goodisgood
17th Feb 2008, 12:48 PM
Hello there!
This is a little awkward, and I considered posting it anonymously but I figured it was nothing to be ashamed of or to be secretive about. Thursday night (2/14) I started to feel a dull ache in my lower abdomen region and my left testicle was very sensitive to touch and was hurting somewhat. I decided to ignore the pain and see if it would go away after I slept. Lo and behold, the pain was still there when I woke up the next morning. However, I again didn't say anything to my parents about this because I had a major interview for the FSU film school Friday and I decided to just ride it out. So after work on Saturday morning, I decided to tell my parents that I had been having this pain since Thursday. I had started to get worried so I looked in to it and worried (assuming the worst) that it was either a testicular torsion or testicular cancer.
Anyways, I ended up going to the ER just in case and it turned out to be neither of the two suspected issues. It is nothing major. It ended up being a torsed appendix testis (nothing to worry much about) and a mild varicocele (because of which I was told to wear briefs now because they provide better support so the problem can get better).
So that was my interesting weekend so far, and while I was at the hospital they did tell me that if I felt pain in my family jewels again that I should notify my parents sooner because it could have been something worse. If it had been a full torsion of the testicle, because I waited so long, the blood could have been cut off from the testicle and it might have had to be removed. Fortunately this wasn't the case.
I guess what I learned from this experience and what I want to share with all you guys out there is if you feel pain in the area of which I've spoken it's best to say something about it as soon as you can just in case because, while it may not be anything to worry about, there are some major problems that can arise in your testicles. So don't wait like I did! I was fortunate. Eh, just thought I'd let you all know about that.
Sorry if it was a little too much information for you hehe.
MTFBWY!
This is a little awkward, and I considered posting it anonymously but I figured it was nothing to be ashamed of or to be secretive about. Thursday night (2/14) I started to feel a dull ache in my lower abdomen region and my left testicle was very sensitive to touch and was hurting somewhat. I decided to ignore the pain and see if it would go away after I slept. Lo and behold, the pain was still there when I woke up the next morning. However, I again didn't say anything to my parents about this because I had a major interview for the FSU film school Friday and I decided to just ride it out. So after work on Saturday morning, I decided to tell my parents that I had been having this pain since Thursday. I had started to get worried so I looked in to it and worried (assuming the worst) that it was either a testicular torsion or testicular cancer.
Anyways, I ended up going to the ER just in case and it turned out to be neither of the two suspected issues. It is nothing major. It ended up being a torsed appendix testis (nothing to worry much about) and a mild varicocele (because of which I was told to wear briefs now because they provide better support so the problem can get better).
So that was my interesting weekend so far, and while I was at the hospital they did tell me that if I felt pain in my family jewels again that I should notify my parents sooner because it could have been something worse. If it had been a full torsion of the testicle, because I waited so long, the blood could have been cut off from the testicle and it might have had to be removed. Fortunately this wasn't the case.
I guess what I learned from this experience and what I want to share with all you guys out there is if you feel pain in the area of which I've spoken it's best to say something about it as soon as you can just in case because, while it may not be anything to worry about, there are some major problems that can arise in your testicles. So don't wait like I did! I was fortunate. Eh, just thought I'd let you all know about that.
Sorry if it was a little too much information for you hehe.
MTFBWY!