dustymarlin10 said:How is this "philosophizing" when someone actually died? An ambulance in Washington, D.C., stuck between two hospitals, managed to show up in 37 minutes. Well, in 37 minutes, a decent driver could make it from Washington, D.C. all the way to Savannah, let alone just a few miles down the road... I’m leaning towards dispatcher incompetence here—or maybe something even uglier, like the crew was too busy stuffing their faces at some fancy New Year's Eve feast to move.
Maybe they were saving a kid's life during those 37 minutes? I wouldn't call it incompetence; I'd call it a lack of resources. Sometimes you just have to make those impossible calls about who gets help and who doesn't.
darkscout81 said:Since you're posting here instead of on a medical forum, don't be surprised by the kind of replies you get. You probably damaged your testicles, so now you're dealing with the fallout. Beyond the standard physicals, get a hormone panel done.
Maybe try some deep psychoanalysis too. If things improve, great; if not... well...
When it comes to your love life, you've got two moves. Find a girl who doesn't prioritize sex above everything else. Or just focus on satisfying both yourself and your partner through other means. Alternatively, let her have her adventures if that's what she needs. Good luck.
What does testicular damage have to do with an erection?!?!?!
Anyway, my advice? See a urologist instead of a gynecologist. A checkup and ultrasound with a specialist like Dr. Unknown will run you about $350$133, which is something you can manage once a year. I actually had surgery to descend my testicles when I was a kid, which led to a poor sperm count and eventually a testicular tumor. So, my take is go get your motility checked to see if there's anything to be done, and at the very least, see a urologist annually to screen for cancer. People who have late-descended testicles—meaning they require surgery later in life rather than being born with them descended—face a tumor risk similar to how smokers face lung cancer.
Kevin Rivera41 said:tonka you should look into shoe covers—I actually own a pair and they’re absolute lifesavers. Your feet stay bone dry even when it's absolutely pouring. Honestly, I haven't seen much luck finding them locally; looking through our shops and online options, the selection here is pretty hit-or-miss. I ended up grabbing my rain gear over in Germany. If anyone knows where to find decent cycling gear around here, let me know!!
Are there any online stores that sell waterproof gear? I'm specifically hunting for pant covers and shoe gaiters. I've already got a jacket covered.
If you’ve got the referral, just head over to the Mayo Clinic for the urethral swab. I had mine done there to check for ureaplasma. Honestly, it’s pretty brutal—you'll feel like your eyes are going to pop out of your head, but you just have to power through. And man, once it's over, those first three trips to the bathroom feel like you're peeing liquid fire! It’s awkward for guys and women alike to deal with a urethral swab. Let's be real, the urethra and the vagina are definitely not the same thing.
As for my PSA, they just drew blood at my local clinic. Usually, though, when I need tumor markers checked for testicular cancer, I go down to Johns Hopkins Hospital, specifically the facility right behind the main building.
Don't sweat it; everything is going to be just fine. This isn't some massive, scary surgery. Honestly, the consequences of skipping this are way worse. I know it’s gut-wrenching to send a little kid into an OR, but trust me, it’s much easier than dealing with the regret later—like when they grow up and wish you'd taken care of it so they could have their own family. Or God forbid, having to bury your own child down the road. Maybe I sound blunt, but life can be pretty blunt too, and the fix here is actually pretty straightforward.
Anthony Barrett12 said:My son was diagnosed with cryptorchidism—it’s been exactly one year now. I was wondering if anyone here has dealt with this specific issue with their child and gone through the surgery? I’m really looking for insight regarding the procedure itself, the recovery process, and if there are any long-term concerns to watch out for... if anyone has any experience they could share, please reach out.
Get that surgery scheduled ASAP. From what I've heard, if they get corrected within the first year, you usually dodge any long-term complications. If you wait too long, you're looking at potential fertility issues and other headaches you definitely don't want. Honestly, dealing with those later on is way worse than just getting the surgery done now. Usually, it's a 5cm incision in the groin area under general anesthesia. They use five or fewer stitches. He'll be up and moving the next day, likely heading home shortly after, and the stitches come out in about 8 to 14 days. Easy enough.
So, I actually dealt with cryptorchidism myself. I had surgery at seven to drop my right testicle, and they told me the left one would just descend on its own during puberty. It did, eventually, but it used to retract upward whenever I sat down or felt even the slightest pressure.
