"...so you may or may not have testicular cancer..."

[Pekka]

... yeah.. but if it's infection.. it should go away and most likely no damage done. SO let's hope that one.... I hope your testies get well.

[DRoseDARs]

I'd be happy with just being able to sit comfortably.

Seriously, we'll see. There is a mass, that much we know from the ultrasound. Infections can leave lasting damage, but that's unlikely in this case. My gut feeling is that the infection and the mass are unrelated. That I went in to the ER for one thing and had something else discovered.

[Gangerolf]

Scary stuff. Hope all is well.

I did the testicle ultrasound thing too. They didn't find anything. I was told that "hey sometimes your balls hurt, it's normal, no big deal.". FU too doc. I usually don't mind pain too much, but pain in the nutsack like that is rather scary.

[Pekka]

That's really annyoing though, because you can't get away with it. It's like if you have a sore spot in your arm, you can get away with it. With this, not really.. No matter what you do, it's there.. you'd need to install a miniature pool in your pants and let the fellows swim in there to avoid collision and pain. I know this to be true, I once had a nasty case of .. basically I accidentally 'burned' my fellows once, the left one, because I had these POS boxers and we were marching a long day so they kind of rubbed against my thigh, and the next day I noticed it really hurt, it burned like inferno, and we had to do lot of walking the next day too so I was in agony. It was kind of embarrasing too. And it'snot even the same, you have it worse now. So you can't get the miniature pool, lotions won't help, so basically.. be on your back?

[DRoseDARs]

Were they made with recycled sandpaper? Cotton undergarments generally don't have chaffing issues. BTW, 'chaffed' is a word you can instead of 'burned'. I was so ready to NOT ask you how you managed to roast your chestnuts.

[Pekka]

Thanks! Learning experience... woaah.

Anyway this is not about my tessies, this is about your tessies so I'll go stop with these stupid things. Anyway,,, keep us posted!

[Whaleboy]

Scary stuff *Whaleboy examines self*

[Alex]

Originally posted by Whaleboy
Scary stuff *Whaleboy examines self*

damn, I also examined myself...

i really hope it's nothing serious, DRose... Hoping for the best.

[JohnT]

Any updates DR, Ajberba?

[Agathon]

Didn't I say it was the clap or somethng similar?

You naughty boy!!

[Boris Godunov]

Yeah, how are your nuts these days?

[JohnT]

I was going to bump this by saying "an update on your boys, boys" but decided to leave the crassness to others.

Thanks Boris!

[Agathon]

Yeah, come on DRD. Sound off like you got a pair!!!

[DRoseDARs]

Pain.

Lots of it.

I was more or less fine until Wednesday this week when I got hit with the pain that put me in the ER in the first place, but much worse. I've been in a higher level of pain than Christmas Eve since Weds. I tried calling the urologist's office yesterday morning, spoke briefly with Misty, was told the triage nurse was currently busy on another phone, and I left a message for her. Then I called back 30 minutes later and was told that A) I called a doctor's office ( Wow! Really? No sh*t, Misty. She was probably filing/polishing her nails and chewing gum when she said that, too. Valley girls... ), B) they had 8 doctors (And not one of them, let alone my own doctor, could find 5 minutes to talk to me all day?), C) all of whom have patients (I would hope so; I'd be rather irritated if any of them WEREN'T busy all day...), D) that they all have messages to check (But...that's why you have a triage nurse: To tell people something - this part is important - USEFUL until a doctor can see them..), E) and that they would get to me as soon as they could...



5 hours later, the triage nurse called back:
"We're not ignoring you..."
- I glanced at the clock when she said that...
"Put some ice on it..."
- No, I said USEFUL
"We can't prescribe you anything stronger because it would be too powerful..."
- God forbid.

I shold note that, unlike my mother, I'm a very pleasant person on the phone. I don't DO rudeness when I'm trying to get something, especially when I'm in real need, so at no point was I combative with either Misty nor the triage nurse.

*Sigh*

So basically I'm bedridden until I see another doctor (either my urologist or a new one if this is how I'm going to be treated by his office). I can't work today, tomorrow, and possibly Tuesday if I don't get stronger painkillers. Vicodin simply doesn't work for me. Being flat on my back is about the only position that doesn't hurt, though currently I'm in a tilted-back chair that actually doesn't hurt much if I don't move around. The abdominal pain that put me in the ER in the first place that became testicular too is what makes verticle positions unbearable. The nut pain keeps me from sleeping on my sides, which is how I normally sleep. Grr...

[Agathon]

jeez... hang in there mate. I had no idea it had got this bad.