What causes saggy testicles

M 15
So i was sick with fever a few days ago and since then my left testicle has been hurting/causing some small discomfort in some positions
Now 3 days later the pain is mostly away but i think it is still swollen a bit, sadly i cant compare it to earlier bc i never self examined. But its roughly double the size of my other testicle. Could just be a size difference tho that i never noticed and now seems a little conzerning.
Should i be worried? I really dont wanna see a doctor for this if not absolutly needed due to self harm scars there
EDIT: The sh scars are at my thighs not my testicles, what would still make the doctor see them and bc of legal reasons tell my parents, if it werent like that i would go

Hi, I am wondering if I can get some guidance/opinions from the sub on my case two months after injury. I don't know if I can do much beyond just rest and pray for improvement but want to know if someone has gone through a similar thing.
Context:
I did PE (manual stretches in all directions) for about 3-4 weeks. I decided it was not for me and stopped. I noticed at the time that my libido had dropped off maybe 2-3 weeks into this and I was no longer getting spontaneous erections, erections took much more stimulation to get and maintain, etc. About a week after stopping, I started to feel a pain on the bottom right side of my shaft (near testicles) when walking. I also felt an uncomfortable feeling in my glans when rubbing against underwear, and a dull feeling in my perineum (almost like it was too relaxed). I also noticed my flaccid was constantly longer and my superficial dorsal vein was bulging out.
Current:
It has been two months since I stopped PE. The pain in shaft/discomfort when walking has mostly subsided within the last two weeks or so.

• My dorsal vein is still usually bulging/I can push it around when flaccid. One other superficial vein also appears more prominent, and several others are darker all around.
• My flaccid doesn't really turtle up like it used to. Always hangs longer. Sometimes feels soft, sometimes feels firmer, closer to an HF state
• There is slight discoloration/ some hematomas. This was confirmed by a urologist. He said to give the hematomas 2-3 months to resolve. There is one on the dorsal side right below the glans that is darker and flares up when I ejaculate.
• I can get/maintain erections, especially when taking cialis, but are weaker and are not as frequent.
• I received a Doppler US and the doc said it looked normal/no venous leak
• No noticeable other pains or urinary issues.
• For some reason, when in the shower it turns into what seems like classic HF. Feels like a rubber hose.

My question is:

1. Could hematoma/bulging dorsal vein cause EQ issues? Should this resolve without intervention?
2. Does this sound like full blown LF or some variation of HF?

Any guidance is greatly greatly appreciated, this is causing me a lot of distress as you all know. I am also planning to start pelvic floor stretches/exercises.

I'm kind of upset about the situation. I went into a urologist thinking I had a mass on my right testicle, and I've had a dull pain for over two weeks, and when I went it, I told him it was in the front of my right testicle. He obviously felt both of them and said it was just the epididymis. I was shocked, because it was in the front, and asked him why I would have these lumps on the front. He said it was because my testicle would shift or whatever. He told me he felt nothing, but if I wanted to go get an ultrasound to ease my mind, I should. I've been thinking about it all day, and I was laying in bed, and decided to feel around both testicles,and both feel different. My left one doesn't have these hard lumps on it, and I clearly feel the epididymis on the back side. Same with the right, I feel the softer epididymis on the backside, hurts when you push it. But I felt the front, where the lumps are, and I can push down on it with no pain (other than the dull pain I've been having.) I plan on scheduling an ultra sound anyway, but I'm upset I didn't get any information on what it is other than a possible pinched nerve in my back/groin that's causing the dull pains.
Has anyone gotten a second opinion? Or am I just going crazy here. I don't want to live my life with this ache non-stop, and I'm still almost certain there is a mass on the front of right.

I am a cis-male on TRT. I have started using HCG to help with insomnia. HCG simulates testicles to produce Testosterone, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc. It helped with insomnia but 15 minutes after injections I get this intense high (It's like being on an MDMA or drunk). I have read in this community many reports of progesterone high. My hypothesis is that HCG increases my progesterone and that's the cause of the high feeling. I am planning to run some blood tests to prove this but assuming this is the case, how long does it take for the body to get used to progesterone and the high feeling to go away. I have been on HCG for 2 months now and I am still getting the high. If anything it's even more intense now.
If I had not other responsibility and could be high for months, it's not a bad side-effect lool
Getting high is not a know side-effect of HCG. My doctor has no idea what’s going on. So I am doing my own research. Yes, I am not trans but I am asking about trans experience. Since many trans women reported getting high from progesterone, I am simply asking does that feeling go away. If yes, how long until your body gets used to it. This is the only lead I have after weeks of research on this topic. There are no reported HCG highs anywhere that I can find. Trying to connect dotes here. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello lovely people! I've been interested in potentially getting chin filler to help even out my lower face and to help alleviate my extremely round face. However, at my consult my injector said that my chin fit my profile perfectly and instead suggested masseter and chin botox. I know that masseter botox helps create a slimmer jawline, but my lower face already feels very heavy/chipmunky and I'm worried that the masseter botox will potentially cause more joweling. I voiced my concern to my injector, but she said that since I'm young (21) that I won't have to worry about saggy jowels. I've attached some photos below of my jaw area and I would be curious to see what you all think and if masseter botox would be right for me. Thanks so much :)
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Well it’s been 2 years since I was first diagnosed, now 41 and Initially went to the Drs with a pinching feeling in my right hip and was diagnosed with early onset.
I’ve recently looked back and realised it’s been 2 years and how bad it is compared since then. I made notes on what I’ve been feeling physically and mentally which are below.
I just don’t know what to do. I can get physio on insurance which I think needs to be my next step as the physio on NHS was useless.
Thoughts below.
Unable to sit still for more than a few minutes without having to adjust and move position
Struggling to sleep and find a position that’s comfy
Find it extremely difficult to actually turn over in bed without having to grit my teeth.
The pain is now constant even when walking when previously it felt ok just stiff. Now the actual pain
Tried physio exercises but that just seem to aggravate the issue and caused more pain after
Now getting aching and shooting pains going to my groin and into my right testicle along with shooting pains down to my knee.
The pain has also extended up onto my hip bone and whole area is tender to touch.
It’s now constantly on my mind how painful and uncomfortable it is which is really getting me down.
I’ve tried taking paracetamol and they do absolutely nothing for the pain.
My son is five and all I can think about is not being able to play with my son such as have a kick around, go swimming, take part in the dads race at school. I cant even sit on the floor now and play Lego with him as it’s too painful to sit on the floor

