We have the names of pumps. Now wbat?

Hi Misty, not sure about the other two but the Osborn comes with a DVD. Ideally, he should see a nurse specialist (or in some hospitals you see a representative from the pump manufacturer) - we can't really help you with technique until we know which one he gets as the technique is quite different for different models.

I think he would have to get a prescription from the GP either way - if he can afford to buy it then the GP can be asked to write a private prescription (I think the Osborn Erecaid is about £400)

OH's surgeon told him to buy a pump on a sex toy site...way cheaper. That has set us back about 5 months because we didnt of course and got no advice or prescription. Will probably have to buy privately and he ll have to work it out himself. Is it fairly self explanatory? He likes the look of the SomaErect Response 2 one handed one!! (Doesnt shave in shower though!)

Do you not have internet in Ireland. I don't understand ? I'll try send a link for you
http://www.imedicare.co.uk/en/products/for-men/erectile-penile-health/erectile-dysfunction-recovery/

It costs £189. I'm not very good at long messages but I could talk you through it. Surely you can order online ?

Our situation is that my OH doesn't have much time or inclination to wade through the internet. He's run off his feet and I am researching for him. Our kids are still fairly young and he runs a busy consultancy so it's all go.....in all OTHER areas! Sometimes I think it's hard to make the time to work on this and repeated lack of success is demoralizing. He does have some reaction with Cialis but since January it's been painful. He got it investigated and there was inflammation so he had to stop practising for a bit. It's still not fully right but he's ready to try some more though he feels he has regressed. It must be hard to have to confront these issues when it's not improving....i think he's found it easier just to get on with his busy life and hope that time would help. Anyway that's where we are at...probably one of the busiest phases of our lives!! As men get diagnosed younger and younger this is more and more common and it is so great to connect with the experience on this page!

Misty he'll have no problem shaving his pubes.... but just wouldn't want a nurse fitting it on him at this stage...or me either I'd say unless needs must. One of my daughter's first sentences was..."I want to do it myself"....I know where she got it!!

LynEyre that is such a kind offer. I assume you are an admin and can see my email? Please email me!

The pump arrived two weeks ago (huge thanks to you Lyn) and OH is happily practising and delighted at how it works, though no "action" yet!! He needs to get used to getting the ring on and there's still a lot of stretching out to be done. However he says it's great to feel the blood returning to areas it hasn't been in for the past 11 months and he can orgasm successfully and painlessly himself.

I went to see the surgeon with OH for his 3rd check up (PSA normal thankfully!!) ...the day the pump arrived coincidentally! I spoke to surgeon about what we discussed here and asked about changing the meds regime as the 20mg wasn't working. Well that Dr is hooked on the 20mg and wants OH to keep taking it twice a week and add in using the pump. He didn't agree with going 5mg and something else for an event. He is going to see OH again in 2 months time and introduce some gel or tablet (You put in the top of penis....any idea what that is?) and that's where we are now.
Hubby wants to do what his doctor is saying and doesn't want to go against him. I understand that but I am not so trusting that he is getting the best information neccassarily! Also the 20mg Cialis is a mega passion killer as not having taken it for a few weeks OH has terrible back pain and is snoring like a trumpeting elephant due to being totally blocked up with it too. After 2 nights of no sleep I have bailed out!

The other thing going on is T is through the floor and while endocrinologist wants to start replacement therapy, the surgeon has said he will never prescribe it. He cited a recent study (Something to do with Nice) that I can't find, but apparently it goes against the more positive ones out there. Seems we are caught every way. The growth of a boob on just one side is destroying OH's confidence and while it doesn't bother me....it IS getting noticeably bigger. I told him he could have a boob job (reduction) if I could have one too!! (Not a reduction!) At least we can still laugh but sadly he won't swim in the sea this summer.
He is scheduled to see another doctor for a 2nd opinion on the one sided development complete with tenderness. He has already been told it's not cancer but the surgeon wants to know what it is as he thinks it should be double sided growth with low T. I was thinking about getting panicky and anxious at that....but I have googled asymmetrical gynomastasia and it is apparently quite common. Fingers crossed... not sure I can go through another year of extreme anxiety like last year before definitive diagnosis, when I thought the boob was a sign PC was in the lymph nodes and stiffness and pain from too much driving meant it was in his bones.

So that's the update! Good and bad in this ongoing tale! As a matter of interest while T levels were through the floor 1 year prior to surgery, there were no other symptoms. We made the most of the year knowing what was ahead...so not sure if it's a factor now in the lack of reaction to Cialis. I'm sure it cant be helping.