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Recovery has been a little slower than I expected. A fair amount of the swelling went down on Saturday and Sunday and at last I was able to feel the pump unit. My consultant asked me to feel around the pump to get familiar with it. However, it is still surrounded by some sort of stuff so at this point it is not possible to work out which way round it is. The other issue (to be sorted out with the consultant) is that when the scrotum contracts (e.g. when cold) the pump disappears up inside a body cavity. I am a bit reluctant to try to push it back down because I don't want to damage it and because the area round it is still very tender.

The underneath plaster fell off again on Friday. I had to use a small mirror to look because I don't bend that far. The wound was fully healed so I left it open to the air, and it's much easier to keep clean that way.

The swelling has gone down markedly now and it is possible to make out the shape of the pump unit. However, the pump is very slippery and skips about all over the place; using it may take some practice. The soreness has not gone away, particularly from the area of the cuff, and is being aggravated by the rubbing of damp pads. Time to try Vaseline I think.

I have a medical alert bracelet (nothing exotic, just stretchy and bright red). It was quite a challenge to get the message onto the bracelet in two lines of 45-characters (including spaces). "Do not catheterise without..." takes up a lot of space to start with. The kit that accompanied the AUS included a small plastic tag with deactivation instructions that can be attached to a key ring.