Things have been busy here so I thought I would catch up on our two latest race adventures.
It's time for another race, so I hook up to the trailer and bring it to work. The Miata has been in the enclosed trailer since I ran it through the Christmas parade, but now it is time to wake it from it's winter slumber and start preparing it for Barber, our 10th 24 Hours of Lemons race.
The car should not need much as we ran nearly flawless at the last race at Road America. We had one spin and the wing mounts broke but that was about it.
I get it to the shop and we hurry up and start in. I already have one bay tied up with the next car we are building (more on that later, it is epic) and can't afford to tie up a second during business hours. Youngest jumps in and rebuilds the entire wing assembly. Manny comes by and drives the car to his place and keeps it there until a few more parts come in. It's a block or two away from the shop, we can nearly see it from the front sidewalk. No plates, no insurance, no problem.
Next we change out the brake pads, front rotors, front brake hoses and rear pads. We also change the timing belt after a debate on exactly how many race hours the old one has. Change the oil and the car is ready to load.
Racerguy comes down and we leave out Thursday night. I am driving a little fast as the website shows the gates close at 9 and our gps says we are expected to get there at 9.01. A quick fuel stop and a brisket sandwich at Buccees off I65 in Alabama and we are rolling on through the night.
Finally we get to Barber Motorsports park in Leeds Alabama. Just before 9pm we get in line and get signed in. The team ahead of us is just realizing they lost a wheel off their enclosed sometime on their tow in. The way I was driving before we stopped for fuel I could have lost the car out the back like in the movie Cars and not noticed. Luckily everything seems to be in one piece, we give everything a check over and drop the trailer and head off to the hotel which is thankfully just across the street from the entrance to the track.
The next morning we are up early. No Gill this race as he has had foot surgery and is out of commission, which means we are sorely missing his cooking skills. So we take advantage of the breakfast at the hotel and head over to the track. After we unload the car we have a discussion which ends with us moving across the paddock to the far side as the side we have had for the last few years is shorter and we can't park the trailer in that area as the new trailer is about ten foot longer than the old open trailer.
After the first of two drivers meetings of the weekend (many tracks do the practice day and hold their own drivers meeting to explain their own rules, then the next day Lemons runs the race and has their drivers meeting) we load a driver in the car and send him out to practice. Rinse and repeat until we have sent all the drivers out for a few laps.
By then it is time for inspections. First off all the tech inspection. They have a big crew this race but our favorite inspector Dale Strimple is there. He's knowledgeable, affable and very popular among all the racers. Every day is also his birthday, a story best told later. He and the other tech people soon pass our car then it's time for BS tech.
We have gone all out this race for our theme. This has been a long time thought of mine, it just took a while to get it enacted. So for context I am a cancer survivor and we are always doing crazy themes to try and draw attention to the importance of early detection in cancer improving your chances. In the past we have done free colonscopy tests with huge antique cameras and motor oil for props which thankfully no one took us up on. Later we have done dinosaurs with the inflatable dino costumes to bring home the point that that "dinosaurs never got checked and now they are extinct" which is also on the side of the car. It was popular, I mean who doesn't like to see a inflatable dinosaur walking around?
Today we have again upped our game. We are taking a scene from one of the funniest movies I have ever seen, Johnny Dangerously. There's a part where Micheal Keaton's character is counseling his younger brother not to have sex until he is married, which is funny in itself because Micheals character is always surrounded by a crowd of ladies who apparently are all competing for his affections. Anyhow he shows his brother this video of all these poor guys who are suffering from poor choices that have caused them to have severely enlarged testicles. Like basketball sized. Watch it sometime, it's hilarious. So we made up special pants to hold some dodgeballs and shirts that said: "mens health is no joke, get checked before you croak!" We got a lot of attention for that and even made the wrap video. Walking in those pants with the dodgeballs was not easy!
The next day it's race day. It could not be a nicer day in Alabama. Temps are great, sun is shining. We get through the drivers meeting and line up the cars. Racerguy is going first, we are trying to balance our drivers so that everyone gets one start or one finish for the weekend. It's fun to finish the race or the day and fun to start as well.
The flag drops and we are off. It was a complete fiasco at the start! Someone oiled down half the track on the pace laps and the track was not ready when they dropped the green. It was an immediate yellow but cars where stacking up and passing then realizing the yellow was out. Race control messed up that one pretty badly. It took another ten minutes to clean the track. Finally it really is time for a start and we go green for real. Racerguy is driving smooth as always and moving up. He brings the car from 87th out of 131 cars there to a respectable 39th when the first incident happens. A car spins and hits our rf wheel. Racerguy didn't think much of it but they flagged him in anyway. While in the penalty box we realize the rf is going flat. I did not see it then but by the time we get the car up to our spot in the paddock the wheel is destroyed. We slap another wheel on and send him back out. We lost nearly all the spots we gained, dropping to 78th on the board. Sucks but it happens.
The rest of his stint goes great and he brings the car back to pit road and we put in Youngest. He is running great and the car is showing no signs of any issues from the earlier contact. He starts making up ground and we get all the way up to 54th. Then I get a radio call. "The car is on fire and stopped running!"
What?!!! I radio back asking if he needs to get out of the car. "I'm trying to decide that" Ok, maybe not such a big fire then? We have to wait for more information and in a few minutes the rollback shows up with him in the car. We have had a wiring fire from the passenger side floorboard where the stock PCM harness is. I immediately think the car is done but after Youngest gets some fresh air he jumps in and cuts all the burnt wires out and patches it all up. Start to finish we are off the track an hour and a half and drop to 90th.
I suit up and take the car out to see if it will run or not. It struggles and will only get up to 45, so I bring it right back in. Youngest thinks he knows exactly what is wrong and jumps in again and patches one more wire. I go out and the car is spot on. I start clicking off laps and trying some things the guys said to do to improve on my lap times. There's a few parts where I just need to be more aggressive and roll through and trust the car more. I pick up about four seconds off my best time and am pretty pleased by that. The car runs flawless for the rest of my stint and I bring it back to pit road for the crew to fuel and driver change. We put Manny in the car and send him out. He's running some fast laps and really pushing the car. All the sudden we realize we do not see the car going by. One of the other teams say our car is in the wall on the front stretch. Manny comes over the radio "I FUBAR'ed it" Great, The front stretch at Barber is one of the places I have noted will bite you pretty hard. I have seen a few Lemons cars get really messed up there including a 63 Valiant last year. I am expecting the worst when the roll back comes by with the car for the second time this day.
