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Hiya 
I don't seem to be having much luck lately 
Currently my Scrotum and associated Skin are the size of a small melon, it's now become beyond self caring 
So I'm heading to Accident and Emergency in a hour or two, wish me luck
Love ya x
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Thanks
Well I'm back and, um, basically the visit wasn't very helpful, I mean well I got some Antibiotics for my new 'Hydrocele' (no it's not it's Oedema) and that's it, wait until Tuesday and get my GP to arrange an Ultrasound and ...
I asked if they'd at least Catheterise me to help with Toilet problems (as my Willy is buried), got a no (as it would possibly cause more problems (worse than having Willy / Knackers at least the size of a large Grapefruit / small Melon getting dipped into an unsanitary toilet bowl?)) ... So they suggested using a 'Bottle' and yeah that's workable, I just cut a Rectangle out and yeah it goes where it should rather than random everywhere
I also asked for a 'Sling'
and got a no, I can just buy a support from a Pharmacy, like £30 or sumink 
So using my A-Team skills I've just spent 20 minutes making a 'Sling' from a new sock, zip ties and a belt I had lying around, it's not great but it's better than nothing
So yeah Coronary Heart Disease, Diabetic (T2) and I've got nothing to worry about from my new stinky friend
Apparently 
I can attach a (Censored) photo of my doo-dah if anyone is interested, yep it's very 'Hydrocele'
Nah it's horrible to be honest 
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So I suppose I'd better provide a timeline for my current contition
24/4 : Woke with a very minor male type 'sat on / twisted / knocked a nut' pain, shrugged it off. What male hasn't felt like a nut's been tweaked sometime
24,25,26/4 : No pain. Imperceptible / minimal changes
26/4 : My Scrotum had changed enough to make me think something is up but not alarmingly so, considering visiting my GP but don't want to be a pain
27/4 : No pain. My Scrotum is noticeably larger, I'm now thinking yes I'll visit my GP Monday (1/5) because something isn't right at all, Scrotum about the size of a standard'ish Orange, some pain when standing / moving about
28/4 : Scrotum is now what I'd consider huge, Testes are normal size and cause classic pain when squeezed, colour of whole package ranges from very dark grey'ish Purple to bright Red, mostly shades of Red. Numbness is now noticable, most of Scrotum / Foreskin is completely numb. Except for the size, colour changes and numbess everything seems fine, well I mean nothings turnining black, drying up and dropping off, so (despite sometimes alarming colour changes) no full Ischaemia
29/4 : Morning. No obvious changes, maybe a bit larger (I should have been measuring but I had no tape measure sooo). Early evening. Penis vanished but the Glans was still revealable so I could still Urinate fine (if just a little all over the place)
30/4 : Woke up and soon became mortified. Penis completely and unrecoverably gone, Foreskin just sitting there like a puffy Cauliflower Floret, no way to reach Glans, Urinating was, um, you don't want to know
Scrotum had grown again, obviously not like the 10 Stone Testicles but ... I decided it was f*ck waiting to see GP it's A&E time for me 
After some I.V. Antibiotics and 4 x Co-amoxiclav, there's been some reduction but I can't quantify it, um, well my Cauliflower Floret Foreskin is smaller
So yeah I'm seeing my GP in the morning, hope he can help 
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Going for an Ultrasound on 11/4, my condition has much improved however I fear that I've experienced some substantial nerve damage,, like numbness all over 80% of the area and the - for want of a better term - effective loss of my Penis
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Oh
I mean't 11/5 
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So long time no reply / update
Well it turns out that my Testes aren't very well, my right Testicle has developed a Cyst and a Hydrocele (but is apparently otherwise normal) and the left Testicle has developed a Cyst and an 'abnormal mass', the Consultant mentioned that it looks like the remains / scar material of an Abcess, I think I'm going to have to have the Testicle removed due to the risk that it could develop into 'C'. Feeling to the area has returned somewhat but to be honest I wish it hadn't, I only feel two things, either low grade pain or nothing at all, I think the nerves are still recovering, it's not terrible but it's not great either.
So that's a potted update, I'll answer questions if anyone has one / any
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Also
I have since had a bout of Kidney Stones, man what a laugh they were, I was very literally climbing the walls for relief,, ended up at A&E again. Went for a CT Scan the next day, turns out the Stones were a stroke of luck (I know right, lucky agony
, the Scan discovered I had developed an Aortic Aneurysm (only 2.7 cm thank goodness), soooo yeah...
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Funny thing, re : Kidney Stones,, the Urologist Consultant hand wrote a Prescription, Flomax (Tamsulosin), Co-amoxiclav and Tramadol (yes yay something useful pain relief wise (added Soluble Paracetamol from the medicine cabinet) but anyway ...),, so at about 11 pm I trotted off to the nearest late night Pharmacy, but guess what
Nope. No guess again. Nay
OK give up 
Well of course, the Prescription was no good, it wasn't formatted correctly
So there's me feeling putting the Prescription through the hatch and waiting, and a minute later the Pharmacist comes back saying nope 
I was like 'huh!?' and then I felt like a complete druggie (re : Tramadol) because the chap was, well I think, making sure the CTV was recording and looking at me in a suspicious manner 
11 pm + looking bedraggled + Tramadol,, well it's a druggie trying it on with a stolen script init 
Anyway it all worked out for the best the next day, I just binged on some Co-codamol 30/500 overnight and my GP rewrote the Prescription in the proper manner
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Hiya, thanks for the reply
I think the Ultrasound Consultant said mine is only like 2.5 cm or something (not sure if that's all around or ...), so it's not too large, it just makes the Testicle feel generally just a bit larger and squishy. It's good to hear that if it grows someone can just draw the fluid out
My other Testicle, well it's a lot smaller and quite hard, I can squeeze it quite firmly (within reason), I can't feel a thing, I think it's knackered
Yeah the 'willy thing', I think mine's in heaven now too
Well I have a few appointments coming up quite soon (obviously there's no rush, typical NHS glacial time scales), I'm seeing some Consultant at The Edgbaston Hospital on the 20th September re : Testicles, and Heartlands Hospital on the 11th October re : Kidney Stones,, sooo yeah
Take care everyone
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Hi Benny, Thanks for your reply and good luck for your next 2 appointments. I see my consultant on 21st september when hopefully he will carry out a new mini-op. Not really looking forward to it, but when its all over it will be " a weight off my mind " so to speak. arty
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Male Testosterone
Testosterone 5.9 nmol/L, Normal Range 8.3 - 30.2
SHBG 21 nmol/L, Normal Range 14 - 71
Oh great I've got the Testosterone levels of an 85 year old
The finding explains a lot though 
I had another infection in the left doodah a few weeks ago, I felt really really ill