Not having a Ball

last friday my husband and i had a very scary experience.

he went on a four hour bike ride and when he returned his left testicle wa hurting so bad he could hardly stand it. it hurt in his abdomen and down his leg. naturally with babies on the brain i was in full panic mode. then i became VERY angry at him when he was refusing to go to the emergency room. even after i had read that any sustained testicle pain should be treated as a medical emergency due to the possibility of torsion. testicular torsion is when the testicles twist from trauma to the area. if it is not caught within 6 hours  the lack of blood flow can cause gangarine and one or both testicles have to be removed. we were also concerned about a possible hernia which would require surgery.

i was so angry. i didn't show it to him but my distant way seemed to have upset him enough to make him go to web md. he finally got freaked out enough to then go to the ER.

we got in rather quickly because the doctors were concerned about the same thing. the place was a mess of drug addicts and crazies. after about 3 hours there he got an ultrasound. we both laughed a bit, even though we were terrified. we always had assumed i would be the person on the table and the first ultrasound would be to look at our baby. the irony was painful but funny. after painstaking minutes the radiologist told us that both testicles looked pretty good and that if anything there was increased bloodflow, perhaps caused by the trauma. he said that sometimes torsion will fix itself. either way we were relieved. a couple more doctors checked my husband (he got felt up a lot) for hernia and we were sent home with some antibiotics for possible Orchitis. this was the only condition they could think of that might cause his symptoms. he skipped the antibiotics because neither of us really think it is that. he has never had mumps and i am sure he is vaccinated.


after this scary experience i am needless to say not thrilled about him riding his bike to often. he also told me he is having a dull ache in the area and in his leg quite often still. but i have also had sex and he has been able to ejaculate nicely so i am less concerned than i was. perhaps this is what will help me in getting him to fork over a pre-emptive Semen Analysis though. hmmm. we shall see.