It's pretty bad. The nose is knocked sideways, the steering is all out of sorts, a closer look reveals the lf tie rod is broken. The right rear is all messed up, the wheel is pushed so far forward it is into the quarter panel and won't even turn. We put the car up on jack stands and look it over. Not good. But there's glimmers of hope. The radiator is not broke. The engine is still fine. The core of the car seems square. And we have almost an entire Miata in parts in totes in our trailer. Maybe we can fix this. I start dragging out parts and we start changing them. The tie rod on the front is soon changed and we now have both wheels pointing the same direction. Youngest takes the nose off and straightens the brackets that hold it and the splitter in place and adds a whole lot of zip ties.
On the rear it just keeps going and going deeper. We change the knuckle, the lower control arm and the upper. We spend a long time saving the bolt that goes through the lower control arm and knuckle, we do not have another. This one is bent and has questionable threads too. In true lemons never say die fashion we beat it out of the bent parts, straighten it and when we cannot find the correct die to chase the threads we use one that is close and pray it works. It does, but then we get it all back together and realize even with all the parts replaced we still have two inches of rear toe. Just a wee more than the 1/16th we started with.
Turns out the rear subframe is bent, so we all go out and start walking the pits looking to borrow a port a power. This small hydraulic jack comes with rams and other attachments and has a pump attached to a hose so you can jack and bend parts that are bent like ours. We actually end up borrowing two after searching almost every team that is still around. It's getting dark, rain is moving in after midnight and the clock is ticking on the car being done. Is it fixable or is the damage terminal? There are three guys under the car jacking and measuring and I am handing them parts and tools and making a run for food.
In a dramatic fashion, they pull it out. I run for food and they finally announce the car is perfect. I think they worked until nearly midnight, but everything they measured was on the money. It was an amazing effort and a huge comeback. We all fall into an exhausted sleep wondering if the car will drive good tomorrow or did we miss something important.
The next morning dawns and as expected its raining. And colder. I cannot emphasize enough just how wet and cold it was. All day long it rained and I think the temps dropped. Made for a miserable day, pretty sure even a duck would have been unhappy.
I go out first, I had called this stint early on. Sometimes you have to pull the car owner card. It's a two hour stint then a quiet hour then the race resumes.
We gas up the car and I line up. The car seems to drive straight, but it is raining and the track is slippery so who really knows? The car stumbles a bit on accel and I wonder if we outsmarted ourselves with our home made ram air system that sucks air from right below where the left headlight was. It keeps on doing that for a few laps then finally gets better.
Driving in the rain is not without it's challenges. You have to drive very carefully and not push the car too hard. The fun part is the Miata goes straight when you floor it so anytime I get a chance I gas it up and go hard to the next corner where I slow down and ease through it. Soon enough another issue arises. The windshield starts fogging up. It gets real bad on yellow flags where we all slow down then gets better if I have a good run at speed, but there are times a smart person would have pulled off as you cannot see much at all. But most of us aren't real smart. I can't reach the windshield or I would try to wipe it. The temptation is there to loosen the belts and get enough room to reach but even I am not that crazy. I keep the belts tight but do take off one glove and give it a few swipes under a long yellow then hasten to put the gloves back on. There's probably not much chance of a fire in these conditions but no sense chancing it. I've seen pictures of burns from race car incidents and they aren't pretty.
On one corner I make a mistake, I get off line to let a really aggressive car go by. It's the Party Girl car and they are hyper aggressive. If you would think they would wait to pass until you get through a critical part you'd be wrong, they typically will jam their car in wherever they can and go on. Other fast cars are a bit more respectful and do a better job on the give and take. Not wanting to make an issue, I get over and promptly realize there is zero grip outside on this corner and slide through the grass. I go to penalty and explain what happened. The judge asks if I learned anything, I said "Yes, next time to be a jerk" I might not have used that exact wording but I meant it. The same car also was what indirectly caused the wreck the day before, their aggressive driving was what caused Manny to get the red mist when they did the same thing passing him. He over drove the car after that and lost it. Mental note to drive them the same way going forward, we both can be hyper aggressive and see where that leads. We have a few more cars to build in the driveway if need be.
After my two hours are up, I bring the car in and explain about the terrible fogging and vision issue. Manny goes out after the quiet hour and slides off the track for black flag number two. It's just very nasty out there and cars are going off all the time. We fix up a ice scraper with a rag tied to it to give the driver a method of clearing the fog. It's primative but way better than nothing. The drivers report they used it quite a bit the rest of the day. It's just gloomy and the race is going on, but cars are hydroplaning if they get into the water which is starting to pool on parts of the track. The rest of us are watching from inside Manny's car with the heat on, it's gotten that cold and wet.
We are so far behind now we aren't bothering to suit up and go to pit lane. Rather we bring the car up to the pumps, get the driver out and fuel and put the next driver in. It's still raining and not having to get anymore wet than necessary is a plus. Racerguy gets flagged in after he's run about half his stint and he has no idea why. Apparently the cameras show what they thought was contact in the corner, he says he got real close and braked hard to avoid it. The car shows no new signs of contact. The judge tells us one more flag and he's parking us for the rest of the day. Over contact that someone thought they saw on camera that apparently never happened. (I went to look this up on our go pro footage but the chip glitched and we had no footage)
Racerguy goes out and finishes. He reports the same as Manny, the track is getting increasingly treacherous. Very few cars are getting around good, if you have a front wheel drive with skinny tires, today was your day. I saw a escort wagon running laps as fast as us and later the Dodge Caravan passed us.
Youngest goes out and after about 15 minutes I notice the lap counter is not updating. I look outside the trailer and he is in the car, sitting there. We go out and he announces he cannot drive the car anymore, it's sideways all the time. I ask if he wants to load the car and he said yes. I don't object. We race for the fun of it, and at that point none of us were having fun. We loaded in the rain and left before the race was over. Many other teams had already done the same. Some were gone before the day ever started. We have raced in the rain before but this was the worst conditions I have ever seen on the track. Barber is a top notch facility, it was just such a lingering rain and the temps being below 40 made it miserable. The vision and grip levels seemingly got worse as the day went on and the water built up and the temps dropped. We saw a lot of big problems and overcame many. Probably if we were not so exhausted from fixing the car and were in the hunt for anything we might have stayed until the end. As it were, we dropped from 65th to 67th or so. Time to rebuild and get dried out and ready for the next race.

