I dunno that I would call mine a horror story. What happened, I’m pretty sure, was completely my fault.
I took Ibuprofen two days before the op. I almost never take meds, but I had a raging headache and nothing would help. So I took some. I forgot that I was specifically told not to take any pain meds one week leading up to the surgery. And they even asked me when I got to the hospital if I had taken any in the last week and I said no. I genuinely forgot at the time since, like I said, I never take any. As I was waiting for the doc, I remembered but I figured it wasn’t that big of a deal and I really didn’t want to reschedule the procedure (had to take time off work). Little did I know that the pain med I took is a blood thinner...
The procedure took longer than normal since there was some internal bleeding which the doc had to take care of. He said it was fortunate he caught it during the procedure or it could have been much worse. But it still wasn’t great. Swelling was much worse. One of my balls was more than double its normal size. Healing time was doubled. But the worst part is that, after all the healing was done, one of my balls starting shrinking. The shrinking is done, but now one of my balls is considerably smaller than the other (one the size of a small egg, the other slightly larger than a grape). It’s just a cosmetic issue. I’ve had an ultrasound of the testicles and bloodwork done to check testosterone levels. So I’m still healthy, and I doubt anyone but wife will notice unless someone is seriously checking me out at the gym locker room. But I still don’t like it. If I had to do it over, I honestly still would. Wife can’t be on birth cause it screws with her hormones. The condomless sex is worth it to me.