I registered at this site while sitting in my room at the Philadelphia Best Western Center City motel, one block from Dr. Kimmel's office, with a bag of ice pressed against my greatly reduced crotch.
It's now a few days later, and what has absolutely amazed me is the absolute and complete absence of any pain in all that time.
Dr. Kimmel left in a "drain" (a length of 6mm tubing to prevent the buildup of excessive liquids inside the incision), and it was doing exactly that until I removed it yesterday. (Snip! Pull. Odd feeling as 6 inches of rubber tube came out.)
My surgery was on Monday, the 18th of December starting about 10 AM.
After he was done with the orchiectomy and complete scrotal removal, he had me lay for awhile until I seemed ready to sit , then had me sit for a bit and finally slowly stand, make my way to a chair and dress.
Dr. Kimmel attempted to use the minimum amount of Lidocaine to avoid any of the side effects, and during the surgery there was one point where he strayed just slightly beyond the area that was totally numbed, but just one yelp from me
and he made certain that didn't happen again by putting a bit more anesthetic into that specific area. All in all, the total pain from ALL sources related in any way to the surgery over the past 5 days has been less than stubbing one's toe.Dr. Kimmel called me at the hotel around 8PM to check on me, and we chatted for nearly an hour. He actually is a man genuinely concerned with his patients.
The most uncomfortable part of the surgery was my legs starting to ache a bit at the hip joint because of my holding them on one position for so long.
The most uncomfortable thing AFTER the surgery was when the ice bag between my legs sprang a pinhole leak and soaked the waterproof pad under me with ice water in the middle of the night.
Surgery, as I said, was Monday, He saw me again Tuesday afternoon and I flew back across country Wednesday evening with no problems - and very little discomfort.
It will be quite awhile before I'm totally healed, but already one of the pleasures is the different fit of clothing, even with the Maxi-pads I'm wearing over the area to absorb seepages and to protect the incision and stitches.
I have 20 days worth of Doxycycline (antibiotic) from a prescription Dr. Kimmel had filled at a local pharmacy near his office that delivers (prescription was $12 delivered to my motel room).
That's it for now. Nothing much to add. I used ONE of the provided Ibuprofen on the flight home because of a slight headache, but other than that...
I'm carefully following ALL his instructions, and expect no problems.
Most surprising of ALL this is how painless the entire thing has been.
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Also a December eunuch here (2005). Stick around and be sure to let us all know how you're doing as time passes.