Any other guys have a testicle that occasionally gets pulled up uncomfortably tight? My right testicle is the culprit, it also sometimes flips 180 degrees which I have heard conflicting opinions on. It doesn’t seem to sit comfortably in a position either. It’s very unnerving.
I have had an ultrasound which was negative.
Anyone else had these symptoms? Can a pudendal nerve issue cause it? What helped you? 🙏

Hi everyone, bit embarrassed to be even posting this, but just a bit worried, very worried in fact. So bit of a back story first, a few weeks ago I started noticing that after I went to the toilet for a wee, mainly at night, I was feeling as though I needed to go again, but not in the usual way, like I wasn’t feeling the urge to way in the pelvic area, but more so isolated to my penis, and especially the tip of the penis. Thought nothing of it to begin with but it started happening more often and lasting throughout the day, so went to the drs, they dipped my wee, and did a blood test for my PSA levels and Kidney function, all came back clear and normal. They recommended I took some sachets for cystitis, so I did and after a couple of days these symptoms went away.
But during this time I was also getting a dull ache feeling, in my ball bag and my groin area on my left side that would radiate into my hip and into my lower back on my left side. Similar pain to ball ache after impact but not as severe. This has remained even after my other symptoms have gone away, but I have also noticed my left testicle seems larger than normal, and significantly larger than my right testicle. I can’t feel any lumps and it feels smooth but feels as though the shape is slightly different and definitely larger, and it seems to be sitting higher in my sack than usual, so I have seen the dr this morning regarding it, and after an exam he has put me on a two week course of antibiotics of doxycycline and is arranging for me to have an ultrasound, he has said that it would be very unlikely that it is cancer, he wants the ultrasound to check for any cysts and as to what’s causing the testicle to be larger than the other, but he has given me the antibiotics as he was also thinking that it is epididymitis.
I struggle really bad with health anxiety as it is, and I just want to know if anyone has also had any similar experiences to what I’m having at the moment and what your diagnosis was and if I should be worried really.
Thanks everyone

This may be a long one but here we go. I am based in Australia and in my early 30s to give some additional context.
About 6 weeks ago after returning from a Japan holiday, I started developing intermittent pain around my right testicle (also a mild productive cough that lasted about 3 weeks in parallel). It would come and go, maybe 2-3 times a day at first, only for a few seconds. Thought nothing of it and moved on with life.
A week later the pain become a constant, dull ache, in the same place as before. Paracetamol (acetaminophen for my USA friends) and ibuprofen (or other stronger anti inflammatories) didn't help and the only relief I found was through paracetamol and codine which I had lying around.
Saw my doctor who examined me and sent me off for an ultrasound. What came back was insignificant - some thickening of the scrotal wall and an indication of increased blood supply to the area. I also have two small epididymal cysts and a 2mm scrotoleith (stone) in the head of the epididymitis. Urine came back clear for STIs.
Since, the pain has continued to intensify, at some points making me nauseous. I have been back to my doctor, been to the emergency department twice and no one has any indication on what exactly may be causing this pain. I am now on regular oxycodone to manage the pain, and am almost unable to work my desk job.
Through the various doctors visits I was put on augmentin, cefalexin and cefuroxime to no avail.
I finally managed to get into a urologist after lots of desperate phone calls - and all he said is that it is likely some type of infection and to try a new antibiotic - ciprofloxacin. It has now been a week of that and at best I have improved 10% (if at all - each day is hard to tell).
At one stage I thought I'd found a tiny hard lump (half a grain of rice) where the pain seemed to be, but I haven't had any luck finding it for over a week since then so I have no idea if I'm gaslighting myself or not over it! (The urologist couldnt find it either).
I'm stuck for ideas - obviously I will keep following up with my urologist but feel like there is no respite from the pain. Its worse with movement and I can barely walk 5 minutes without being in agony.
Anyone got any suggestions/experiences similar to this?

Miran42:
Feb 09, 2021
Sharp stinging/burning when scrotal area is touched/irritated
Hi!
I did my vasectomy 25th January 2021 and i'm now on my 15th day post-op.
I had no problems up till day 11. Sex and masturbation felt exactly the same with no discomfort.
On day 11 i was receiving oral and noticed a slight stinging sensation in my scrotum and up the right testicle from certain movements.
Now, i first thought this was from my sutures.. the thread on the right side had almost disappeared into the wound, so i had to use a tweezer to slightly pull it out. Naturally this caused some irritation.
The day after, the same stinging/burning happened when i was walking or bending over.
The last days the pain has increased in intensity, and i noticed it happens when my scrotum receives pressure or the skin is dragged around. So basically whenever i walk or exert myself physically.
I also tried masturbating to see if the feeling had changed, and the best way to describe it was as if my penis was numb or under slight anesthetics. I came, but it did not feel the same.
I called my urologist and told them about the symptoms. The reply was they had never heard about stinging/burning in the scrotum after the procedure. They thought that sounded weird as the operation was not in the scrotum, but a bit down from the penile shaft on either side.
Any one on here know what the cause of this pain might be? Thanks in advance for any replies.
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Pudendal Neuralgia, if it continues for awhile. I got PN from a vasectomy!

Thanks for the reply! Hmm could be.
I just left work after having extreme shooting pains from both walking and sitting. From 1 to 10 i would say a solid 8.. almost passed out and threw up after walking 20m. Seems lying down is all i can do without having much pain.
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Feb 11, 2021
Little update.. I talked to the doctor that owns the clinic with the most experience.
Most likely it was from walking around 15k steps on monday and then sitting down for 4 hours straight and getting my Jimmy's in a squeeze somehow.
She said the nerves will be quite sensitive for a while, and me walking that much irritated the nerves. When I then sat down for 4 hours it put the nerve(s) in a squeeze. This caused them go berserk when I stood up and started walking around.
Sounds about right.. my job is mostly physical and I'm dumb enough to not limit myself. Been 2 days off work now, and it's just a slight stinging sensation sometimes when the wound drags along my thigh.
Hopefully it will heal better now that I've learned a painful lesson lol..
https://www.reddit.com/postvasectomypain/comments/lg363y/sharp_stingingburning_when_scrotal_area_is/gmxglkt/

Wish they would give us more warning about recovery time as my boss isn't very sympathetic..

I feel you man.. I was told I could go back to work the day after, and within 2 weeks I would be back to normal. My boss isn't very understanding either. I said fuck this and took 3 days off now.
Feel like the information given by doctors was very lacking and they told me almost nothing about side effects. I had researched a lot beforehand and knew there was a slight risk of course. I've seen my girl try all types of birth control and she gets absolutely wrecked from it. This is nothing compared to what she went through 🤷‍♂️
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Mar 05, 2024

Hi, just wanted to ask how you are feeling now that a few years have passed since your vasectomy. Thanks!

Hi! I had mild discomfort/pain for about 6-9 months after the operation. Mostly when going for long walks or mountain hikes. Also had a bit of a wierd feeling/pain when getting orgasms more than once in a short time span.
Now all discomfort etc is gone and everything is back to normal luckily.
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Source: self
First Seen: 2021-02-09
Last Seen: 2024-03-05
Storycodes: LTP
Months: 9
Resolved: Yes

Gus the donkey.
Adventurers often obtain donkeys to carry extra gear or loot. Strong and sturdy, these beasts of burden are also remarkably efficient, able to forage almost anywhere, and needing only straw or hay and a little grass now and then when on the farm or in town. These un-sung heroes need a little love. Here's a d100 list of Donkey Details (I suppose you could use most of these for mules, too):

