Hi, I just wanted to let you know that any sort of surgery poses a risk. If I would be able to go through this again, I would avoid surgery. There is a very high likelyhood that you would loose the testicle if you opt for surgery. It is just not worth the trouble.
All the best.
Ron
Thanx a lot but I have no pain just. Tingly sensation and some rimes numbness if I get kicked in my balls I would feel no pain in my teste but I went for an ultra sound and the blood flow was normal
Hi, I know what you are referring to. I was born with undescended testes on both sides. My left came down before the age of 1 but the right did not move down untill the age of 12-13.
I did not have a problem with the testes being fixed in the scrotum, as a matter of fact my right would at times go up into the inguinal region.
At the age of 35 and having had problems with multiple bouts of epididymitis and orchitis, I decided to go for a vasectomy in the hope that it would stop the infections. One day after the vasectomy, the left side of the scrotum swelled up to be the size of a grapefruit due to a blood clot (hematoma). I received emergency surgery to have the blood clot removed.
Once I got out of the hospital and back home, I noticed that the left testicle now was fixed to the side of my left scrotum, just near the penis. I worked as a heavy duty mechanic at being in certain positions was discomfortable or just painfull. When I saw the urologist for a follow up a year later, he told me there was nothing wrong and if I was to opt for surgery to get the teste freed, I should be prepared to loose the testicle. 3 days after my appointment I ended up in hospital with an infection in the left testicle. After a week of deterioration they sent me back to the urologist in the city. On the night of my birthday, April 26 I underwent emergency surgery to get my left testicle removed. The infection was so bad that they removed it form the scrotum with part of the scrotum. The scrotum was than left open to heal from the inside out. The next day the urologist came to great me. He mentioned; "I heard it was your birthday, did you have a ball.' Different sense of humor I guess. For the next week I remained in the hospital in an isolation room since the infection was a staph infection. For the next two months, I had a sitz bath and dressing change every 6hours. After having the sitz bath, my scrotum was packed with saline soaked gauze, untill the scrotum closed. For me it was a painfull experience.
If I was in your place, I would leave things the way they are. You would not want to take the risks of complications. If having the testicle fixed to the scrotum poses a big problem with pain, it might be best to have it removed. Given what has taken place, I much rather would have had to deal with a fixed testicle over loosing one. I now take testosterone shots due to low testosterone levels. Remember that any surgery has the potential of complications. I never would have thought of my nightmares by just having a vasectomy.
Other than surgery, there is not much that they can offer you for a fix. To me it's not worth the risks.
All the best.
Ron
hey ben555, I'm a 26 year old male with my share of testicle problems too. I have a varicocele on the left and a spermeocele on the right so I kinda know how you feel man, it ***** lol.
Good luck dude