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Are you happy with your Artificial Urinary Sphincter?
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@mirsy Yesterday we saw the urologist regarding the AUS and he thinks my 80 yr old husband can withstand the procedure and recovery. The doc wanted to make sure my husband had good enough hand dexterity to push the button to make the AUS work. He also mentioned another patient who had the procedure but couldn't operate the button. Is it fairly easy to push the button or do you have to feel around for it? Thanks again for your help!
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@mirsy That's excellent news.
Everything I'd read beforehand said to use one hand to hold the 2 tubes at the top of the device (did he give you a model of the device, so you know what it's like? Here's mine) to steady the thing - it's pretty slippery in there - and the other hand to squeeze the pump.
I found pretty quickly that I could use one hand - 3 fingers to pull the device to the side & use the thumb & finger to squeeze the pump.
It's easy to push. Too easy, in my case. They say give it 2 or 3 squeezes, but mine often works with one. It's just a rubbery button.
The button on the right there is the activation button. That's rarely used.
The squeeze part is the flat bit on the left. Push it a couple of times until it leaves a small dent. It refills on it's own in about a minute.