1. Laughing Donkey. This donkey's hee-haw sounds remarkably similar to human laughter. Makes this particular sound only when PC's do something stupid or risky.
2. Scared of open fire -- torches, campfire, etc; runs away. Can tolerate lanterns (but kinda iffy).
3. Practical Joker Donkey. Takes one step to the side when anyone tries to load anything onto it and the loader is not looking.
4. Union Donkey. If ever loaded over 3/4 normal carrying capacity, goes on strike, will only walk in circles until it gets a long rest.
5. Back-Peddling Donkey. When spooked, always tries to back up 60 feet, no matter what's back there.
6. Depressed. Need to talk to it and pet it for 10 minutes after each long rest (and on cloudy days) to get it moving.
7. Battle Donkey. This one loves battle and always charges straight toward any battle noises it hears. No holding it back. Ooh-rah!
8. Passenger Donkey. Happy to carry riders (bareback, without a saddle), but doesn't want anything tied / cinched around it (will try to scrape items off against a tree, wall, the ground, etc.).
9. Allergies. Donkey has allergies in spring and fall. Sneezing fit 2-in-6 chance each hour. Drops stuff.
10. Lie-Detector Donkey. This donkey can sense when a humanoid is lying. Likely via some sort of pheromone cue (?). Farts if a lie is told within 10 feet of it.
11. Marathon Donkey. This donkey has incredible endurance and can travel twice as far between long rests.
12. Will carry sacks, corpses, or other floppy things, but not wooden boxes or other things with sharp edges.
13. Scared of crowds. Simply WILL NOT enter a village / town / city.
14. Has tapeworms, must feed twice the normal rations until diagnosed and healed. Poop can give tapeworms to any humanoid. Heads up.
15. Streetwise Donkey. Grew up in a city, pulling a delivery cart. Knows all the streets of the city, how to get anywhere. You tell it where you want to go, it will slowly, at a plodding pace, lead you there. It can't talk or understand any commands other than place names in that one city.
16. Vagabond Donkey. This donkey will occasionally wander away from the group and stay gone a few days, but then it always returns. Where does it go? Why? No one knows.
17. Mother-bucker. Will attempt to buck any female humanoid who attempts to ride.
18. Nauseated, 2-in-6 chance of throwing up in a big way every 10 minutes for a day
19. Scared of its own shadow. On sunny days, freaks out every now and then.
20. Large Donkey. This donkey is a freak of nature and is twice the normal size. It can carry four times the normal load and requires four times the normal feed/rations. It won't fit in most stable stalls, through most doorways, etc. Commoner strangers are usually freaked out by it; they are often intimidated by it (2-in-6 chance), or try to kill it (1-in-6 chance) because they think it is a bad omen, enchanted, cursed, undead, etc.
21. Stealthy Donkey. This donkey walks in a way that is completely silent, even on cobblestones, and shifts its weight as needed to eliminate the sounds of any clanking gear it carries. Instinctively hides itself behind/inside/undearound any available cover, at all. You turn around, there it suddenly is, looking at you in the eye. Can freak a dude out.
22. Loves butterflies. Chases every one it sees.
23. Counting Donkey. Point at a group of objects and say "Count." Donkey will tap its front right hoof a number of times equal to the number of objects in the group. Counts about one item per second. Can't spell worth a damn, though.
24. Aqua-donkey. This donkey loves playing in streams/rivers/ponds/rivers. Runs to them. Likes to splash everyone else. Thinks it's funny.
25. Catches a parasite disease and will die in 3 days unless healed
26. Chip-On-Shoulder Donkey. If there are other donkeys / horses around, hates them, always picking a fight.
27. Blessed Donkey. This donkey enters the scene carrying a religious messiah, or so they say.
28. Talking Donkey. Amazing! But, a bit finicky, only talks 1-in-4 times you ask it to, and at other random times as DM deems appropriate. Also, only knows a few words/phrases: yep, nope, hungry, tired, idiot, run away.
29. Hates the heat. Half movement and half carrying capacity on hot days > 80F. Needs double water rations.
30. Ate some weird mushrooms along the way. Temporarily blind for 1d4 days
31. Hates elves, they're too self-absorbed and snooty, always making you walk through trackless forests, getting you stuck in the underbrush.
32. Prudent Donkey. Has 1-in-6 chance of perceiving a trap within 30 feet. Will look at the trigger mechanism, hee-haw loudly, and not take a step toward it. No matter what.
33. Mystical Donkey. Has some kind of weird ancestral donkey mind-meld with a caster in the group, constantly complaining (mentally) that "this s**t is too heavy, dude," "can't you give a donkey a break?," "how about carrying some of this s**t yourself, tough guy," etc. You can't concentrate.
34. Lucky Donkey. When within 10 feet of this donkey, you can re-roll one roll per day.
35. Somehow, loves smelly green ogres who sing. Tries to run off with any such ogres encountered.
36. Hates humans, they make you work too hard, usually in larger towns or cities where the cobblestones hurt your feet.
37. Needs a bath, smells very bad. Indescribable, really. No surprising any foe while this donkey is around until it gets a bath.
38. Shy Donkey. Always tries to move behind you when you encounter anyone new.
39. Keen smell. Can smell most enemies within 100 feet and will hee-haw loudly to warn you. False alarm 1-in-4.
40. Sprint Donkey. This donkey can run at twice the normal movement rate, but only for one minute between long rests.
41. Drunk Donkey. Will only work when slightly inebriated. Must feed it a wee flask of ale, wine or whisky to get any work out of it.
42. Has one very short leg. Walks unevenly. Kinda funny, but only 1/2 normal movement rate.
43. Beautiful Donkey. This donkey is a very fine specimen of a donkey. Highly desired by donkey ranchers to breed other donkeys. Sells for double the normal price. Bit of a prima donna. Must be fed one apple or pear per day, or refuses to work. Resents you.
44. Hates the cold. Half movement and half carrying capacity on hot days < 50F. Needs double saddle blankets.
45. Sneaky. When you're not looking, has 1-in-2 chance each day of pick-pocketing something off the back of a random PC. Might drop it, might eat it, might fling it to the side of the road, might just hold it in it's mouth. Hard to say with donkeys.
46. Scared of snakes. Snake within 30' causes total donkey freak out.
47. Always tries to eat/gnaw whatever it is carrying (especially food) whenever you're not looking, ruins stuff.
48. Freaked out by undead. If it sees undead, or smells them (can smell 60' away), RUNS in the opposite direction.
