pain

[Mike Ellis]

Keep That Swelling Down..!

Keep an eye on things boys, if you get much swelling in the area you can get some pain that will really get your attention - even if you haven't had a vasectomy.



I had surgery in the leg crease to remove some lymph nodes back in '01, the incision and stitches were a good ways off from the vital bits so I didn't even know pain in that area was a possibility.



Unknown to me, I had some swelling that pressed on a nerve running in that area, I was sitting in the chair with a plate of dinner watching TV when suddenly (completely without warning) I had a sensation EXACTLY like somebody had run up and kicked me in the nads full force. It shocked me so bad I jumped up out of the chair and hollered "HOLY &**^!" while my plate went flying. Wife thought I had lost my mind.



I still had the drain bulb gizmo on a hose running out of the incision site, so I was waddling around the room spraddle-legged holding the bulb to keep it from pulling on anything, every few minutes I would get another WHAMMMO kick-in-the-nads sensation. Talk about getting your attention, combined with fear of the next kick doh doh DOH! I was so flamboozled I bolted out the door into the front yard to see if I could walk it off. Not a good idea. Neighbors have been kind of leery of me ever since, must have looked like John Bobbitt waddling around and raving while clutching the drain bulb and my groin.



Ended up lying in bed with legs up and a bag of ice plastered in area, quick relief and no more kicks. Imagine trying to go to sleep knowing that at any second you might have the "kick in the nads" sensation, arghh what a night.



Ice: The sore nad's best friend... .

 

[3atatime]

I'm soooo glad you boys have finally started to set an example for the rest of the male population!

Kat

 

[JohnE]

Originally posted by Whitmore

Been there myself about 18 years ago, I only had 2 days off for the recovery, lay around and try to heal up and see what a few days does for you. One word of caution DO NOT try to give it any excersise (if ya know what I mean) until like 7 days, I tryed it after only 2 or 3 days and when the explosion occured the pain was tremendous and I thought I had broke my little buddie for life... .

Cheers, Kevin

Uh you must have misunderstood the Doc. Mine said a hand towel would be be my best friend for recovery.



IN my mind I can still hear and see the cute nurse at the pre-op conference. She smiled coyly and said "Remember, Gravity is your enemy!"



I was one of a dozen or so guys at work that had them done in about a year timeframe. You could always tell the ones that didn't follow post-op directions. Extreme swelling or sperm balls for them.



E7;

The boys should be better by now? I thought the lidocaine wearing off was about the worst part of things.



3atatime;

I've never understood why any women encourages her partner to get a V. If the little buddy doesn't have any wild oats to sow, he may look for other fields to .....



Another member of the Naval Orange Sowers

"All juice, No seed"



-John

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corrected grammar and Capitalization (dang keyboard)

 

[E7mack96]

Not yet, but I have not benn able to rest them. Business has been too busy. The day after surgury, one of my guys had a bad accident, (Cut someones hand off)and I had to help put the tailgate back on.



The little buddies are blue all over, and still sore as H**l.



I am not liking this at all.

 

[3atatime]

3atatime;

I've never understood why any women encourages her partner to get a V. If the little buddy doesn't have any wild oats to sow, he may look for other fields to .....



Getting a V is a much easier procedure than a histerectomy. I wouldn't want to be on hormones for the rest of my life and have my system messed up! Plus, why should b. control be only our responsibility?

 

[JohnE]

E7

Wearing a jock strap and icing at night?

Hope things get better. I've had epiditimititus (infected nuts) twice and that was far worse than the V. Get off the feet and find a bag of frozen peas.

After the boys feel better use a hand towel to suspend them when you sit. remember "Gravity is your enemy!"



3aat (Kat)

Agree on the hysterectomy part.

Control is a decision. Tubal ligation versus "V", hmmm.



Anybody remember the Billy Crystal comedy sketch on birth control and a horse race?





Many years back I met a couple that decided 2 children was enough family.

After #2 He had a vasectomy.

After #3 she had a tubal.

After #4 they both went back for a second treatment.



Still want to know why they call it fixed when the procedure is really breaking things... ...

 

[merryman]

Seems to me most of you guys need to sue your docs for mal-practice.

By the next day I was hardly aware of any discomfort.



Vaughn

 

[illflem]

Why I would never do it

What happens to the sperm? After a vasectomy the sperm production is the same as before, around 50,000 spermatozoa every minute. They pile up in the epiditimus and it can blow it out, like putting too much air in a tire. Wherever they go, they still have no normal exit, so these cells have to be either consumed by destroyer cells (macrophages) or degenerate and produce antigens which cause antibodies to be produced that will remove the sperm from the system. These antigens then infiltrate into the bloodstream and other cells throughout the body begin to manufacture antibodies against the sperm. These anti-sperm antibodies make your body auto-immune,--allergic to itself. Now that vasectomy has been around for quite a few years it has been shown to be directly linked to early onset of dozen different diseases that form in all different parts of the body...

 

[Doc Tinker]

Thanks for the insite, illflem. Where were you with this wisdom 23 years ago, when I needed it. Maybe you all will agree that my idiot posts could be related to my pile up in the epiditimus (it's driving me nuts !! ).



Doc

 

[Camara]

Is that another term for "backup"

 

[lschultz]

Originally posted by Doc Tinker

Thanks for the insite, illflem. Where were you with this wisdom 23 years ago, when I needed it. Maybe you all will agree that my idiot posts could be related to my pile up in the epiditimus (it's driving me nuts !! ).



Doc

Well looks like we have another resident Doctor on board-Dr. Illflem

Doc did you say the word idiot?And now we have another idiot on board:--)

My wife suggested this to me years ago. But I put my foot down and saidNO Nobody touches them hang-downs but me or you