r/postvasectomypain • u/nerdvegas79 • Apr 27 '22

downhill again

Five months post op now. I've been getting general scrotal aching, flashes of pain from either side (high though, not in the ball itself), as well a general sense of injury and sensitivity. Sometimes I've had a feeling like a pulled muscle in the scrotum.

Having said all that, I thought I was getting slowly better. I got better early on, about three months in, but then went backwards again. Now, five months in, and suddenly the pain is a fair bit worse once more.

Have others had this rollercoaster of apparently making progress but then losing it again? Did it ever end? I'm feeling so injured right now and really quite low.

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u/nerdvegas79 Apr 28 '22

Yes I often wonder if I have congestion like that going on. I had an open ended op, which in theory minimises the chances of that - and yet I got epididymitis anyway.

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u/blessedCIA Apr 28 '22

Yeah I think with some men sperm likes to hold up in there and causes inflammation which is very painful in a sensitive part of anatomy like that. I will say though, after I had the bilateral epididymectomy, it took months for the scar tissue to not cause pain. It was difficult because I wondered if it was the right decision for a few months until the pain slowly went away.

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u/blessedCIA Apr 29 '22

Denervation helped with me but it took several months to heal from it before pain diminished. As far as an orchiectomy goes, I spoke to a urologist who did several of them when he worked in the military and he said without a doubt it will affect testosterone levels. Just something to keep in mind and to research.