49. Narcoleptic Donkey. Falls asleep, often.
50. Critic Donkey. When others aren't looking, looks at you and rolls its eyes. You swear.
51. Foraging Donkey. Grew up in the wild. If there is any vegetation around, at all, it can find it, find enough edible material for a meal, and feed itself, no rations required.
52. Shoe-Throwing Donkey. One-in-four chance of losing a horse shoe each day, won't walk until found or replaced.
53. Small Donkey. Can only carry half normal carrying capacity. But has a scrappy attitude and is NOT SCARED OF ANYTHING (immune to fear and intimidation).
54. Repressed anger. Tries to bite (for real) anyone within 5' who is not its owner (considers only one person its owner).
55. Back-Row Donkey. If there are multiple four-legged animals in the group, this one must be the last, in the back, or it won't go/work at all.
56. Vertigo Donkey. Always dizzy, walks in circles unless carefully guided constantly by hand.
57. Hates carts, wagons, etc. Will not pull a cart or other wheeled vehicle.
58. Wallowing Donkey. Enjoys a good roll in a mudhole/puddle. Every mudhole/puddle.
59. Deaf. You bought/raised a deaf donkey. Should have checked. Anyway, can't hear any commands. Won't respond to visual commands. Must touch the donkey to give it a command.
60. Musical Donkey. Gets indigestion often, becomes VERY flatulent.
61. Flying Donkey. This donkey has been magically enchanted to fly, only once in its life, for one minute. The wranglemaster must speak the command word: "Esel-burro"
62. Addle-Headed Donkey. Once per day, has a 1-in-4 chance of running in a random direction for 1 minute.
63. Hates the rain. Won't work in the rain. *OR* Hates the wind. Won't work in the wind.
64. Say-My-Name Donkey. You must call it by name to get it to do anything. It answers with a loud bray each time.
65. Hates dwarves, always making you work underground in the mines, and their beards are (somehow) scary.
66. Often gets a leg cramp, limping for 10 minutes, 1/4 movement rate.
67. Smoking habit. Will work only if you let it smoke lit cigarette or pipe while on duty.
68. Smart and independent. Anticipates and does exactly what you want 5-in-6 of the time, but disagrees and argues 1-in-6 of the time.
69. Lover Donkey. Wants to make baby donkeys, runs after opposite gender donkey (or horse) every time it gets the chance.
70. Has a drinking problem. Will always rush toward any water source to take a drink.
71. Is a hot head, always immediately charges and attacks any foe encountered. No holding him back.
72. Pregnant Donkey. This donkey is about to have a baby. 2-in-6 chance each day until baby is born.
73. Loves flowers. To eat. Will only do any work if given one bouquet to eat per day.
74. Pious. Has 1-in-6 chance each hour of stopping for 10 minutes, kneeling on front two legs, and praying to the donkey god "No Cargo Bob"
75. Death Wish Donkey. Is reckless, doesn't look where it's going, always running into things, chance of falling off cliffs, etc.
76. Dead pan smile. At the most dangerous / awkward moments, turns to a party member and gives the most ridiculous, hilarious donkey smile you have every seen. PC must make DC 10 Const saving throw or bust out laughing for 30 seconds.
77. Nervous Tick Donkey. This donkey kicks its left leg backwards randomly, every now and then. If anything/anyone is standing behind this donkey, there is a 1-in-6 chance that it kicks.
78. Cargo Donkey. Happy to carry items/supplies tied or cinched around it, but won't carry humanoid riders (bucks them off).
79. Homesick, always tries to run away and go back home (or to the place where you bought / found / raised him) every chance he gets
80. Perceptive Donkey. Has 1-in-6 chance of perceiving a secret door within 30 feet. Will walk up to it and put its nose on it.
81. Scared of water, won't cross a creek/rivepond/lake, etc. Definitely not getting on a boat.
82. Front-Row Donkey. If there are multiple four-legged animals in the group, this one must be the leader, in front, or it won't go/work at all.
83. Pacifist Donkey. Refuses to carry any weapons or ammo.
84. Glowing Donkey. This donkey glows faintly in the dark. Very dim light. No one knows why.
85. War Veteran Donkey. Missing one leg at the knee (maybe has peg leg). Opposite ear slashed off. Wears an eyepatch. Lots of scars. Can only carry half normal weight, but its kick does +2 damage.
86. Vagabond Donkey. This donkey will occasionally wander away from the group and stay gone a few days, but then it always returns. Where does it go? Why? No one knows.
87. Alert Donkey. This donkey has a 1-in-6 chance, on its own, independent of PC checks, of noticing an impending ambush. It will hee-haw loudly if an ambush is about to occur.
88. Ate some bad food / weeds, now has diarrhea, big diarrhea, 1-in-4 chance every hour for a day.
89. Expressive Donkey. Often has ideas and wants to share, "hee-haws" very loudly for 30 seconds. Sometimes indicates something important, sometimes not.
90. Large Donkey. This donkey is a freak of nature and is twice the normal size. It can carry four times the normal load and requires four times the normal feed/rations. It won't fit in most stable stalls, through most doorways, etc. Commoner strangers are usually freaked out by it; they are often intimidated by it (2-in-6 chance), or try to kill it (1-in-6 chance) because they think it is a bad omen, enchanted, cursed, undead, etc.
91. Hates halflings, their barn doors are too low and their generally cheery attitude is annoying.
92. Super-donkey. Can carry three times normal carrying capacity, but for only one-third the normal time between long rests.
93. Easily distracted by various things along the road ("Squirrel!"), constantly stopping to sniff / check out something.
94. Really thirsty today, requires twice the normal water ration for one day. Pees a lot. (I mean a lot.)
95. Wrong-way Donkey. Will only walk backwards. Half movement rate.
96. Ugly Donkey. This donkey is bow-legged, has a saggy back, missing teeth, ugly hair, warts, boils, is missing large patches of hair due to mange, somehow is always dirty, has flies, ticks, lice, etc. Nose usually runny. Eyes too. BUT, this donkey can Misty Step.
97. Shell-shocked Donkey. Scared of battle noises. Runs away from battle noises. Like, a quarter-mile away.
98. Hates strangers. When within 15 feet of an unknown/new humanoid, hee-haws loudly for 5 minutes. So embarrassing.
99. Picky eater, only eats store-bought straw/hay/whatever. Won't forage along the road/trail.
100. Loyal Donkey. Will not leave its humanoid wranglemaster unprotected. Will defend wranglemaster to the end. Will take an arrow or battle ax blow to defend wranglemaster. There to the end, no matter what.

