Hi there -
Lets keep everything to this thread, now, ok? Its much easier for me.
I would go with the varicocele and stress. You used a condom for everything, so there is very little risk of it being an std.
The azithromycin powder was for chlamydia, and I have no idea what the 10 days of cipro is for. If you are treating gonorrhea, its 500 mg of cipro once, and that's not a good medication to use anymore, as there is some resistance, but I am guessing he put you on that since you are allergic to penicillin. The other treatment is rocephin (ceftriaxone). I don't know if you are allergic to that or not.
However, I don't think you have an std. It would be next to zero odds that you do.
Aj
That's great to hear. I really appreciate the advice, it definitely sets me at ease. Even though I've been trying to relax about all of this it still was really bothering me. I think after this, the few doctor visits and the lack of any response on the sti test I got I can finally just let it go. Sorry for the thread change. Thanks again.
I forgot to ask, how much azithromycin does it usually take to clear up an infection? I only ask because when I went in the doctor opened up the head of my penis and that's when he said he saw what looked like a little bit of discharge. When I do the same thing I see that the urethra is coated with some kind of clear liquid that almost looks like ejaculate. Is that a normal thing? I just thought it would be good to know for future reference.
It can take about a week for the azithromycin to really work. If its been longer than that, follow up with your doctor.
It sounds as if what you see might be normal, though.
Aj
So I just found out something today. I had read the side effects when I first got the Cipro and I assumed that what I was feeling was just a result of it. When I went to the clinic the other day I told the doctor I was experiencing some pain on my inner thigh. When he checked it out he said it was pain in my tendon and that it's really no big deal so I shouldn't worry about it. Just rest and it'll be fine. Now today I was starting to feel some pain again but in the other thigh while I was at work. A quick internet search led me to see that Cipro was actually added to the "black box" list of medicines.
Basically what I've learned is that Cipro can cause tendons to rupture and can also lead to cases of tendinitis. Signs of this are swelling and pain in (surprise surprise) tendons. So tomorrow I'm going to make another appointment to go talk to a doctor about the symptoms I had been experiencing because all of them seem to be on the list of bad side effects yet when I told the last doctor, he didn't piece any of it together and say "hey, you should probably stop taking this."
Also I saw a Urologist today and for the first time in 4 years have found out what actually causes my Vericocele and why it really isn't much of an issue other than some slight discomfort sometimes. The strange discomfort that I was feeling in my Urethra seems to have subsided, I'm going to talk with the doctor at my appointment just in case. I'm thinking the feeling could be from what ever infection I might or might not have had (still don't know because I was never given test results) or it could just be irritation from all the extra attention I've been paying to myself lately. I'm only in pain when I pay attention to it and examine the hell out of it so I may even be causing it myself.
That seems to be the end of it so hopefully I'll see one more doctor, I won't have any tendon damage and all will be well. At least now I know the side effects of Cipro and will be well prepared if I am prescribed it again or I know someone that is prescribed it.
Thanks again for all the help
ok, so I went to the clinic and I've been told everything is good however I'm confused about something. The doctor had me give a urine sample to test for what I was assuming to be any std's that might have been remaining after the antibiotic treatment. The lab had me wipe around my penis and then catch urine in the cup midstream. I was told to wipe around the head to catch any bacteria that might be there. The afterthought I was having was that to test for chlamydia the lab would probably need an uncleaned sample right away. The lab said everything looked perfectly fine and I had nothing to worry about.
I'm still having an uncomfortable feeling in my urethra and the tip of my penis just below the opening is pink and appears to be a bit swollen. I'm starting to think all of this is in my head but at the same time I want to make sure I don't end up infertile or pass something on to someone else. I'm just tired of going to the clinic because I've been there 4 times already for different reasons. Would an still be around after all the antibiotics I took?
also I'm noticing what looks like traces of discharge in my underwear but I can't tell if it's discharge or just dry skin or something. would it be really easy to tell it was discharge if I saw it?
sorry to keep adding to this but I thought I should add that I had an orgasm 3 times yesterday and I assume that would have contributed to the whole discharge situation. As far as I know if you orgasm a lot your body lets out pre-*** more often so that's why I'm assuming that's what that is from. I'm really starting to think I'm just freaking myself out into thinking something is wrong when I'm really okay. I'm just really bad with the whole medical thing because I know nothing about it. Should I just let it go and see if something else develops from it?
How long had you been off the antibiotics when you went to the clinic?
And I haven't any idea why they are having you do a clean catch, mid-stream urine, because that has a chance of giving you a false negative. Of course, if you haven't been off the antibiotics for a couple of weeks yet, then it might be a false negative anyway.
However, I doubt you'd have anything bacterial left anyway after taking the antibiotics, and I'd doubt you got anything in the first place having used a condom.
Did your urologist do a prostate exam?
If you have discharge, it would probably be in one spot. Dry skin could be anywhere in your underwear.
Aj
the urologist didn't do a prostate exam or anything because I was sent to him about the vericocele. I had only been off the antibiotics for a day when I went to the clinic. I'm assuming that I never had anything in the first place because I was tested 2 weeks after and the swab test came back negative. The discharge was only a droplet or two and it was just that one time so I'm assuming it was from a dream or something. I think I was just getting overly concerned about it because I would assume if I actually found discharge it would be blatantly obvious. Sorry to bother you with all the questions, thanks for all your help.