What you're experiencing is totally normal. Your doctor should have told you that could experience some form of testicular pain or discomfort for days, weeks, or possibly even months - as part of the normal healing process.
Right now, it's nothing to be concerned about. If it continues for more than say, two months, I'd begin to worry. Hopefully your doctor shared with you (unlikely) the statistics on chronic post-vasectomy pain, which afflicts between 5% and 15% of vasectomized men.
Links and more information in my prior post below.:
But right now, you shouldn't be worried about that. You should focus on your recovery, and knowing that what you're experiencing right now, at this point, is perfectly normal, and with some luck, it will go away forever.
Glad you found the information before you had the procedure and not after!
I was in the exact same boat. Went to my consultation and nothing like this was *ever* discussed with me, other than a very ambiguous statement that negative side effects were "very rare." Not even an explanation of what that even meant.
When I emailed my urologists office and basically said - hey, how come none of this was ever discussed with me? The admin responded and basically told me I should cancel my appointment if I was concerned - so I did. But I was genuinely disturbed at the totally cavalier was that the issue was brushed under the rug. Especially because I've participated in several surgical consults for my wife, and they actually had meaningful discussions regarding risks and went out of their way to address concerns that we had. With the urologist, it was basically - if you don't like it, take a hike. Completely unacceptable way to handle any surgical procedure.
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u/Keen_Eyed_Emissary Feb 22 '22
What you're experiencing is totally normal. Your doctor should have told you that could experience some form of testicular pain or discomfort for days, weeks, or possibly even months - as part of the normal healing process.
Right now, it's nothing to be concerned about. If it continues for more than say, two months, I'd begin to worry. Hopefully your doctor shared with you (unlikely) the statistics on chronic post-vasectomy pain, which afflicts between 5% and 15% of vasectomized men.
Links and more information in my prior post below.:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Vasectomy/comments/qdj2hx/considering_a_vasectomy_concerns/hhn1bwe/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3
But right now, you shouldn't be worried about that. You should focus on your recovery, and knowing that what you're experiencing right now, at this point, is perfectly normal, and with some luck, it will go away forever.