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 Posted: 12/16/07 - 12:28 Post subject: After hernia surgery - swollen/painful vas deferens |
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Hi all,
It has been a few days since my hernia surgery. I am an otherwise very healthy/athletic 28 y.o. and I don't even know how or when I got my hernia in the first place. I felt uncomfortable for about a week and then one morning, while taking a shower, a saw the tell-tale bulge on my left side above my penis and noticed that I got just a little bit nauseas when I touched it. I got it checked out and the doctor told me that I did, in fact, have an inguinal indirect hernia. Half a week later - wanted to get it over with - I had the surgery performed. I weened myself off the painkillers after two days because I was concerned about not having a bowel movement, even though I had been eating like a horse. I started noticing that the pain was really no longer coming from the area the operation was performed but was now coming from my left testicle area.
My left vas deferens and epididymis are swollen and it is extremely uncomfortable. The nurses called me a few days ago to check up on me and I was fine then, but now I am very uncomfortable.
Does anybody have any idea if this is somewhat "natural" after having the procedure performed (hernia surgery)? I am on the brink of calling my doctor's emergency number because I don't want to lose a testicle. |
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