As far as hormones go, I never had an issue—in fact, some of my lab results actually showed elevated testosterone. But when it comes to fertility, that’s where things get really rough. Someone once mentioned that undescended testes can turn into benign tumors. 🙂 While that's true, it only happens in about 10% of cases. In 90% of cases, it's a malignant tumor, and those are among the fastest-spreading because they're so close to the lymph nodes. I read somewhere that if a testicle hasn't descended, the risk of developing a tumor is ten times higher than in the general population. And of course, I wouldn't know all this if I hadn't faced it firsthand three years ago when I was diagnosed with a seminoma in that left testicle—the one that kept pulling upward. Naturally, I ended up losing it. It's not all bad news, though. My daughter is due to be born in just 19 days, and I'm praying she arrives healthy and strong. 🙂
I won't keep rambling because I don't want to bring everyone else down, but if anyone has questions, feel free to ask.
Sure, it’s possible. It might not apply to every single illness out there, but I was reading up on HPV specifically and how it spreads. Since that virus settles in the mucous membranes, it can actually hang out in your mouth too. The odds of catching it orally are lower, but they're definitely there, so it's probably best not to take unnecessary risks.
Linda Johnson14 said:Does anyone happen to know when they release results at the biochemistry lab over at Mayo Clinic? I need to pick up some tests but I'm not sure about the hours. Thanks
If you mean the lab tucked behind the main building—the one you reach by heading left—they usually hand them out between 2:00 and 3:00 in the afternoon.
I went three days without it and everything just cleared up. It wasn't like an actual sharp pain or anything, just this weird discomfort whenever I took a deep breath.
So, did he actually get checked for any tumor markers? I’m actually scheduled to have my own testicular tumor markers tested soon since I went through something similar just over two years ago.
Angela Wright said:Seriously, just quit smoking already, please🙂. I don't mean to scare you, but this whole story—including the running part😲—is giving me major flashbacks to someone very young and dear to me who passed away😢. Honestly, I think your body is screaming at you that it's time to stop poisoning yourself. You'll find a thousand other ways to have fun and enjoy life while saving some cash, not to mention the health benefits.
So, what happened with the person you mentioned, and how old were they? Only if you're comfortable sharing, of course!
It used to stop right after I finished a run or some heavy workout. Honestly, I stay on top of my checkups and get regular chest X-rays, so they really should have caught if something was off. I’m going to take a breather for a bit and see how it goes!🙂)
Can smoking actually cause lung pain? I’ve been feeling this constant, light pressure in one lung or the other—sometimes both at once. Even now, if I take a deep breath, my chest starts to ache. Is it possible this is just from the smoking?
A few years back, I had a nasty wreck that absolutely wrecked my arm. It was stuck up in this awkward position—kind of like when you’re raising your hand in class to answer a question—and the pain was just unreal. I couldn't move it an inch. I sat there for an hour just waiting to be seen. Then, a janitor actually tried to straighten my arm out because apparently, they wouldn't see me unless it looked "normal." After that, I finally got an X-ray, and they told me it was a broken, dislocated shoulder and I needed to get back to the doctor immediately. But instead of helping, the staff just wandered off for coffee. Some guy from the ER comes over, glances at the scan, tells me "nothing serious, we'll fix you up," and then heads right back out for his latte while I'm sitting there in agony and nobody is doing a damn thing. Eventually, things calmed down, a nurse brought me back, and when I asked if she could give me anything for the pain, she basically said she was going to *try* to reset it without any meds. Like, are you kidding me? Are we just going to "see how it goes" by twisting it? I was skeptical, but fine.
She grabbed it, gave it one good pull, and *pop*—it clicked right back into place. The pain vanished instantly. Just like that. They threw a cast on me, and I was out the door! Honestly, the best part was realizing that while I was the one in pain, they were the ones acting like they didn't care. So, I figured, why not? I went out for coffee too!
slygull92 said:I’m not talking about those grandmas growing tomatoes in their backyard just to feed the grandkids... obviously, that stuff isn't sprayed with chemicals. You just toss the rotten ones and eat the healthy ones, simple as that.
