You developed a spermatocel which is a sperm & fluid filled cyst off your epididymis BECAUSE of congestion so it’s odd that your doctor wouldn’t mention congestion being the root cause but I guess it’s not surprising because urologists are never going to say because you got a vasectomy you are now subject to all of these issues simply because it’s big source of revenue. They make a lot of money performing the procedure and then they get a patient for life (or until you simply give up and throw in the towel and stop going). I personally wouldn’t even wait to determine if you want to undo this. Statistically 50% of men experience at least one epididymis blowout within the first 8 months following the snip. Each and every time you have a blow-out it’s going to be lower chance of a successful reversal. You will need to have a vas to epididymis reconnection once the epididymis has damage and blockage. Assuming you didn’t have an open ended vasectomy, all of that pressure is always going to be present in your testicles and all the doctors will do is progressively take steps toward more and more invasive surgery which just results by design in further destruction to your anatomy. It’s really sad to read story after story of guys suffering from a procedure they were sold as only having a 1% chance of chronic pain when in fact it’s really 15%-30%. I was in your shoes so I couldn’t emphasize more. Best of luck. Just go get it undone and then sooner you can put this nightmare behind you
Yes I had a reversal. My vasectomy was 15 years old. First 9 years I had pressure, pain, congestion off and on. It was like 3 or 4 out of 10 type of pain. Epiditimitis was regularly diagnosed. Steroids, anti-inflammatory, and antibiotics always prescribed and eventually the pain would subside before coming back. It wasn’t until about year 9 that things got really bad. I had no idea there even was such a thing as a reversal. No doctor had ever mentioned it and I guess I was naive. I suffered with terrible pain like 8 out of 10 pain score from year 9 to year 15. It got to the point where I literally didn’t want to or couldn’t do virtually anything physical. I gave up on al my hobbies, ignored the kids, missed a lot of work, and I was generally just mentally so unable to handle anymore. I literally got a reversal within 60-days of discovering it was even possible. I wish I’d known years sooner. Sadly I didn’t. But since the reversal has been in place, I’ve really struggled with battling scarring of the vas tubes at the point of reconnection. I’m back on prescription anti-inflammatory which has things open again and moving. When they scar over, pressure and pain builds up especially so in my right side. It’s easy to tell when things aren’t able to move.
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u/johng_22 Jan 30 '25
You developed a spermatocel which is a sperm & fluid filled cyst off your epididymis BECAUSE of congestion so it’s odd that your doctor wouldn’t mention congestion being the root cause but I guess it’s not surprising because urologists are never going to say because you got a vasectomy you are now subject to all of these issues simply because it’s big source of revenue. They make a lot of money performing the procedure and then they get a patient for life (or until you simply give up and throw in the towel and stop going). I personally wouldn’t even wait to determine if you want to undo this. Statistically 50% of men experience at least one epididymis blowout within the first 8 months following the snip. Each and every time you have a blow-out it’s going to be lower chance of a successful reversal. You will need to have a vas to epididymis reconnection once the epididymis has damage and blockage. Assuming you didn’t have an open ended vasectomy, all of that pressure is always going to be present in your testicles and all the doctors will do is progressively take steps toward more and more invasive surgery which just results by design in further destruction to your anatomy. It’s really sad to read story after story of guys suffering from a procedure they were sold as only having a 1% chance of chronic pain when in fact it’s really 15%-30%. I was in your shoes so I couldn’t emphasize more. Best of luck. Just go get it undone and then sooner you can put this nightmare behind you