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Hello,
I am a male of 25 years old and suffering from weird problem. Firstly, it started as mild pain in testicle, mostly in left testicle. But slowly, it grew and turned into much more problems. I slowly having problem with urination, and burning sensation in penis as well as ache in both the testicles. Testicles felt so heavy.
After a consultation with doctor, he gave me Levofloxacin, an medicine for UTI for 10 days. It kinda worked for 2-3 days but the situation remained the same.
Then penile warts also visible which made me so anxious. I did the STD blood tests for HBa, HIV 2 weeks after last sex and again after 50 days, both came NEGATIVE. I also did Urine routine test and Culture, all seems fine. But the symptoms persists and it's causing major headache for me and then I changed doctor, one of the most senior urologist of my country.
Then he again asked few things, did some tests again which all seemed fine and then again gave me two antibiotics which I took and symptoms still persists.
Current Symptoms:

1. Testicle discomfort on seating
2. Penis burning
3. Penis burning after Masturbation
4. Testicle feels so heavy
5. Burning feet, thighs
6. Abdomen Burning
7. Extreme itching from inside around groin area
8. Discomfort when on walking as I feel like my thigh are rubbing my testicles.

Could you please tell me what might've been the issue and which doctor to consult? The first doctor told me it might've been the pinched nerve in urinary tract and gave me Amitriptyline for 30 days, which I am taking for 20 days and it doesn't seem it's working at all.

Have any of you guys experienced a testicle which sometimes gets super tight to the point where it feels like it’s on the edge of retracting into the groin. It causes me a lot of discomfort.
I only experience this in my right testicle oddly enough snd sometimes certain stretches or feeling the urge for a bowel movement causes the testicle to get uncomfortably tight.
Does this sound like a pelvic floor thing? What do you think could help?

M20. All this started about a little over a year ago when talking with a trans individual about the risks of transitioning at a young age; they started it in a pokemon discord server cause some other girl said that trans women shouldnt be in their restrooms. Something something got to pre puberty trans people; i joined saying that most kids with gender dyshoria grow out of it by the end of puberty so early transitioning is dangerous(not in a mean way but there were users under 16 there and i didn't want them to do something they might regret) . She listed some things(covering her body with a jacket even during hot weather; not liking wearing swim suits; envying women for their lifestyles and clothes etc.) and i said that i also feel these things and she said that i might be trans. I was annoyed at that sugestion but it sticked out to me. Slowly thought about it.I often did have dreams before and after this incident where i was a woman. i was fantazing about being one. I wanted to wear women shoes shirts tight skirts; yoga pants and thin suits.i thought these were fetishes thinking it was part of puberty.I dont like my sexual organ (related but i was born with 1 testicle might explain some things).Never really liked my body; its very skinny so i often cover it with a cloak or something. I was sometimes waking up thinking that i was a woman. I had these things before that discussion but now i am also talking about myself as a girl in my thoughts. I dont mind being a guy i never had depression or felt out of place. I had friends of both sexes. I did some research and a lot of things that i described are symptoms of it. Some things fit but others like liking girl things(such as dolls or makeup dont. I want these feelings to stop. I am sorry if i sound like a creep but i want to know if anyone felt like this.I had to get it off my chest cause i have no clue what to do

My friend recently got Sciatica or something similar and is unsure how to deal with it. After wearing a pair of cheap work boots (what we think is the cause) for a day, he felt really bad pain in his legs that had him in shock and left bruising on his feet. Soon after his symptoms began.
Over the course of this past month he's been experiencing numbness down both or either of his legs starting from the lower back - down; "growing pain" in his leg muscles, groin sensitivity, and bladder desensitivity/tenderness making it so he can't pee. All of this seems to constantly subside and return at random.
He's visited the ER three times and been given muscle relaxers which seem to have helped with the numbness but not with the other symptoms which he says have worsened or appeared later. He's been taking the relaxers for about a week.
The hospital performed an ultrasound on his testicles and found nothing, and he took a UTI test that came back negative. They've found nothing wrong with him and send him home every time. He does have a cystoscopy set later this week.
Can someone provide insight/advice for what he's going through? I had sciatica years ago but how he describes it is nothing like what I experienced and he doesn't know what to do except return to the ER.

I have a myriad of symptoms that have slowly gotten worse since 2015, but have gotten much worse since around ~2021/22. Note that all swollen lymph nodes I have mentioned are generally pretty small (ball point tip size maybe, if that. The one in the groin is prolly the biggest if at all). Also, the only one that has been called a swollen node is the one near my right ear and the right groin. The hand one was stated to be a cyst by my PCP.
Also if it helps, I live a pretty sedentary lifestyle partly because of these conditions, partly because that's how I am and partly because I work in tech. My diet is also not the best recently due to the stress/impending doom from these long standing conditions stalling my life, but I am underweight if anything.
It's also worth nothing that other than the floaters, I feel like a lot of my symptoms started getting worse after I had an episode 6 years back where my right end of the lower abdomen was feeling intense pain. It passed but as you will see below, the pain/discomfort has always remained in a dull form. I went through a panel for appendicitis after that and nothing was found.
Any insight would be appreciated. My latest step is waiting on a MS focused neurologist appointment from the other neurologist I just saw and described below. Let me know if I can provide more details for anything! A lot of detail on both symptoms and test is slightly lacking.
Primary Symptoms:

1. Neurological and Muscular:
   • Right side of body less functional
   • Constant light tremors in muscles
   • Head pressure on the right side
   • Slight difficulty talking from the right side of mouth
   • Stiffness in the right hand, small cyst/lymph node in the center of the hand
   • Stiffness and slight difficulty walking with the right leg. A lot of it also probably due to the abdominal discomfort I feel from the right part of my body. swollen lymph node in the right leg
   • Frequent lightheadedness, dizziness, confusion, fatigue, and inability to think clearly
   • In general when I sit down and lie down a lot, especially when I have not eaten for a long time, my body feels very light (like I might faint) and passes after I walk around or drink water for a bit
   • I've also been a lot more jumpy and almost shaky when standing still the past year
2. Visual:
   • Floaters, flashing lights in the dark, small dancing dots in bright light
   • Small black dots flashing in bright sunlight
   • Occasional blurry vision
   • Double vision with high contrast (e.g., bright white text on black)
   • Fear of eventual vision loss
3. Respiratory:
   • Difficulty breathing, especially from the left lung, feeling of drowning
   • Heavy breathing through the mouth, worsened by anxiety medication
   • Discomfort in the bottom right of the left lung
4. Pain:
   • Dull pain/strain above the right hip, worse with exercise
   • Pain to the right of the belly button and above the right hip bone
5. Urological:
   • Urinary incontinence
   • Slight discharge after urination
   • Difficulty emptying bladder
   • Frequent but unfounded urge to pee
   • Swollen lymph node between the leg and right testicle
   • Testicular pain and persistent swelling, multiple inconclusive ultrasounds
6. Lymphatic and Skin:
   • Swollen lymph nodes near the right ear, right neck, and right armpit.
   • Boils or nodes near the collarbone, differently colored
   • Red boils/lumps around the chest and neck, focused on the right, some popping and redness
7. Ear, Nose, and Throat:
   • Chronic ear infections
   • Tinnitus
   • Swollen feeling in the right neck (under jaw, above adam's apple), pressing under my jaw/
   • Constant phlegm, septum deviation
8. Miscellaneous:
   • Feeling of having the flu, body being hot, occasional full-body itches. I used to have what I felt were heat flashes 2 years back but not really anymore except the itchy feeling when entering hot places
   • Discomfort closing right arm due to the armpit, feels like something is swollen in there. Found a rubbery boil like thing but it seems to be popped? Very tiny
   • Tons and tons of clear phlegm throughout the day
   • Discomfort sleeping on the right side of the head, causing nausea and light-headedness

Medical Consultations and Tests:

