Thanks. This and other research has persuaded me against the gel.
Did the Clomid not work for you?
I wasn’t working with a competent endo in the beginning, he didn’t even mention anything about my morning fasting 220 blood sugar. Some doctors just don’t take anything seriously, including life, he’s looked burnt out and in his 60’s, no motivation and probably Low T himself.
The 30 years of Klonopin usage killed my pituitary gland, Clomid wouldn’t have worked anyway.
Bump
I had a similar experience recently at around week 4 (late the week before last). It only lasted for a day. I woke up one morning during that week and my right testicle was achy and very sensitive to the touch. I asked my wife for a “mercy” release and that seemed to help a little, but for the rest of the day it was still noticeable.
The best way I can describe it, it felt almost exactly like one time when I was younger (25 or so can’t remember exactly) that I woke up with a pain in my right testicle. It scared me so I went to the dr immediately. He examined me and immediately rushed me to an outpatient surgery clinic telling me that I had what was called a twisted testicle. He said if it wasn’t corrected quickly that it could cause permanent damage. When I got to the clinic and stepped into the elevator the pain immediately stopped and I felt fine instantly. The specialist examined me again and told me that apparently while walking my sack had relaxed enough to allow the testicle to “unwind” itself and that was why the pressure immediately released like that. I was always a little skeptical, but I didn’t ask too many questions due to the fact that I had a sharp pain and then all of a sudden I didn’t. Weird?
Anyway, the episode a week or so ago brought that experience back to mind. Not sure if was what you guys are talking about or maybe I had a testicle twist temporarily again. All I can say is that I woke up one morning and it hurt. I ejaculated, then went to work and the next morning it felt fine.
One more bump just if there’s any other advice out there.
Hi j2z,
Wanted to see if you got any good results from hormone therapy or any other way. I’ve had post vasectomy pain since Dec 2017 and now I collect stories like yours and mine. Would be interested in finding out exactly what symptoms you had post vasectomy.
Hey,
I’m happy to answer a question to two but won’t make it a long back and forth because it’s not a part of my life I like to dwell on lol.
I see almost 0 harm in doing TRT protocol of some sort. I just take a shot once a week. If your T is low you need T. Your only downsides are just to get comprehensive blood levels checked regularly and if you want a reversal you can be on exogenous testosterone. You’ve probably been in a bad mood for 3.5 yrs lol. T won’t make you happy … but it will reduce those periods of depression to allow you to be happy if you want. Mind you my T was close to 0 so it’s a miracle I didn’t just walk in front of a train one day lol.
Does it help with post vasectomy pain?? Not sure.
My pvp has been 97% gone for 2+ yrs now. Unfortunate I don’t think that 3% is ever going away. It comes in the form of “ah I can feel that” for an hour a day here or there (but can go 2,3,6 days pain free just random) to the occasional day where it might spike a bit more than that - only on one side. I’m not sure why entirely. But at this point I’d be dumb to do anything else down there. For about a year I had legit pain both sides. Though the side that I can still feel Occasionally was always the worse one. Not really congestion feeling (not that I could tell 100%) Then it got better but still hurt for another year. Then about two years out it mostly went away.
What has helped that?? I don’t know. Things I’ll point to:
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papaya seed powder. I take this daily. I’m not sure if it’s needed anymore as I’ve not really stopped long enough to test that out as I’d rather not you know.
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marijuana. This helps with your attitude on life as well. In fact I would highly recommend this. Daily. Some varieties are better for pain… but I am not in a legal state so I take what I can get. I also sometimes, though not everyday (maybe 4/7 days a week as I remember) take CBD oil orally.
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time. But that’s a different response situation for everyone and by now you should have seen some changes for sure just from time.
I did have a bout of headaches and other random health problems (some skin issues, problems at elevation, all of which lead to anxiety) for 12-18 months until about. A year ago. That is mostly under control though and I am 99% sure that was from candida overgrowth. Which was from the massive amounts of meds I took post vasectomy most likely. It if you hear about these cytokines “storms” associated with covid where your body just overreacts to everything… that’s what it felt like, minus the actual covid symptoms. Heck I got the flu in August one year. I’ve treated the candida and then I feel better until my diet gets too gluten and sugar filled. Also… random, but magnesium helped with this a lot. For about 3 months I went and got IV magnesium once a week. Magnesium is like vitamin d in Americans - we don’t have enough of it.
But whatever. I eat healthier now. In fact from a core health perspective I’m pretty healthy. And for the most part am back to worrying about the normal things in life - keeping up with the jones’, kids and family, covid, etc.
Hope this helps!
And that’s how u keep trt simple! Glad you feel better
Thanks for the reply, and I just had one follow-up to ask. My testosterone numbers are not what my doctor would call low:
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323 ng/dL Total Testosterone
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52.3 pg/mL Free Testosterone – measured not calculated
But I found that a couple of months after the vasectomy my sex drive crashed and hasn’t really come back since then. So I wanted to ask if you had any sex side effects (low libido and disappointing orgasm seem to be the most common) and whether these improved from hormone therapy.
Well my numbers were super low so yeah those things definitely improved. The most obvious way I know it’s “working” is morning wood. If you’re not getting that or not as often as you might have used to (which might not be something you ever really thought about in that much detail) then you’re low, imo.
Glad I never got a vasectomy. Rubbers were my friend for over 20 years with the same woman. Now were both on HRT and pregnancy is a thing of the past. Good thing you’re doing better. Life is long and slow when you’re in pain. The marijuana thing is not for everyone but I say if it works, do it! I likes me some good smoke from time to time.
Marijuana to me is similar to HRT/TRT.
Not much harm. High reward. Relative to low risk. With current legal stuff the amount of THC you can get with minimal ingestion means you do t have to overdo it. And if you’re still against smoke or vape (I don’t like the feeling of it) there’s all kids of other ways to ingest it now. I enjoy sublingual dropper approach (similar to edible but easier and faster imo).
The reward is it actually does help health wise imo. For nerve stuff and pain in particular it’s proven to help which is good for me. It also helps for depression, anxiety, if you aren’t eating and overall mood.
There are some risks but imo like most things it’s with overdoing it.