Nearly died

[Imppump]

Two weeks ago friday marks a day that nearly ended my life.
I went to do a co2 inflation and used the peaken mini inflator I bought from amazon.
I gradually opened the valve nothing was coming out then all of a sudden if just all went in and next thing I know I was staring down and blood was pouring out my right side of the scrotum skin was ripped apart.
I ended up being rushed to hospital Friday lunchtime and underwent emergency surgery with local anaesthetic to have my scrotum stitchec back together.
I spent until Sunderland lunchtime on iv drips.

[Tx_IntactGuy]

Hey, first I want to say thanks for sharing this experience here, and glad you're okay. This is a shared interest for some of us; it's exciting, it's taboo, and certainly dangerous on multiple levels. We owe it to ourselves to try to reduce the risks as much as possible.

I tried to look up the inflator you used, I'm assuming it's a CO2 tire inflator with the lever. I used a similar model my very first time I tried injecting N2O, and I couldn't easily control the flow. I knew I had to change something to make it more manageable. I imagined what the worst case scenario would look like with an unregulated CO2 device.

Please, for anyone doing gas infusion: you need to incorporate a regulator.

[midwestchub]

I'm glad to hear you're still with us. Do take it easy and recover well.

[Boomber_mod]

I'm off topic, but thanks for the experience. I advise everyone to check how it works before use, or to do a test on very small volumes.

[Imppump]

I used before and worked OK I think something went wrong with valve.

[TinyMe]

Phew! Glad you’re okay

[Tx_IntactGuy]

I used before and worked OK I think something went wrong with valve.

Exactly why a pressure regulator of some kind should be between you and the hundreds of PSI in the tire inflator. Failsafes are important.

You got lucky this time and walked away alive - don't make the same mistake twice.

[JimmyJones]

Yeah, for the love of god, always add in either a pressure regulator or a needle valve to your setup. It will let you adjust the gas flow down to almost nothing for a nice slow and steady flow.

[Quax]

Hi Imppump,

glad that you are (still) alive

... pressure regulator ... between you and the hundreds of PSI in the tire inflator. Failsafes are important.

One can't second that enough

[mRuss]

Yeah, for the love of god, always add in either a pressure regulator or a needle valve to your setup. It will let you adjust the gas flow down to almost nothing for a nice slow and steady flow.

This is exactly the right thing to have. Very good idea.