobing. They don't provide instructions for that in the packet.


For two weeks after the AUS implant I was unable to urinate and had to have a Foley during that time. They replaced it a couple times but no good. Finally the surgeon opened me up again and put in the next larger size. He swears up and down that the first one was right sized.

Now with the larger sized cuff I am not fully continent and tend to dribble unexpectedly. I've posted here a few times for tips but I just wear a pad, generally two a day, one in my lounge wear for mornings and evenings and one in my briefs when I go out.

I was finally given that squeezy sample pump with all the cards and such last year when I had to contact the company to find someone to deactivate the AUS for my bowel resection surgery. My Uro had given me no instructions, even when I had asked him directly.

Most of this stuff falls into the category of things I'd rather not think about, because it took me a LONG time to crawl out of that hole.

As for the two handed method, I just unfasten my pants and drop trou and shorts, hold them up with my wrists while my hands are needed to keep the pump in place and squeeze it twice. At home I just sit... it makes things easier.
Posted 7/8/2019 7:39 PM (GMT 0)
Wow ok guys this is the new normal
Posted 7/8/2019 8:08 PM (GMT 0)
Rob, my uro went to a conference back east and met with Boston Scientific, who bought AMS, and they explained they are working on a new version of the AUS that will be Bluetooth enabled and the cuff will be adjustable using an app. I am guessing the battery in the device will be rechargeable using a wireless charger like we can get for our phones. "I can't get up, honey, I'm charging my AUS."
Posted 7/8/2019 8:57 PM (GMT 0)
Ha ha nice I would like to have all the room in my in my nuts back.
Posted 7/8/2019 10:42 PM (GMT 0)
It was my understanding that the remote control AUS was designed for those men who, due to physical disability or other incapacity, cannot manipulate the pump manually. It could even be activated by a nurse or caregiver.

As for the ballroom, I was already "fortunate" to have lost my right testicle a few years back. The pump has plenty of room all to itself, and with Lupron having shrunk the rest of my junk so much, I have no problems in that regard. In fact, the head of my penis frequently tends to retract, or invert, which is inconvenient as well as uncomfortable. Half of the trouble I have at public urinals is getting everything pulled out rather than the actual operation of the device.

I sometimes wonder how many guys i see in public actually have this device. I think the number of unit sales stated back when I was considering taking the plunge was 125,000. Of course, that was over 25 years of sales. Some guys have passed on I'm sure. Looking for support groups was futile, as for most guys the implant surgery went well... as I had been promised it would be.
Posted 7/8/2019 11:32 PM (GMT 0)
Yea mine sucks in to seems like it all in the sack
Posted 7/9/2019 1:26 AM (GMT 0)
Have had my AUS for 9 years. Here is a method for peeing standing up that I discovered on healing well a few years ago. Unzip and pull Willie out. Hold him with your left hand. Run your right hand down between your pants and underpants to you can feel the bulb. Squeeze the bulb and pee. Then run your hand further down and push up under your scrotum/perineum to squeeze out the residual drops. Pull your hand back out and zip up. All done.
You can pee beside anyone standing and no one will even notice you are peeing with an AUS.
Now you can pee line a normal person. smile
Posted 7/9/2019 3:34 AM (GMT 0)
Tall guy you leaking enough for a pad all day is the pad full and was it like that when you got the AUS?
Posted 7/9/2019 3:41 AM (GMT 0)
No, pad not a full pad unless golf or stress. Very little leakage at first. Has gradually increased over time. Still not bad at all.
Posted 7/9/2019 9:55 AM (GMT 0)
Ok hate to hear it at first must of been good thoughyes better with than without sometimes I think we should of did like my dad he went radiation seeds cancer came back 5 yrs but they froze it he doing good PSA 3.6 he 77 only complication is got have to get to the bathroom in a hurry
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