I’m talking about those grandmas who grow stuff just to sell at the market... that's a whole different story. Their motto is basically, "Oh, I'm certainly not eating that myself." As long as they can squeeze some extra cash out of those tiny Social Security checks, who cares? Let anyone else deal with the consequences. If it was sprayed with pesticides just the day before, that's nobody's problem—as long as it's labeled "homegrown."
The stuff you see at farmers' markets is basically the same junk they stock in big-box retailers like Walmart. The only difference is that suppliers can't always guarantee a steady flow of inventory to the massive distribution centers, so they offload the surplus at the local stalls instead. Then the middleman swoops in to flip it for a profit. Honestly, I don't think those classic old ladies who used to haunt the market even exist anymore!
slygull92 said:to everyone and anyone... look, if you're such an expert, tell me exactly what they use on those tomatoes... and why those additives are bad for us... It's all sorts of preservatives labeled as E-numbers... stuff you swallow every single day when you grab a Coke, chew some Orbit gum, sprinkle seasoning on your food, or eat hot dogs, deli meat, or instant soup. Nobody seems to lose their mind over that stuff.
And regarding this whole "poison" thing—you think grandmas in the countryside don't spray their crops? The difference is they have no clue how much or what to use, whereas industrial food technologists actually know what they're doing. Try growing your own veggies in your backyard without using a single drop of pesticide and see how high-quality and long-lasting your harvest actually is...
Maybe they spray, but way less than they do in those massive commercial greenhouses overseas. Besides, they force those tomatoes to grow fast under UV lights, especially during winter. They hit them with various chemicals just to get that perfect red color. Honestly, I don't know exactly which "poisons" grandmas use, just like you don't. And why are they bad for you? Because they cause cancer! It used to be rare, but now it’s an epidemic. I mentioned that Boeing 737 because people say it's carcinogenic. That's actually just synthetic citric acid. Ever since that email went out about it, nobody bothered to call it a lie, but companies like Coca-Cola suddenly scrubbed the label and just wrote "citric acid." Makes it sound more natural, right? You can't avoid it entirely, but it's worth dodging whenever possible!
slygull92 said:Trust me, those tomatoes you pick up from some old lady at a roadside stand are the worst thing you can eat.. Small-town farmers here (especially the older folks) don't have a clue about modern production tech. They just dump as much fertilizer as possible on everything to make it look "pretty and green." They spray pesticides haphazardly too—just picking whatever they see a neighbor using or taking advice from some half-literate clerk at a local farm supply store.... I’ve actually been out in the fields and seen how they work firsthand—NO THANK YOU!
Produce in big-box grocery stores comes from controlled commercial farms run by actual experts. It goes through quality checks and meets specific nutritional standards. All this talk about hormones and fish genes is just fairy tales for people who don't understand agricultural science or biochemistry.
That applies to everything, including the "homemade" cheese and cream you find at farmers' markets. Once I saw the conditions where that local cheese was being made—the barns were filthy, cows standing knee-deep in manure, flies swarming the kitchen... ugh, it made my stomach turn. Now, I only buy Tillamook fresh cheese. At least I know it's produced in a hygienic facility.
Tillamook cheese is still made from those same cows standing in muck, and the milk is probably crawling with flies, except they pack it with preservatives like E330 and God knows what else just to make it shelf-stable. If you ask me, I'd rather eat natural manure than synthetic poison. Nobody gets cancer from farm dirt, but plenty of people get sick from these artificial additives!
And as for the tomatoes, the ones in the supermarkets are treated with every chemical under the sun. Because if they were grown naturally, they wouldn't all look perfectly identical, and the same goes for apples. An apple isn't truly good unless there's a chance of a worm in it. Worms won't touch toxic fruit!!! So, you decide: do you want the organic apples with worms, or the "perfect" supermarket apples grown in a lab?
Why don't you just give Kapun a call and ask him directly? He’s not going to bite you.
I actually saw Kapun myself when I was dealing with a testicular tumor, and honestly, the guy is perfectly fine. I don't see how he could be anything else. What kind of "crazy" urologist would you even be looking for?
I had my surgery performed by Dr. Knežević over at Mayo Clinic. He's on the younger side, but I don't think that really matters in this case.
If you're having issues, just go see a doctor. Don't wait. Sure, it might be a little awkward, but who cares? It's worth it if it saves your life or just gets you out of pain. No one is out there looking to cause trouble.