[Jay]

Orchiectomy was NOT planned – it was a “complication” of the hernia repair and they never warned me about it or coached me on what to look out for to possibly have helped prevent it. The painkiller/opioid cycle is to manage the constant nerve pain in my entire scrotum from being ripped open 3x in less than 72 hours.

No sensation = no sign of life down there. I used to have regular morning wood and it’s been limp and lifeless ever since the surgeries. Re: scrotal swelling – all I can do is elevate it and keep putting cold compresses on it which have done a bunch of nothing in the last 2 weeks. Doctors said I can only shower for now and I cannot submerge in any pools/tubs for several more weeks. I expect to be swollen with no change for the next several months thanks to them. I wish I had never let them touch me. I lived life just fine and functioned normally with no pain with the hernia. Having it “repaired” was the worst decision ever. I now have one on my left side that they claim is not emergent but I’d honestly rather live with it ‘til I die than let anyone cut me open down there ever again. I trust no surgeons and doctors to do a good job and not leave me maimed and disfigured for months on end plus I don’t have another testicle to spare.