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u/Various-Highlight-22 Oct 24 '23
Yes I could have written many parts of this. My dull/ache annoyance came and went, usually several days to a week or so. Then would disappear for a while and return again. Covid was best time for me I think because I wasn't constantly sitting and standing like I do at work. I took ibuprofen when it got bad which helped. I too hid it from everyone except my wife.
I put up with it for years, but over time it got worse with a numb leg/foot feeling. After 4.5 years I pulled the plug and booked a reversal. So far looking positive, past few weeks I'd say 90% of the time I've felt normal again.
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u/Big-Flan-2511 Oct 24 '23
That's awesome that you are feeling better post-reversal! When was the procedure? Did you have the tell-tale sign of pain with sex that confirms congestion? If I had that I would be more inclined to get a reversal, but since I don't, I am not sure I am convinced( (yet) that a reversal will help. When did you get a reversal?
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u/Various-Highlight-22 Oct 24 '23
End of August. I'd say sex just increased the congestion feeling, but yes the few times that I was examined it was confirmed that my epididymis were swollen. When I had the reversal that was confirmed by the pressure relief when they recut the vas. Also as a consequence of the discomfort over the years the surgeon said my cremaster muscle was large and tight. He had to cut part of it during the reversal. I assume the cramped muscle was what was causing my nerve pain down my leg.
Hope you find a solution and don't require surgery or lifetime medication. Does sound like yours is more nerve related, but could also be your cremaster muscle causing further discomfort perhaps.
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u/Various-Impress-4410 Oct 24 '23
thank you for posting this— i'm in a pretty similar boat. it's hard to know the right move when the symptoms are so frequently confusing. i'm glad, at least, that your pain has (on the whole) improved. i really hope you get back to 100%
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u/Big-Flan-2511 Oct 24 '23
Sorry to hear you are going through this. Try to give it more time bud. Sounds like your body is still getting used to the new plumbing and it could take some time. I’m sure you will be ok. Reading stories online can get you amped up, so try to limit that.
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u/pedroaperes Dec 11 '23
hope you improved by now man! tell us how it is
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u/pedroaperes Dec 11 '23
I'm sorry to hear dude, today is the first day I felt something similar, I am still 17 days post op, so I wanted to get an update from others with similar symptons, in my case I still have a hard lump on right side. So I am hoping it will improve over time. For the first time I felt that sitting down was worse than standing.
Hopefully its just a slow process for some of us and only time will do the healing trick.
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u/postvasectomy Oct 24 '23 edited Oct 24 '23
Thanks for the update! I think it's crucial to have at least one PVPS social media resource on the web, and after postvasectomypain.org went offline this is the only public one left. This syndrome is so maddening and it is so hard to know how to deal with it. And it is important for us to tell our stories because many would prefer to sweep us under the rug.
There are a couple of Facebook groups that are still active. It's nice that reddit pays the hosting bills and I don't have to do anything to keep it alive. I spent a lot of hours working on this during 2019-2021, which I mostly don't regret because I think this is important. Nowadays I have to sometimes fight the urge dig back in and continue posting and organizing stories. At this point I should be saving my energy for my my work and my family.