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Good fucking riddance.

I am also very happy to no longer need spiro. I AM SO TIRED OF PISSING.

The procedure went well and they said I recovered really well from the anesthesia. I wasn't groggy or anything and I could drink the water they gave me just fine right after waking up.

The best way I can describe what the pain feels like right now is when you need to piss like really crazy bad. (I don't actually have to piss though.)

I was going to write a bit more but I'm tired so imma just go to sleep now. (Also my autocorrect just tried to change sleep to localhost:8080 wtf)

Update: A lot of my pain is gone this morning and I feel a lot better. I found that putting ice on it helped a lot. Didn't really need much of the pain meds they gave me. Ibuprofen and acetaminophen are good enough.

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[–] thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 51 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Congrats on completing no nuts november

[–] dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 weeks ago

Oh your god, that's hilarious!

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm also localhost:8080'ing now

[–] Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 month ago

All the cool girls hang out in the Tomcat server

[–] Fortatech@gregtech.eu 29 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Where do you store the piss now??!? (Also, congrats!)

[–] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 4 weeks ago

She said she was tired of pissing, no more piss!

[–] IndieSpren@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 month ago

Congrats!!!

[–] pooberbee@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fuck yeah! Getting mine out next week! Maybe they'll end up in the same dumpster!

[–] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 weeks ago

Why did the image of a dumpster full of girl balls just jump into my head?

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Balls B GONE-BLAST!

Congrats, that is awesome to hear!

Edit: the description of how it feels is also handy, thanks. I was curious about that, and it actually feels like it'd help me in what to do.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The best way I can describe what the pain feels like right now is when you need to piss like really crazy bad. (I don't actually have to piss though.)

That sounds like residual sensation from a Foley catheter - basically a straw that runs up your urethra and into your bladder. Once in place, the end of it's inflated inside your bladder so it doesn't pull back out, but that balloon puts pressure on the base of your bladder, and that's how your brain normally knows it's full of pee.

So, if the Foley was in place for a long surgery, that part of your bladder might have been super irritated - very common when people wake from surgery for them to feel like they urgently have to pee but the Foley was removed just before wake-up or still in place and actively draining their bladder (so we know the bladder is nearly empty either way).

I've never been in that type of surgery, so idk if they would have even used a Foley, but if yes, that's likely the culprit. If by 'balls destroyed' you mean complete genital conversion to include the penis, then Foley placement would make a lot of sense since that would act as a marker for the urethra's location as incisions around that area obscure anatomic landmarks with blood. The irritation and urge sensation would also make sense, since the Foley would have been handled a lot, making your bladder tissue REALLY angry at that balloon.

If they left the penis alone and only operated on the balls, then /shrug.

Good luck with your recovery, and follow your post op instructions to the letter! That's a high infection chance area, so don't take any risks!

[–] Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks for the advice. It was just an orchi. I did piss like a horse when I got home but idk if they had a catheter in or not.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Probably no catheter if it was an orchi - they do those for longer surgeries (current hospital's policy is expected duration of 3+ hours - dunno if that's universal) and orchies typically don't go that long, nor would they need a urethral landmark.

...I think my bladder tissue irritation hypothesis was probably not correct.

[–] coolestusername@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

did you ask if you can keep them

[–] Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

No but I did think about it. I decided that my balls are better off in the garbage because I hate them so much.

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 weeks ago

I'm sure you could have sold 'em to some freak on craigslist for good money. 😄

you cloud heavy put them in a nuts jar and gifted it to your enemies

[–] lwhjp@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago

Yay! Spiro sucks.

[–] sixtoe@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 weeks ago

Yeet. Nice.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 weeks ago

wooo, congrats!

[–] DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 weeks ago

I'm lucky cuz I only needed 50 mg of it.

[–] ItsAmber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 weeks ago

Congrats!! i have mine scheduled for December. I too cannot wait to be rid of Spiro; what an awful drug 😂