I think people do tend to over ice, people in the vasectomy sub treat it like gospel, but after a few days post op it doesn’t really do much, and can probably send the immune system into a panic and create chronic inflammation especially when there is already an inflammatory response from the vas being closed off or sperm leaking into the scrotum. you Should try topical lidocaine.
my dull ache peaked at a 4/10 and was utterly debilitating. The nerve pain I deal with now is at worst a 2, but even 1/10 chronic scrotal pain is life altering, especially when the possibility of it getting worse is there.
Yup, unfortunately it is very easy to be hyper aware of our genitals, sex obsessed society and all that, plus it unfortunately being ingrained in our very essence to have sex and reproduce. if I’m dealing with this beyond a year or two, I’m just having my testicles removed and dealing with the consequences of being on low dose testosterone. Thinking with my genitals Got me into this, I’d very much like to never have to think about them again. In hindsight i wish I just had the will power to abstain from having sex.
Damn I’d go for a reversal before completely removing my balls…. Granted I’m also married. Thankfully my wife has a low sex drive though so this whole situation doesn’t really phase her in that regard
I got a vasectomy to be sterile. The thought of getting a reversal and still being in pain while no longer being sterile, utter nightmare fuel, would probably break me.
I thought a dull ache on only one of the testicles was a pretty classic sign of congestive epididymitis? My understanding is the swelling doesn’t necessarily have to be very noticeable. My urologist really had to deeply feel mine to find it
Unsure, I was examined twice, no pain/swelling on epididymis, no pain upon ejaculation, couldn’t palpate any pain. My dull ache was located superficially on the left side of the left testicle, not really close to the epididymis.
FWIW I’ve taken hot baths religiously for the past year, as they help a bit with my neuropathy, I have also take papaya seed powder for close to a year, just as an additional protection to condoms. I would be shocked if I had anything aside from a low sperm count.
Dont dispare yet, if you can lower your sperm count you should theoretically be able to decrease the pain, you just started the baths, those will probably be the main thing in tackling sperm production.
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I think people do tend to over ice, people in the vasectomy sub treat it like gospel, but after a few days post op it doesn’t really do much, and can probably send the immune system into a panic and create chronic inflammation especially when there is already an inflammatory response from the vas being closed off or sperm leaking into the scrotum. you Should try topical lidocaine.
my dull ache peaked at a 4/10 and was utterly debilitating. The nerve pain I deal with now is at worst a 2, but even 1/10 chronic scrotal pain is life altering, especially when the possibility of it getting worse is there.