Continuing with Dennis’ inflatable penile implant story, here’s the
next four days. The theme during these four days is swelling, support, and
sensitive. Dennis had lots of swelling in his scrotal area and it was quite
sensitive. Ice packs and support helped. So did the anti-inflammatory
medication. But I’ll let him explain.
Saturday Nov 20th (day 4): showered again. Having continued bowel and
urinary difficulties in the AM but by afternoon everything broke loose,
whew! Still using ice packs and 1 Vicodin every 4 or 5 hours to stay
comfortable.
Sunday Nov 21st: a small set back. The genital area is still inflamed
and the scrotal area where the new pump is installed is very sensitive. It
needs to be braced forward slightly. When walking tempts you to hold that
area in your hand so it can be positioned comfortably. It feels like the
pump is big and hanging in the scrotum and requires support. I always have a
bandage roll behind the scrotum pushing it forward. Then at night I roll up
a hand towel and put that between the mattress and the body so the scrotum
is lifted and supported instead of hanging between the legs down towards the
mattress, the hanging hurts.
Monday Nov 22nd: today I spoke to the nurse about pain management. My
pain isn’t bad but I wanted as much instruction as possible. She recommended
adding Aleve because it’s an anti-inflammatory and a pain med. I take an
Aleve in place of Vicodin at bedtime and think that helps a lot, follow the
recommended dosage.
Tuesday Nov 22nd: today the nurse recommended an athletic supporter.
You need a much larger size plastic cup than normal. The doctor instructs
you to keep the penis up next to your abdomen. The distance from the head of
the penis, in that position, to the bottom of the scrotum is so long that
the top of the cup presses the tip of the penis if it is too small. You want
to tuck your sore scrotum into the cup so it is comfortably tucked away.
But you don’t want the other end of the cup pressing directly on the penis
against your abdomen. I eventually removed the cup and used the jock strap
over briefs. You add a small roll of gauze bandage between the scrotum and
your upper thighs. That holds the scrotum forward comfortably; then tucking
everything into the jock strap pouch adds support. If everything is
supported properly the comfort level and pain is good.
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