1. Urologists:
   • Multiple ultrasounds and CT scans of kidneys, urinary tract, and testes (4 years ago and 1.5 years ago), all inconclusive
   • Recent urine tests showed no concerns
2. Ophthalmologists:
   • Multiple visits over the years, last year saw a retina specialist
   • Findings: astigmatism, common floaters, no notable issues
3. Neurologists:
   • Two neurologists in the last two years
   • First MRI of brain and cervical spine, nothing notable
   • Second MRI of brain and entire spine, some cervical degeneration
   • Recent neurologist suspects MS, ordered extensive blood panels
   • Abnormal results: CMV IgG, LDL, cholesterol, and vitamin D
   • More results available in case something suspected!
4. ENTs:
   • Multiple visits, X-rays, and MRIs of sinuses, found nothing significant
   • Noted abnormal facial structure and septum deviation
   • Allergy test: dust allergy
5. Gastroenterologist:
   • Consulted since abdominal pain and breathing difficulty
   • Colonoscopy done, suspected IBS
6. Primary Care Physician (PCP):
   • EEG and chest X-ray for breathing issues, no abnormalities found
7. Misc:
   1. Also did an ultrasound of the blood vessels in my right leg around 4 years back when the right leg discomfort started (due to concerns of DVT), nothing found

Next Steps:

• Considering cardiology and oncology (lymphoma) evaluations
• Seeking insights on potential diagnoses or additional tests

M21. Health anxiety is something that can be detrimental to many who struggle with it. I am one of those people. I went from having a very enjoyable, social, active, and saturated lifestyle to a void, anxious, and empty one, all because of one singular panic attack. This is my story so far. The difference between my life in 2023 and 2024 (so far) is night and day, in the worst way possible.
I am writing this for people who also struggle with it, and may need someone or something to relate to.
This is what unresolved health anxiety is like for a 6-month period, 21M
In November of 2023, I felt a half of a bb-sized bump on my testicle. I went to get an ultrasound and it came back clear. And I was totally content with this -- no doubts, no second thoughts. I'm good! No need to worry about this anymore.
Then, about a month later, an oncology office calls me, asking for me to schedule with them. I was absolutely taken aback. This triggered a full-on panic attack. But, it turns out, them calling me was a complete accident, as I called my doctor's assistant, who clarified that my ultrasounds came back normal and nobody referred me to an oncology office. Must have been a complete accident, and it was.
Upon this happening, however, it kind of created a completely new sector of worry inside of my mind. I realized that, although I am young, active, have a good diet, and no family history of deadly diseases, I am prone to cancemalignant diseases just like everyone else. I always knew this but it never really held a place in my day-to-day thoughts. But this accidental phone call absolutely changed everything.
I overhauled my whole diet. No more fast food, no more high-sugar foods, etc. I will do anything to avoid death and illness. I already was healthy, but boy, I want to be the healthiest.
It also didn't help that after this happened, I started getting testicular and lower abdominal pain, as well as lower back pain, which all were key signs of testicular cancer.
I, of course, went to get a second testicular ultrasound. Sure enough, it once again came back clear as cysts and was nothing. And, I sh** you not, my testicular and accompanying abdominal pain disappeared COMPLETELY that night, and never returned. I swear that this pain was real, and I felt it constantly. But once I knew I was fine, it was gone with a snap of the finger. GONE!
After this, there was a period of me being fine, but then my lower back pain kind of persisted. I also lost about 7lbs, which was unusual for me as I maintained around 151lb for a while. It was definitely because I was starving myself, avoiding all forms of even slightly "bad" foods, and skipping the gym. And, of course, I Googled the crap out of everything that could cause lower back pain and weight gain.
At first I thought it was kidney disease/cancer, so I got blood and urine tests for that which came back clear. I then, presumably from my constant anxiety, started to have looser-than-usual stools and thinner stools, so my immediate assumption was colon cancer.
Every day, I would literally inspect my stool color, shape, and size. I was convinced I needed a colonoscopy, at the young age of 21!! Fortunately, I didn't end up doing that because my anxiety calmed down, so my stool returned to normal. Also, there was never any blood or weird colors, so I kind of threw that idea out the window, thank goodness.
But regardless, the lower back pain, weight loss, and now, fatigue, persisted. I returned to the doctor who found out I did, in fact, have subclinical hypothyroidism, so I got meds for that, which actually did resolve my fatigue! But not my weight loss and back pain.
A lot happened after this (the last paragraph was month 3), but to summarize the next few months, I started getting upper chest and back/shoulder pain, got a chest X-ray that came back clear, am scheduled for a lower back MRI, a full body MRI which I need to fly out of state for and paid a pretty penny for, still research every weird symptom and feeling I get, feel sick w/ chest pains every morning upon getting out of bed, constantly check my pulse, want more blood tests, etc. I am obsessed.
I also found out my aunt's cause of death was a lupus-caused pancreatic rupture, so now I am scared of that happening to me, and want to get tested for lupus.
I feel like I have two brains: the anxious, uncertain brain that tells me to get tested on everything and to always check my health to be ABSOLUTELY SURE, and the more reasonable and smart brain that is positive that most of this is caused by anxiety and psychosomatic phenomenon.
I know that I have horrible health anxiety and probably hypochondria, and I am convinced that the only way to resolve it is to get tested and get imaging on almost everything that is possible. I don't know for ABSOLUTE SURE if my fatigue and pains are caused by my anxiety or an undiscovered health condition. That alone is what is holding me from being sane again.
I hope that one day, I am freed from this insanity. I am embarrassed, scared, tired, and just want to enjoy my youth. Tips, success stories, and people who relate, please say something below. :)

idk if this is a recommendation but i think our son is between diaper sizes? how do you know what size is right?? 😭 im a FTM to an almost 7week old and i think thee newborn is too small for him? its tight around his belly abd leaves marks on his thighs cause he’s getting a little chubby. but the size 1 is massive!!! it can tighten all the way with the straps until they are almost overlapping, and its majorly saggy when he poops it goes all up the front!! is there a size 0 im unaware of😭 or are the indents okay??? i don’t know. we exclusively use pampers and we tried huggies but they gave him a rash (even though they felt much softer to me)? this is all confusing lol. are diapers supposed to look a little big/saggy???

So I have an idea for a Vought-sponsored new Supe. Hear me out:
The Supe will have a codename: Balls-Man.
He doesn't really have any extra powers, minus the usual strength buff and durability buff V offers, but he does have an affinity for gadgets, which is where V gives him a weakness instead. Balls-Man's utility involves testicle-themed gadgetry containing numerous types of balls, even his utility belt is shaped like a ballsack. The gadgets include hairy balls for usage as a grappling hook to scale buildings, sticky balls which stick people to anything, greasy balls which he can use himself to oil himself up to slip past tight junctions, mediballs for healing and chocolate balls as a source of food. The more he uses his utilities, the more his own testicles start to itch and eventually cause pain.
What do you guys think of this character pitch?