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fossyant

fossyant

Ride It Like You Stole It!
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Oh cocodamol - not nice in the heavy doses of codeine !
 
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mickle said:
Now then...
After a week of Cocodomol induced hallucenogenic torpour I still have a bollock the size of a tennis ball which is displaying no inclination to go down any time soon. Looking at a second week off work at this rate. It's all I can do to find a comfortable position and hold it for as long as I can. My whole down belows area is still very swollen, especially all my testicle pipework. If I'd just had the mother****er removed I'd have been back on my feet in three days - not that that's what I really want but this feels never ending.

I thank the little baby jeebus in heaven for Mrs Mickle's unwavering sympathy, compassion and cups of tea.

And ****nose when I'll be able to ride a bike.

Bored

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Don't get it trapped in the metal bits.
 
postman

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I hope laughing does not hurt.Because.A mate of mine had one removed in London last week.A private clinic,he was informed there is a compensation scheme.They measure the distance between the scar and the other object and it's £200 per inch.Fantastic he replied i had the other one seen to in Edinburgh and it's in a jar up their.

One a serious note get well soon.
 
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mickle said:
Now then...
After a week of Cocodomol induced hallucenogenic torpour I still have a bollock the size of a tennis ball which is displaying no inclination to go down any time soon. Looking at a second week off work at this rate. It's all I can do to find a comfortable position and hold it for as long as I can. My whole down belows area is still very swollen, especially all my testicle pipework. If I'd just had the mother****er removed I'd have been back on my feet in three days - not that that's what I really want but this feels never ending.

I thank the little baby jeebus in heaven for Mrs Mickle's unwavering sympathy, compassion and cups of tea.

And ****nose when I'll be able to ride a bike.

Bored

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Hang on in there mate, one day at a time, it all takes a bit of time to settle down again. At least your missing the s**** weather, I'm doing more cycling in waterproofs than anything else, I keep checking to see how the webbed feet are coming on^_^
 
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mickle said:
Three weeks in and no end in sight.

Had my testosterone test results back today. Normal levels range from 8 to 22 somethingorothers per decilitre.

Mine's 0.5 :huh:
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Apart from being pissed off how are you feeling? have things started to get back to a more normal size yet? Apart from the obvious what does the test results mean?
 
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mickle

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dave r said:
Apart from being pissed off how are you feeling? have things started to get back to a more normal size yet? Apart from the obvious what does the test results mean?
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It's complicated, and I'm very hard of thinking right now......

St James Hospital, even though they're the regional centre of excellence for such proceedures, only do a proceedure like mine once every two years or so. The likelyhood of it being cancerous was in the region of 80%. If I'd had two goolies they'd have whipped out this one with nary a care. But because I've only got the one they did all they could to keep it. Which meant bringing it out, running an instant biopsy there and then, and making a decision whilst I was still on the table. I fully expected to have it removed.

What they failed to tell me was (a) that operations like this - on the actual testicle - are considered major surgery (weirdly, having a testicle removed is considered minor surgery) and that the recovery time is 4 to 6 weeks. :-/ (b) That there was a possibility that I'd stop producing testosterone altogether. My GP has been brilliant but she's no expert, I had to suggest she test my testosterone levels.

I do rather feel that I've been hung out to dry by the hospital, I got no advice at all. So I assumed that my recovery would be like it was last time, a couple of weeks.... but no.

No-one can tell me when (or even if) I'll start producing testosterone again. So I'm now waiting for an appointment with the endocrinology dept at York who'll decide whether or not I deserve hormone therapy. I'm not a happy bunny.

From Wikipedea:

Effects of low testosterone in men may include: (not all are present in any single individual)[2][3]
  • Poor libido (low sexual desire)
  • Fatigue
  • Muscle loss/atrophy
  • Slower and weaker erection
  • Erectile dysfunction
  • Reduced quality of life[4]
  • Increased abdominal fat
  • Glucose intolerance (early diabetes)
  • High cholesterol/lipids
  • Poor sleep
  • Difficulty concentrating
  • Memory loss
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Psychological and relationship problems
  • Gynecomastia
  • Hot flashes
  • Decrease in growth of, or loss of, beard and body hair
  • Loss of bone mass (osteoporosis)[5]
  • Irritability
  • Infertility
  • Shrinking of the testicles
  • Decrease in firmness of testicles
  • Small phallus
  • Frequent urination (polyuria) without infection; waking at night to urinate (nocturia)
  • Achy muscles
  • Diarrhea
  • Night sweats
  • Dry skin and/or cracking nails
  • Youthful appearance
  • Disproportionately long extremities
  • Lack of temporal recession of hairline
  • The skin is fine-grained, wrinkled, and free of acne
Nice not having to shave so often I suppose...
 
Fab Foodie

Fab Foodie

hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
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Blimey Mickle, that's rough :sad:
I've read the list and apart from Youthful appearance I'm suffering all the others and I've still got both testicles ... I think ... :wacko:
I just thought it was signs old age ....
 
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Fab Foodie said:
Blimey Mickle, that's rough :sad:
I've read the list and apart from Youthful appearance I'm suffering all the others and I've still got both testicles ... I think ... :wacko:
I just thought it was signs old age ....
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Blimey! Youthful appearance, fine grained skin and hair are listed as a negatives. Looks like they are the only things he's got to look forward to!

Hold fast Mickle, it'll get better.
 
Scilly Suffolk

Scilly Suffolk

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What that list doesn't tell you, is the frequency with which any of those occur: for all we know there may have been just one reported case of, ooh let's pick an example at random, "a disproportionately long extremity".

I'd also warrant that few cases report even a handful of these symptoms.

As far as medicine and the internet are concerned, it is a case of "too much information".

I do understand your frustration, but you would be better served re-directing your frustration into something more productive: if you are unhappy with the hospital's aftercare then you should tell them. I'm not suggesting a witch hunt but even if there's not much they can do to improve your situation now, at the very least you might improve the next patient's experience.

If they are a Centre Of Excellence then I am quite sure they have some sort of arrangement for receiving patient feedback. It may just be that everyone thought everyone else was keeping you up to date; it may be that there are procedural changes that need to be made; either way, things are unlikely to improve unless their failings are highlighted.

#toughlove
 
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As others have said that sounds rough, hang on in there Mickle.
 
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mickle

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To be fair I'm only suffering most of the listed symptoms not all of them.

The mrs is starting to wonder if she'll ever again be the recipient of a good seeing to. :sigh:
 
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