At the end of February I had a crushing injury to one of my testicles. First it swelled and now, as it has gone down, it's volume is reduced by about 70% and it is very hard. Ultrasound shows it still having blood flow. A local family practice doc believes that, while major blood supply was maintained, internal micro-arteries were crushed which caused the inside to die. He said that he doubted anything can be done to repair it and that it will probably not require removal for medical reasons. I'm not so sure on either count and am seeing a small town urologist on the tenth of June and a big city, BIG medical school urologist on the eighteenth.
I went to the ER three times and it was only on the third visit, more than seventy-two hours after the injury, that an ultrasound was done. Exploratory surgery was never brought up. I think this was probably malpractice but am focusing on the medical issues right now.
It still aches and if all it's going to do is sit there, hurt, and look and feel deformed I'm not sure I want it there. If, on the other hand, it's still making testosterone and there is no medical reason for it's removal maybe it should stay.
If you have insights on what can and should be done, including what the surgery is like, how prostheses are implanted, how natural they look and feel, etc... your comments will be appreciated. Thanks.
No, it has not been an easy spring.
Dave
I went to the ER three times and it was only on the third visit, more than seventy-two hours after the injury, that an ultrasound was done. Exploratory surgery was never brought up. I think this was probably malpractice but am focusing on the medical issues right now.
It still aches and if all it's going to do is sit there, hurt, and look and feel deformed I'm not sure I want it there. If, on the other hand, it's still making testosterone and there is no medical reason for it's removal maybe it should stay.
If you have insights on what can and should be done, including what the surgery is like, how prostheses are implanted, how natural they look and feel, etc... your comments will be appreciated. Thanks.
No, it has not been an easy spring.
Dave