LGX pump stopped working after 9 years

[danny1553]

I just came from Dr. Kansas' office. I am so grateful that he agreed to see me on a short notice.
What he said was that through his entire career he had never seen anything like my case. He tried everything he could to no success.
Although he managed to slightly reduce the pressure in the failed cylinder which moved me out of the risk zone.
He suggested 2 options - either try to fix the pump or to replace the entire assembly. Given that my installation is close to its expected end of life, and given that an incision would be required regardless, I chose to go with a replacement.
Although Dr. Kansas said that typically for revisions he chooses CX. He claims that I should experience no shortage. Before op and after op my full length was 187mm (7 1/4").

Somebody on the forum mentioned that Dr. Kansas gives preference to longer RTE "for better rigidity". I asked hit that very question to what he replied that normally he preffers to keep RTE as short as possible and only when circumstances require that he would go with longer RTEs.

Now, when the risk of tissue damage has been eliminated, all I have to do is to wait for the insurance pre-approval then schedule the surgery day. Not sure if my insurace would cover it though.
He offered me two methods - pubic and scrotum. My original implant was installed via a scrotum incision and I still remember the recovery pain. Not sure if I should try the pubic incision method instead; but then there is a non-zero chance of nerve damage.

In overall, I was very pleased from my interaction with Dr. Kansas. My provider back in Canada highly recommended him.
What really helped was that during my panic call to his office I happened to talk to a male receptionist who immediately understood the severity of my case and took an effort to make sure sure the doctor would see me ASAP.

When I called to another doctor's office, I was talking to a female receptionist who was just mechanically following the script: "There are no appointments today. And if this is an emergency then I must go to ER."
That was rather frustrating especially given the fact that even if I go to an ER still they would have to page the same doctor as they do not have expertise in deflating failed implants. Just my bill would be unnecessaryly high.

[LGXDownunder]

That's great news Danny, and must be a relief. Now you have a plan, fingers crossed for your insurance cover.
There are pros and cons for both surgical approaches. I had penoscrotal and have full sensation back, orgasm 100% of the time from PIV or any other sexual activity. Yes the recovery was longer but I don't know if I'd go infrapubic. I didn't have a choice anyway as my surgeon only does penoscrotal.

[cbinspok]

Thanks for the update Danny
Glad you're on a good path now, keep us in the loop and good luck moving forward brother!

[BillyBob51]

I mentioned earlier that Dr Kansas was very good. He did mine in '24 and I am still very happy with it. He did it "Infrapubic", and I had very minor to moderate pain with recovery. I didn't use any major pain pills.
I am very pleased with Dr Kansas. His office is very close.

Good luck to you, and keep us posted.

[danny1553]

I just got an approval letter from my insurance which is a great news. The next puzzle to solve is timing.
I have to go on a business trip at the end of August returning Sept 2. Given that Dr. Kansas performs surgeries only on Tuesdays, the earliest time I could get is Sept 8 (if he has an opening that day of course). Then I have a pre-paid vacation trip to Dominican Republic on Oct 19.
Now is the math: if I get the surgery on Sept 2, I have roughly 6 weeks before Oct 19.
A question is whether that would be safe to swim in the ocean 6 weeks after the surgery?
I honestly do not remember my state after 6 weeks from my original surgery. Any thoughts? Is 6 weeks long enough to go on a beach or even take a plane?

[wilsonmill]

I had a revision 2 yrs ago, both surgeries were done penscrotal, the first surgery recovery was awfully painful, when I had the revision 5 yrs later it was no comparison to the initial surgery, I mean totally easy, now the healing part I think it was a month maybe a week longer but the scrotum was healed up, I know that is cutting it close for your trip, I personally, since I am diabetic would wait till I got back, but really you should be fine to travel if you got it next week for your trip the end of August. Just my thoughts.. good luck.

[danny1553]

That's an interesting observation that many real life people who vent through revisions claim that the revision recovery was noticeably easier than from the original surgery. Yet, AI responses say that revision recoveries are worse than the original ones.