whelp, the urologist officially declared

[shirlene29]

theres gonna be a lil trimming and rebagging along with some exploratory surgery for good measure

he estimated about half of one is comin off

what kind of jokes can ya make about one and a half balls? so weird

 

[miplank]

well...now we gotta think of shit you can do w/just half a ball.

 

[shirlene29]

I know! wtf!

 

[nangiggles]

one ball is funny 1 1/2 is just weird and poor taste to mock

 

[shirlene29]

you think he'll walk crooked? unbalanced?

 

[cryptosporidium]

doesnt he already? maybe this will set him straight.. you never know.

 

[shirlene29]

hmmm...good point!

 

[stephen4327]

not sure if this has been mentioned.. but if i were ur husband id backhand u a few times for postin some sht like this, this is some personal shit right here

 

[stephen4327]

funny tho, funny

 

[shirlene29]

he knows...he chuckled at it

cuz its funny chit

 

[mrplunkey]

I guess the next time he says he's going to: "bust a nut", you'll have to wonder if it's a good or a bad thing.

 

[mrplunkey]

What if the other half-nut was sewn back from a donor? Then you could call him FrankenNut.

 

[princesa]

you think he'll walk crooked? unbalanced?

ahaha

I LOVE your sense of humor

 

[kx250rider]

I have to get serious here... I have no experience or knowledge on the medical side of this, but personally, I would rather have the whole thing out than cut in half (ouch)... With some limited understanding of the anatomy of testicles, I don't see how they can take half. The top part is the epididimus (probably spelled wrong), and the lower part is the testicle gland itself. If there's something wrong with the remaining half, or if it stays sore for a long time, that would be a bad thing. I hope the idea of cutting it in half, isn't because your husband is trying to keep as much as possible, if the doctor has recommended otherwise. I know several friends who have had to lose one testicle for one reason or another, and they're just fine with one... No lack of hormones or anything.

What ever the case may be, I wish the best for him!

Charles

 

[shirlene29]

nope, he wasnt trying to save as much as possible. Two urologists (within the same practice) have reccomended removing the damaged portion because its not receiving blood flow but the rest is fine. I kind of question the logic of removing part of one rather than the whole thing given that I can't seem to find a thing about it.

My anatomy terminology may be off here so go easy, but my understanding was that in order to close the dura back up around the testicle a portion of it would need to be removed. Im not sure why they're not going just to remove the whole thing.
On a more serious note, ive never considered a malpractice suit in my life but I'm kind of wondering if one shouldn't be brought because the first two urologists in the trauma unit said it wasn't that big of a deal and it would heal on its own. A quick glance online through medical journals says that was absolutely not the case and doing nothing results in prolonged pain and suffering and likely loss of one or both testicles. I am really bothered by one of the urologists asking him if he had insurance and then making a quick assumption that he had medicaid (we do not, we actually have pretty spectacular insurance). I can't help but wonder if this was why they suggested the course oof action they did.

 

[cryptosporidium]

second opinion

 

[kx250rider]

I am really bothered by one of the urologists asking him if he had insurance and then making a quick assumption that he had medicaid (we do not, we actually have pretty spectacular insurance). I can't help but wonder if this was why they suggested the course oof action they did.

Actually, in my experience, the care is better if there is a presumption of no insurance. That's because they have to order up all kinds of "extra" tests and things, if they're going to get paid fairly by the insurance. Every time I need anything done, I wait to say anything about insurance until after the diagnosis and recommendation is in. Then I tell them I'm private-pay, and don't have a lot of money. Suddenly, they say they can skip this and skip that, and before I know it, the bill is down about 80% of what it would have been with insurance. Case in point: My wrist tendon was badly inflamed and constricted in the tendon sheath earlier this year. With insurance, the only option was to operate and slit the sheath to release the tendon. (total about $6500 with insurance). With cash, the same doctor did a cortisone injection with ultrasound, and I got cured 100%. (under $500) . And he said that insurance doesn't cover cortisone injections for my particular condition, so that's why the surgery prognosis. I bet there are two completely different opinions by your husband's urologist, based on insurance vs. cash!

Charles

 

[shirlene29]

maybe, but its clearly getting worse with no care and the general concensus is surgery within 72 hrs of injury to prevent the very complications he's starting to run into.

In all honesty, I probably won't pursue malpractice...but in my experience, being employed in healthcare, the standard of care here is very bad if youre a state pay or a self pay. This seems to be what happened here but I'm probably just frustrated that he seems to be going through uneccesary injury and pain. I'm obviously biased on the matter.

 

[cryptosporidium]

doctors are like mechanics in the way that the majority of laypersons just take their word for it.. cause how would they know any better? patients need to be more aggressive in being their own healthcare advocates.

i know youre aware of all this, but we see it way too often. its extremely frustrating to say the least.

 

[RADAR]

This whole thread is making me hurt like hell

 

[redsamurai]

shirl, where do you live? You need to take the hub on a day trip to some touted clinics. Hell if you're outside of a one tank trip to Cleveland you should consider flying him in just to go the cleveland clinic....they "WILL" take him right away. These are his nuts for gods sake, get on a plane and fly somewhere to talk to people who know what the fuck theyr'e talking about.

 

[shirlene29]

Im in Ct Sam.
I take the seconds groups recomendations better because our regular Dr referred them...that may sound lame, but she always always always looks out for us above and beyond the call you know?