Post Op Irritation and Pain

Hello Readers:
I'd like to talk about Post Op pain. In the past couple of days, I've sent and received email with three concerning tenderness and pain in the scrotal sack wall and testicle in the same side as the pump sits. The new pump is smaller and my implant along with one of the gentlemen I wrote to, is also using the new pump. When you are implanted, expect a great deal of swelling in your scrotum after your surgery. I described mine as a small grapfruit hanging between my legs. Unless you have a large, low hanging scrotum, there isn't a lot of room in each chamber of the scrotum. In my case the pump and testicle don't have a lot of room to coexist, thus there is irritation to the testicle as well as the sides of the scrotum from over crowding. I'm on testosterone replacement and had a vasectomy 20 years ago because I no longer want to father any more children. Knowing what I know now, I replied to one of the recent implantees that maybe I would have been better off having my doctor remove one of my testicles freeing up space for my implant pump. It's not as if I need my testicles anymore. I don't need sperm and I'm on testosterone replacement because my testicles quit working like they should years ago. To remove a testicle, all the surgeon has to do is tie off and cut the neuro vascular bundle and remove the testicle from the scrotum. If you are considering implantation surgery and your situation is similar to mine, you might want to talk it over with your doctor about having a testicle removed as part of the implantation procedure and putting in the pump in its place. Nobody could tell that you have a pump from an implant rather than a testicle. And if the testicle is no longer useful to you, why miss it. I think with my experience and that of three other men, that I would not have such tenderness and pain in my scrotum now, if I had freed up space and had a testicle removed. Just food for thought. Take care guys.Bob