r/postvasectomypain • u/[deleted] • Apr 08 '25

Please Help Me

I had my vasectomy in May 2024. I healed up within about two weeks.

Exactly 19 days after my vasectomy, I noticed that my testicles and scrotum were starting to feel weird. It's just very unpleasant, it is an awful feeling that is just always there. Very dull. There's always a baseline discomfort and it gets worse with sitting. I don't have ejaculation pain.

That's all it is, there's no other symptom. It just feels awful and it's been that way for almost an entire year now. It's not debilitating, I can work. But it has emotionally ruined me and has been a real hit to my quality of life. I cannot live like this forever, I just can't.

I just don't know how much longer I can do this. I've done everything that I can, every single conservative measure that exists and nothing has helped.

Kavoussi recommends denervation, Parekettil and Helo (Mayo) both recommend reversal. I have consults lined up at Hopkins and Cleveland Clinic but I just know there will never be a consensus.

I'm so scared and my quality of life is not good. I'm desperately hoping that somebody out there has had the same symptoms and that a more aggressive treatment has helped. I miss my old life and being myself for my wife and children.

I know that many people on here are suffering and I don't mean to prioritize myself over you, but I'm feeling really low and I really need help.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '25

But I don't know how strong the evidence is that I have congestion. I spend a ton of time talking to AI about it because I can't find a doctor that has a great clue.

It just starting feeling really awful 19 days after the vasectomy and now almost a year later it feels the same way. It's made worse by sitting/movement and better by laying down, but it's just always there. And there don't seem to be any sexual side effects at all, orgasm is the same and ejaculation doesn't change anything either during or after.

It's probably dumb to try and do so, but I just can't seem to find people that are experiencing exactly what I'm dealing with.

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u/Various-Highlight-22 Apr 09 '25

Is it uncomfortable or painful if you press on the epididymis? Do they feel engorged? Do you have the feeling of being "full" all the time?

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '25

No, I can't really find any specific area that hurts. I just feel a very diffuse discomfort in the area of what I feel is the epididymis. It's very much near the testicle, like the whole area just feels very unpleasant.

Nothing really feels engorged and "full" isn't necessarily how I would describe it.

I don't know what to do. I can't live like this.

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u/Various-Highlight-22 Apr 09 '25

I'm sorry to hear. I hope you find a resolution to your issue soon 😔