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At last, my penile implant

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Posted 21 Jan 2023 at 17:39
It was about 5 years ago and no I wasn't offered a pump clinic, just handed it. Several of the rings just snapped and when I did manage to get a ring to stay on and ready for action it would gradually leak. However like I said before, I had an ultrasound last year before diagnosis and was found to have a venous leak.
User
Posted 12 Feb 2023 at 02:39

Do you also get floppy glans with invicorp?

User
Posted 12 Feb 2023 at 23:13

Sometimes yes, sometimes no

User
Posted 15 Feb 2023 at 19:42
Will Invicorp work if if you've had a non nerve sparing RALP?
User
Posted 15 Feb 2023 at 22:21
Invicorp / caverject will work without nerves - but it isn't guaranteed to work for everyone. Even for men with full nerve-sparing, there is a small but significant proportion for whom the injections don't work.
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

User
Posted 03 Mar 2023 at 18:39

Hi Andy, thanks to your suggestion I decided to retry the Soma pump and have recently received an advice session from the Soma rep which has really helped. Several years ago I was handed a Soma pump by a urologist without any suggestions on how to use it. Consequently, I didn't put the rings in hot water to stretch them nor shave my groin, or remove the rings by pushing my fingers under the ring. Due to this several of the rings just snapped, the ones I used were too large to keep the erection and removal of the rings was painful, so I gave up. The advice I received was spot on and I can now maintain an erection using the medium tension rings for the first time in five years. Thanks again.

User
Posted 09 Mar 2023 at 21:36

Bright red blood in my urine.  GP suspects the implant is responsible.   The hospital will do a mri scan of the penis to check the implant and a flexible cystoscopy and a ct low dose kub....I think they're checking for bladder and renal cancer.

User
Posted 09 Mar 2023 at 22:51

Sorry to hear this. I'm sure it was quite a shock.

It could well be a late onset side effect from the radiotherapy. Radiotherapy can cause lots of fine surface blood vessels to form in bladder or rectum which are fragile and liable to break. If so, this is relatively harmless unless the extent of it might be causing anemia or a clot forms which blocks the urethra. They do always have to confirm it's not bladder or kidney cancer though.

User
Posted 09 Mar 2023 at 23:02

UlsterMan, hope it turns out to be nothing too serious, I was passing lots of clots etc but that was only a few months after SRT. Have you been overdoing things.

Thanks Chris 

User
Posted 10 Mar 2023 at 11:01

Ulsterman, Sorry to hear this, I pray it is nothing serious.

User
Posted 10 Mar 2023 at 18:05
Sorry to hear this Ulsterman, hope it turns out to be nothing serious.
User
Posted 10 Mar 2023 at 21:43

Ulsterman,

As others have said, I too hope that it's not serious, but I can only imagine that this is difficult for you.   Take good care of yourself.

JedSee.

User
Posted 11 Mar 2023 at 18:19

Thank you, everyone.  I'll keep you posted.  I still think the implant is somehow responsible.

User
Posted 11 Mar 2023 at 19:27
Sorry I missed this Ulsterman - fingers crossed it is not a serious problem
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

User
Posted 12 Mar 2023 at 13:10

Fingers crossed for you. 

User
Posted 12 Mar 2023 at 22:08

Sorry to read this. Hope you get it resolved.

Ido4

User
Posted 14 Mar 2023 at 07:40

I have my low dose kub ct scan today.  My daughter has just qualified as a doctor and was able to tell me that kub is kidneys, urethra and bladder.  I didn't know that.

I still blame the implant.

User
Posted 14 Mar 2023 at 09:43

Hope all goes ok with your Kub Ct scan today Ulsterman.  Thinking of you and hope your results are not too serious.

Ange x

User
Posted 01 Apr 2023 at 16:19

All my scans have been done.  No explanation as to why I peed blood but nothing wrong with the implant and no kidney or bladder cancer.  Good news.  They said most likely a one off experience 

User
Posted 01 Apr 2023 at 16:55
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"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

 
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