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Some observations so far (four days on from activation).
There is a technique for operating the pump. It is very slippery, so one-handed operation is a bit hit and miss (mostly miss), so the other hand has to be used to grasp the pipes above the pump to stabilise it, then the lower section of the pump can be squeezed to release the cuff. I'll keep an eye on this to see if one-handed operation is feasible with experience; if not, then using a urinal in gents' toilets seems to be out unless there is one with particular privacy.
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One handed use is possible I do it all the time. In a different post I also said at a urinal drop your pants and underwear to your knees. Grab and squeeze with one hand. If people look and wonder i say aftet 3 years with a catheter and the last 13 months with a suprapubic catheter coming out of my tummy it feels so good to pee even standing up.
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I'm just over 3 weeks from the surgery and the swelling in the scrotum has gone down enough so that my penis no longer goes full turtle due to the swelling although when I pull down my Depends I initially still look uncircumcised.
Peterj116 mentioned "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'm more than 2 weeks still from activation but I have the same issue in terms of normally not being able to feel the two tubes at the top of the device at the top of the scrotum. I think my scrotum is normally relatively contracted even when not particularly cold. I also understood from the doctor that with one hand one is supposed to grasp the two tubes at the top and operate the pump button with the other hand. I'm hoping that will have resolved in just under 3 weeks when the doctor activates the device and shows me how to work it.