Day 11 post op

[C coggin]

Day 11 and totally pain free, still slight swelling in scrotum and just a slight touch of discomfort from pump on lower scrotal wall. only complaint today is it itching like crazy, I always heard that's a sign of healing. Took a nice hot shower this morning and my my my it felt like heaven. My wife did an examination and from the big grin on her face i think she is having some interesting plans for the near future. Should i be afraid?.... She is a country girl after all!

[sliphill]

Thanks for posting this. Only 11 days and no pain, cool. I can't tell you how much this helps me. I'm going in for one next month on the 8th. Just wondering how long I should take off from work. I was thinking I might as well take a full week off, as I have 2 1/2 weeks of vacation so far. Yes, itching is a sign of healing. You might be using that thing sooner than later by the sounds of it.

[charlesr]

Be very afraid . . . very very afraid. It may take you a couple months to get the smiles off of both of your faces.

[Otto78]

Thanks for posting this. Only 11 days and no pain, cool. I can't tell you how much this helps me. I'm going in for one next month on the 8th. Just wondering how long I should take off from work. I was thinking I might as well take a full week off, as I have 2 1/2 weeks of vacation so far. Yes, itching is a sign of healing. You might be using that thing sooner than later by the sounds of it.

I never had any real pain although I am sure the meds the first two days helped. I stopped taking the pain killers since I felt little pain. I had my surgery on a Wednesday and was back to work Monday. I had discomfort at work but nothing too painful. I had Kramer and he did an awesome job.

[C coggin]

day of surgery 05/02/2017 i was scared as hell, certainly this will be the most terrible pain i ever experienced. The anticipation as i awaited the surgical team to come get me was pure anguish! I was awakened in recovery room after recieving my AMS 700LGX feeling like i had an urgent burning need to pee, Nurse assured me it was just the catheter making me feel this and to just lie down, appearently i was slightly combative trying to get out of bed and go to rest room lol. Hey when ya gotta go you gotta go! My pain level on a 10 scale at this point was to my pleasant surprise was only around a 6 to 6.5 (much less than a previous abdominal hernia repair)

Day 2 my pain was only around 4.5 to 5, surprisingly this surgery wasnt near as horrible as i phsyced myself up to believe. Nurse came in to remove my IV and Catheter, sucker burned like a mother when they pulled it out and i was ready for it to be gone! Went to urinate about an hour after and went to restroom to finally relieve my urge to pee i had for last 24 hours and it burned like crazy from catheter irritation. got discharged from hospital and had a very difficult time climbing into our full nsized ford F150 supercrew, note to others... take lower and smaller car!

Day3 Pain down considerably to roughly 2.5 to 3.5 still keeping ice on scrotum continually decided at this point no longer needed narcotic pain meds so from this point on only extra strength tylenol (4 at a time) this surgery has been remarkably easy on me. from day 4 on to day 11 i was basicly pain free somewhere between a .5 to a 1 no longer using any meds or ice, hot showers feel so good and help relieve the minor discomfort remaining. As of today on day 11 i am 100% pain free, the scrotal pain is nearly gone just feels like its being stretched and heavy. Hope this helps someone.

[C coggin]

i took off 2 weeks anticipating it would be much worse, i was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to go through

[Lost Sheep]

day of surgery 05/02/2017 had a very difficult time climbing into our full nsized ford F150 supercrew, note to others... take lower and smaller car!

Perhaps a bedroll in the back of the truck would have been a good idea?:)

But seriously, thank you for the detailed narrative.

[Donnie1954]

C coggin,
Welcome to the exclusive bionic brotherhood. Take it easy and heal well. We're here for you.
Donnie

[sliphill]

Thanks for posting this. Only 11 days and no pain, cool. I can't tell you how much this helps me. I'm going in for one next month on the 8th. Just wondering how long I should take off from work. I was thinking I might as well take a full week off, as I have 2 1/2 weeks of vacation so far. Yes, itching is a sign of healing. You might be using that thing sooner than later by the sounds of it.

I never had any real pain although I am sure the meds the first two days helped. I stopped taking the pain killers since I felt little pain. I had my surgery on a Wednesday and was back to work Monday. I had discomfort at work but nothing too painful. I had Kramer and he did an awesome job.

My surgery is Thursday, so maybe Tuesday/Wednesday would be day to go back. Thanks.

[sliphill]

Thanks for posting this. Only 11 days and no pain, cool. I can't tell you how much this helps me. I'm going in for one next month on the 8th. Just wondering how long I should take off from work. I was thinking I might as well take a full week off, as I have 2 1/2 weeks of vacation so far. Yes, itching is a sign of healing. You might be using that thing sooner than later by the sounds of it.

I never had any real pain although I am sure the meds the first two days helped. I stopped taking the pain killers since I felt little pain. I had my surgery on a Wednesday and was back to work Monday. I had discomfort at work but nothing too painful. I had Kramer and he did an awesome job.

My surgery is Thursday, so maybe Tuesday/Wednesday would be day to go back. Thanks.

I decided to take off thur and friday, and then the following week. I'll play it by ear after that.