antoniafrancesca (imported) wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2013 7:28 am hopper44 Quick question - did you ever get serious bruising in the scrotum? Apart from being very swollen and red balls, 3 days after injecting, I also have some patches on my scrotum going very dark, almost black. Looks like heavy bruising...

Another possibility is you broke a small blood vessel when you did your injection.

R.H.

r1honour (imported) wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2013 9:31 am Another possibility is you broke a small blood vessel when you did your injection.

R.H.

r1honour Subsequent to my post, I found somewhere on the internet that said if it is really black and I should see a doctor quickly as it could be "torsion" which could meaning losing the testicle if not treated quick. I am not in too much of a hurry! In any case, what you said is probably the answer .

Well, I am now just over 48 hours into my journey and all is going well so far. Balls and scrotum and a bright reddy-pink colour are nicely swollen, so I took myself off to my GP this morning and told him that I also had intense pain LOL. He gave a script for an anti-inflammatory, an antibiotic and more pain pills and also a referral to a female urologist who will hopefully be more sympathetic to lopping my balls off. Women tend to be more pragmatic about this type of thing and provided you give them the right case history, I have read that they are quite amenable to performing the surgery. Oh well we will see, I will call her rooms for an appointment tomorrow morning.

micdavi24 You know, if you had them removed within the next couple of weeks, it would be good to slice them to have a look at the damage in the center.

You could do that with one, and the other you could send anonymously to a medical research center, with an explanation of what happened to it.

antoniafrancesca (imported) wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2013 2:43 am micdavi24 You know, if you had them removed within the next couple of weeks, it would be good to slice them to have a look at the damage in the center.

You could do that with one, and the other you could send anonymously to a medical research center, with an explanation of what happened to it.

Actually doing something like that could queer the pitch for guys who follow us down this path, so I won't do it. Mine will probably go to a pathology lab anyway, but if not, they will be preserved on my mantlepiece to remind me of all the problems they gave me.

Ok, nearly 72 hours in now and an update. The left testicle has shrunk back to nearly its original size pre injection. It is also pretty much insensitive to touch and gentle pressure. I can feel something there with stronger pressure, but it is kind of a dull feeling, bearing out my suspicion that it is pretty much toast. The right testicle is still swollen to about twice its size and very sensitive to touch and pressure, though no real pain when left alone. The left testicle also has a sort of hollow in the middle of it if I feel it between my fingers, bearing out the assertion that the CaCl2 prevents testicular tissue from regenerating. I also think that in the beginning it actually kills the cells.

As someone said before, the testicle repairs the cells in the presence of testosterone, so I have suspended using my testosterone booster since I injected in order to speed up the process and so far this decision seems to be working.

My scrotum seems to be filled with fluid at the moment as it is also quite swollen. I am now going to call the urologist that my doc referred me to for an appointment and hopefully I will be able to persuade her to remove these pesky things.

Ok, that's it for today's update. Hey antoniafranceska, how are you going today, given thet you are about 48 hours ahead of me on your journey.

I have just tried to make an appointment with the urologist, ony to find that she is closed until Jan 6th, which is maybe a good thing as I have a scrotal ultrasound on Dec 27th, so I will then be able to see how much damage the CaCl2 has done to my balls, thus making it easier to convince her to remove them.

Here's hoping.

micdavi24 (imported) wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:42 pm Ok, nearly 72 hours in now and an update. The left testicle has shrunk back to nearly its original size pre injection. It is also pretty much insensitive to touch and gentle pressure. I can feel something there with stronger pressure, but it is kind of a dull feeling, bearing out my suspicion that it is pretty much toast. The right testicle is still swollen to about twice its size and very sensitive to touch and pressure, though no real pain when left alone. The left testicle also has a sort of hollow in the middle of it if I feel it between my fingers, bearing out the assertion that the CaCl2 prevents testicular tissue from regenerating. I also think that in the beginning it actually kills the cells.

As someone said before, the testicle repairs the cells in the presence of testosterone, so I have suspended using my testosterone booster since I injected in order to speed up the process and so far this decision seems to be working.

My scrotum seems to be filled with fluid at the moment as it is also quite swollen. I am now going to call the urologist that my doc referred me to for an appointment and hopefully I will be able to persuade her to remove these pesky things.

Ok, that's it for today's update. Hey antoniafranceska, how are you going today, given thet you are about 48 hours ahead of me on your journey.

Hi: In 6 hours I will be at the 5 day mark. I am now at the slow waiting stage. Scrotum is very loose and skin still very dark in places but this color is staying the same. The large testicle is very tender and a little swollen. The small one has gone back to its original size. Overall, I just feel like I am recovering from a kick in the balls. Since my injection, I have walked a total of just over 40 miles with no pain - mind you, I must have looked funny as I walked with my legs slightly apart to avoid discomfort. Awaiting a doctor's appointment to find out what caused my low testosterone. I now have very obvious breasts and other symptoms of low T such as hair thinning, feeble erections. All this without taking any medicines or hormones - just the "special" injection 5 days ago! I am certain I will be sent for a testicular ultrasound and like you micdavi24, will await the outcome with interest. Unfortunately, this won't happen for a week or so due to the holidays.

Antoniafrancesca, I like the way your avatar has changed over the last few days LOL. First an erect male symbol, then a broken erect male symbol and now a broken and drooping symbol.

Like your small testicle, my small one is basically back to its original size with a small squishy indent in the center and I have to squeeze it really hard to elicit any feeling from it. The right hand one is still about 2.5 times its original size and very sensitive to touch, though even the dull ache of discomfort has disappeared now, but if I turn over in bed without due caution, it reminds me very strongly that it is there and has been assaulted. Both of mine got the "special" injection and they also each got a 1.0 ml shot of vodka the day before the CaCl2 injection.

My ultrasound is set for Friday 27/12 at 10.30, exactly a week almost to the hour after My CaCl2 injections, so i

BrookeTS (imported) wrote: Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:43 pm t will be interesting to see what the

y say in the report. I will of course open the envelope to read the report before I submit it to the urologist. I will have to wait till after Jan 6th to make an appointment with her as her rooms are closed for the break. Maybe this is a good thing since I will have a brand new ultrasound report to show her and not an 8 month old report from my last spike. Hopefully this will lead to immediate removal of both testes and scrotum. One point of clarification I should add, is that when I had the vasectomy back in June '98, they closed the incision with a self absorbing stitch which dissolved in 2 days and led to the incision being open and also a massive intrascrotal infection, which I suspect may have been the source of my problems. The other guy that I told you about had a similar problem except that his stitch took 3 days to dissolve and he did not consult a doc as fast as I did, so his resultant infection was worse than mine.

Oh well, I will hope for the best outcome for me when I see the urologist, but like you, I feel confident of a positive outcome.

Well now this is getting to the stage where it is like watching paint dry. Not much to report today, except that left testicle is back to original size with a soft squishy indentation in the middle of it and virtually no sensation of either pain or discomfort on being squeezed. Right testicle has shrunk a bit and now n longer has even the dull ache to it, but still very sensitive to pressure when being squeezed. it is now 4 days since injection.

My T levels were really low before the injection and I stopped my additional T regimen 2 days before the injection, so is now 6 days since I had my last T boost. I figure that maybe by having very low T levels I can help the CaCl2 do its work. We will see.

Ok, that's all for today.