All kidding aside, I finally went to a urologist after having a testicular torsion 17 years ago. Now, I don't know if any guys out there have ever gone through this but I can tell you it is the single most painful event a man can ever experience. Welp, my old man is cheap, so I just kind of dealt with it until now, when I thought I could just go in and get it taken care of. Turns out it's not that simple.
I visited with the Dr. and he told me I am going to require an Orchiopexy, an Orchiectomy, and finally a vasectomy. Just the doctor fees alone for this are $3000. I have to call the hospital this morning and get registered for the surgery. I have no idea how much this is going to be. Thankfully my work is totally cool and is letting me borrow the money I need for the operation.
Now, everything I have read so far says it is a fairly simple procedure but I have never been under the knife, ever. I have to get this fixed though. The big bummer is I take motrin everyday to get rid of the constant headaches I have and now I can't take that either.
I guess it was a birth defect. Turns out the ******** is supposed to be attached to the ******* and mine aren't. The Dr. said that if I don't get it fixed, there is a chance that the other one could torsion as well, requiring removal of both, along with my sex drive, and I would have to take testosterone for the rest of my life, which would suck. He said that he had a 72 year old patient torsion about a week ago. Let me tell you, if I was 72 and was suffering from a torsion, I would wrap my car around a tree to end the pain.
I guess on the upside, seeing as how it happened 17 years ago, it's not cancer, otherwise my *** would have been in a pine box years ago.
So, this sucks. I am really really scared.