1. Rash on my torso: It's a fungus, apply jock itch ointment twice a day-Nice
2. Aching left nut: Not sure what that is, schedule an ultrasound for the next day-Sweet
3. Stomach problems: They weren't bothering me too much so I figured the jock itch cream and ball ultrasound were enough for now.
Wednesay night, developed a fever and an ache in my lower abdomen, went to work the next day, abdomen continued to bother me, so I called the doctor. He saw me around noon and scheduled a CT scan for my stomach just before the ball ultrasound that same day. So I rushed into Boston Beth Israel Hospital , drank 40 oz's of chalk water, crapped my brains out, then they had me lie down in a tubular thing and they injected me with something that made my groin get really warm and made a weird metallic taste in my mouth-very strange. On to the ball ultrasound. I thought they would have some cool machine that did this-specifically designed for that purpose-Nope. Just like looking for a baby, except it was my nuts. Not a great expreience.
Wrapped that up and was heading home, actually just about to pick up my jock itch cream when my doctor called and said, "good news your balls are normal but bad news you need to turn around and head to the hospital you have appendicitis." Sweet.
Hung out in the emergency room until around 2am and they wheeled me in to cut out the appendix.
Pretty straightforward, I woke up at around 6am and felt horrible. Slept on/off until around 1000 when they removed the catheter they put in (awesome), I ate a small lunch and was feeling pretty good. A nurse helped me to the bathroom around 1100. Started to take a leak which felt like pissing razor blades-not good, I walked out to let the nurse know and within about 30 seconds I felt this clenching pain in my abdomen which is beyond any pain I had felt before. Pretty much doubled me over and completely incapacitated me. The doctor said this was a stomach spasm and is likely the result of a combination of dehydration and trauma. He also said this is as close to labor pains as a man can get-ouch. This began about 24 hours of getting my bladder to relearn how to take a leak, which took two more catheters, a lot of apple juice, and a lot of walking around with a urinal in my hand-this process absolutely sucked. I got released Saturday at around 7pm and I'm feeling pretty good as I write this Sunday afternoon. The doctor I talked with emphasized no vigorous activity for 2weeks minimum. I am going to have to take this recovery slow or else it can produce problems. On the plus side this explains many of the frustrating stomach issues I was having that kept reoccuring, also my back problems which rose up this past month was likely a result of this as well, oh yeah and the nut issue is probably solved too
