First round of Epididymitis
So I've just had a weird weekend. Problems down below. Two days ago things started feeling "tight" and balls felt full and heavy gradually getting more uncomfortable (nothing ususual, ive had this before and it has calmed down by itself). But as the day went on things got quite painful. Paracetamol and ibuprophen duly taken.
However the next day things hadn't calmed down. The pain and increased swelling/pressure intensified and alternated left side to right and back again. In all this I had hot flushes in the night, waking up with sweaty bed sheets. Nice. Having a rummage I could feel the inflamed tubes but was particularly excruciating. More paracetamol and ibuprophen. And again through the day my temperature was all over the place. Took some more paracetamol and ibuprophen before bed, normal temperature.
An hour later that night, our eldest was unwell and woke up several times but I felt awful and temperature was up at 39c, only an hour after taking pain relief. Time to call 111 for advice, it was the middle of the night after all.
Helpful call handler advised that I should be seen within two hours and NOT to take ibuprophen, at least not to take any more. Devon Doctors rang back shortly after and I read back my symptoms, it was enough to get an appointment in Barnstaple at 1.15am! Off I trundle.
We have used the Devon Doctors service before for our eldest a couple of times and incredibly pleased with the service. No difference for me this time around. Doctor was very methodical, thorough in examination, looking at several possibilities and considering options for treatment. I was reminded that pain is common post vasectomy, which I've had dull aches and discomfort, but not like this before!
I ended up with a 14 day course of antibiotics for Epididymitis (inflammation of tubes around the testies) and on my second day of treatment I'm much more comfortable and a vast reduction in pain down below. Pipes are still swollen, occasionally uncomfortable and sometimes painful. Y fronts are back in charge keeping everything in check and is making a huge difference.
Will see how it all goes but things seem to be going in the right direction. Nearly 4 months has passed since the procedure and I've not had a problem until now.
I've not yet made the appointment to check a sample for success of the vasectomy procedure, must do that in the next few weeks...
