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Post op question on swelling
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2018 10:56 am
by JH2007
How long are your balls supposed to be so sore and the when does the bruising go away?
Re: Post op question on swelling
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2018 11:35 am
by Hawkman
Varies a lot case by case and doctor by doctor but the Scrotum is by far the biggest problem and is painful long after the penis has recovered. I had very little bruising but I dosed with vitamin K and avoided every known blood thinner including garlic in my food. Wish I could be more specific but individuals are very different.
Re: Post op question on swelling
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2018 4:11 pm
by Larry10625
JH2007 wrote:How long are your balls supposed to be so sore and the when does the bruising go away?
My discomfort and bruising started to go away during week three.
Larry
Re: Post op question on swelling
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2018 5:09 pm
by rooster2
I am not implanted, but had a vasectomy many years back. At the time of surgery, the doc said that some nerves are cut, that result in much less sensitivity of the scrotum. I have noticed much less pain, should my twins experience trauma. So, I am thinking I would have less scrotum pain should I get an implant.
Re: Post op question on swelling
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 3:06 pm
by Tsanchez12369
Can you explain the dosed w Vit K?
Re: Post op question on swelling
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 4:30 pm
by Hawkman
I take some supplements that are blood thinners. Prior to surgery, I stop all known blood thinners. Studies have shown that even a big plate of garlic spaghetti sauce the night before surgery can cause increased bleeding and bruising.
Vitamin K is one supplement that increases blood clotting so I made sure my vitamin K was up to par before surgery to help reduce bleeding and bruising. I cannot verify that it made a difference over not taking it. I only know I had very little bruising. Only a little light bruising on the sides of my scrotum that was gone in 4 days. I saw my penis immediately after surgery in the OR before it was bandaged. Dr. Eid inflated it for me and I was shocked at how normal and not traumatized it looked.
Re: Post op question on swelling
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 7:07 pm
by Tsanchez12369
I’m on ibuprofen, fish oil, vit e regularly. Stopping them one week before surgery. How much vit k did you take?
Re: Post op question on swelling
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 7:18 pm
by Hawkman
Tsanchez12369 wrote:I’m on ibuprofen, fish oil, vit e regularly. Stopping them one week before surgery. How much vit k did you take?
100 mcg but I also eat a lot of kale. A serving of kale has about 225mcg of vitamin K in it, twice what taking a pill has.
I had a whole pre-surgery regimen that I got off of a few plastic surgery sites. Just google presurgery supplements and stick with surgery sites not sites that sell vitamins.