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Ejaculatory pain 4 days post-op (open inguinal hernia repair with mesh)

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yuroklatoniah
yuroklatoniah

Has anyone else suffered this? Did it go away with time?

I've been reading horror stories about people crippled with this pain for months or permanently. Terrified!

I can masturbate with minimal pain, but as soon as I'm about to ejaculate (presumably as my vas deferens contracts) I get a severe burning/shooting pain at the base of my penis/upper thigh on the right side where I was operated on.

Can anyone provide reassurance of similar symptoms that went away, or do you still have it?

Thanks!

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  • dai12345
    dai12345 yuroklatoniah

    Posted

    Hi. I thnik doing this only 4 days after the op is too soon? I think I waited around 4 weeks until my post-op pain faded. Yes, inguinal mesh repairs are a lottery and my reapir area pain and nerve irritation has taken many months to fade but I think for most of us it does largely go away.
    • yuroklatoniah
      yuroklatoniah dai12345

      Posted

      OK, thank you. I suspected as much. I don't know how I will go a month without sex or masturbation but I suppose one has to see it as a challenge haha.

      I'm glad to hear your pain faded. Did you have pain on ejaculation as well as general groin pain? The latter worries me less than the former.

    • dai12345
      dai12345 yuroklatoniah

      Posted

      My hernia was minor so the open mesh repair did not affect my scrotal area pain-wise hence ejaculation never gave any hint of a problem. My problems have been sensitive skin surface nerves and I did have occasional twinges in the repair area and still do have them after 2 years; noticeable but not a problem.
    • yuroklatoniah
      yuroklatoniah dai12345

      Posted

      That's interesting. Good to know you weren't badly affected at least. My hernia was also very minor, so I'm surprised to be experiencing this during recovery really.

      It's such a shame these risks aren't told. I would never have undergone the surgery for such a minor hernia if I'd had been told about the risk of chronic pain or ejaculatory problems sad

  • ctrix1
    ctrix1 yuroklatoniah

    Posted

    4 days post-op is still too soon to tell if you have problems yet. There's still swelling. It took almost a month for my testicles, (which became as big as Jumbo eggs) to shrink back to normal.

    • yuroklatoniah
      yuroklatoniah ctrix1

      Posted

      Thanks. Did you have any pain like I described, or just the general tenderness in the groin region? It's the ejaculatory pain that concerns me most rolleyes

      Glad to hear you're doing well.

    • ctrix1
      ctrix1 yuroklatoniah

      Posted

      I think at 4 days, (and 4 1/2 years ago) I was still kind of sore, and still sliding my feet along the floor. But each day got better. I don't recall any ejaculatory pain, but probably everybody is a little different depending on exactly where the hernia tear went and what nerves and blood vessels, etc. that were near it.

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