still pain after 11 months?
tri...@my-deja.com
malc...@yahoo.com wrote:
"I had my surgery in Jan 1999. After a couple of months of sharp pains
on
either side of the base of my groin (above the scrotum), I returned to my
doctor and he prescribed some anti-inflammatory steroids. After another
few
months of continued discomfort, the doctor took a blood test and
determined
I was having a continued immune system reaction to the surgery. He then
prescribed some pain medication (called Vioxx).
I don't want to be a 'wimp' or anything, but from what I've heard, there
should be NO discomfort at this time. Is that true?
The sharp pains are much more severe when I have an erection, during
intercourse and climax."
trifold wrote:
Most guys do not report pain after 11 months, which does not mean there
is none! Still, I suspect when there is pain, it is much milder than
what you are experiencing. For example, I occasionally have a kind of
mild aching the day after ejaculation, essentially in the same places as
you (At least, I think so: it is at the top of the scrotum). But these
pains are certainly not "sharp." And I don't feel them acutely while
erect, during intercourse, or at the moment of ejaculation. It is only
afterwards, and only after particularly long "sessions." I have come to
think of them as a kind of "sex hangover." When it does occur, it fades
after a day or so--unless I "sin" again (which I generally do!).
"I've just returned from getting a second opinion from a recommended
Urologist with a different group. After spending just a few minutes with
him, he seemed to completely understand and know what I was talking
about.
He said, "continue with the pain medication for 6 months to a year. the
pain 'should' go away. If after another year (two full years), then
consider the reversal. Maybe consider taking an ALIEVE 45 minutes to an
hour before sexual activity?"
I have a question for you that I think might be useful for others: We
have heard of reversal as a technique for dealing with post vasectomy
pain. But we also know that health insurance plans generally don't cover
reversals (on the grounds, I suppose, that it is an expensive operation
to correct a condition, e.g. sterility, freely chosen by the patient).
But in your case, reversal would be recommended as a procedure for
correcting an unforseen, painful, medical condition. So would your
insurance pay?
"Is some discomfort normal? For how long? Both doctors I've consulted
said
that in the all the years they've done vasectomies, each had 2 or 3
individuals with my symptoms. In all of those cases, reversal solved the
discomfort immediately.
Advice?"
Do you know the side effects of the pain medication they are prescribing?
If there are any, my sense is that you should definitely press for
reversal earlier. I think it would be really terrible to have the pain
you are describing--to suffer sharp pains every time you get hard or
ejaculate must be a real downer. I don't think it is right that you
should have to put up with it--and two years is a long time to have your
sex life hobbled this way. Have they told you how often this sort of
condition, especially if it is caused by an immunological condition of
the sort they suspect, resolves itself on its own without reversal? If
the chances are slim, then why go through two years of having mixed
feelings about getting hard and ejaculating (i.e., "it feels so good, but
ouch!")? This goes double if there are any side effects to the pain
medication. If the reversal is a definite cure, you should go for it,
especially if insurance pays, and I think it should. It sounds as though
you are in a very small category of guys for whom vasectomy turns bad.
But that doesn't mean your special needs should be ignored.
Good luck, and keep us posted.
--
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tri...@my-deja.com
conventional vasectomy? (i.e. did they cut the vas on each side, then
cauterise or sew shut each end of each vas, or did they leave "open" the
ends of the vas coming from your testicles?).
malcolm
either side of the base of my groin (above the scrotum), I returned to my
doctor and he prescribed some anti-inflammatory steroids. After another few
months of continued discomfort, the doctor took a blood test and determined
I was having a continued immune system reaction to the surgery. He then
prescribed some pain medication (called Vioxx).
I don't want to be a 'wimp' or anything, but from what I've heard, there
should be NO discomfort at this time. Is that true?
The sharp pains are much more severe when I have an erection, during
intercourse and climax.
I've just returned from getting a second opinion from a recommended
Urologist with a different group. After spending just a few minutes with
him, he seemed to completely understand and know what I was talking about.
He said, "continue with the pain medication for 6 months to a year. the
pain 'should' go away. If after another year (two full years), then
consider the reversal. Maybe consider taking an ALIEVE 45 minutes to an
hour before sexual activity?"
Is some discomfort normal? For how long? Both doctors I've consulted said
that in the all the years they've done vasectomies, each had 2 or 3
individuals with my symptoms. In all of those cases, reversal solved the
discomfort immediately.
Advice?
--
Malcolm