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10-31-2005, 06:40 PM
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Re: No balls in my son\'s sack. He\'s 6. Surgery needed?
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WTF is the matter with some of you guys??? [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I've never given the kid a bath myself. [/ QUOTE ] You're not exactly heading for parent of the year award here. No insurance, you've never given him a bath, only recently taken him for a piss. Do you know his name? 
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#2
10-31-2005, 07:07 PM
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Re: No balls in my son\'s sack. He\'s 6. Surgery needed?
I had to laugh, but it sounds like there's some uncomfortable truth in this. How could neither mother nor father realize their kid hasn't got any nuts in his sack for SIX YEARS?
Something sounds very wrong there. Perhaps too strictly defined sex roles, or prudishness, or irresponsibility, or something. I mean, heck, how could a woman not know that dudes need balls? How could a dad not know his young son's anatomy? Then again, I got staggered when a few OOTiots said they had never even seen their dad's junk in a recent thread. I guess I'm easily surprised.
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#3
10-31-2005, 05:42 PM
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Re: No balls in my son\'s sack. He\'s 6. Surgery needed?
It increases the risk of testicular cancer the longer they are up there. Also, when they reach puberty, supposedly there are discomfort issues. I had mine surgically dropped when I was about 10 and haven't had any issues to my knowledge since then. I also have a friend who needs it, but hasn't had it done. He says there is some discomfort sometimes. He has had children though, so no problem there.
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#4
10-31-2005, 06:04 PM
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Re: No balls in my son\'s sack. He\'s 6. Surgery needed?
I too have heard that they often come down naturally, and at much later years than merely six years old. I don't know about your kid and your case and sure am not a doctor, but am just relating that I've heard that it's not necessarily a really big deal, much less one that requires immediate surgery.
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#5
10-31-2005, 06:27 PM
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Re: No balls in my son\'s sack. He\'s 6. Surgery needed?
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I too have heard that they often come down naturally, and at much later years than merely six years old. I don't know about your kid and your case and sure am not a doctor, but am just relating that I've heard that it's not necessarily a really big deal, much less one that requires immediate surgery. [/ QUOTE ] This is not particularly good advice. True undescended testicles carry increased risk for testicular torsion, infertility, and malignancy. Undescended testes at age 1 are already cause for concern. Few would recommend delaying surgery any later than age 2. There was a non-surgical option available, but it is currently 4-5 years too late for it. If these are true undescended testes, then OP will be very, very hard-pressed to find a doc who wouldn't be recommending surgery right now. It is simply mind-boggling that they could be undescended testes if the child has been getting well-child exams along the way, however. If the child has not had well-child exams then the OP has been quite negligent. Given that the OP said that doing a physical exam on his son was "padding the bill", I do still consider this to be a live possibility.
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10-31-2005, 06:56 PM
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Re: No balls in my son\'s sack. He\'s 6. Surgery needed?
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It is simply mind-boggling that they could be undescended testes if the child has been getting well-child exams along the way, however. [/ QUOTE ] He's been getting those "well-child" exams annually. Wifey says this is the first "well-child exam" where his pants were removed.
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#7
10-31-2005, 07:04 PM
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Re: No balls in my son\'s sack. He\'s 6. Surgery needed?
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[ QUOTE ] It is simply mind-boggling that they could be undescended testes if the child has been getting well-child exams along the way, however. [/ QUOTE ] He's been getting those "well-child" exams annually. Wifey says this is the first "well-child exam" where his pants were removed. [/ QUOTE ] I'd suggest requesting copies of old check-ups. This is a very serious omission. Ask her if it's always the same doc who has seen your son along the way. Straightforwardly substandard care if everything happened as you have described it so far.
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#8
10-31-2005, 07:03 PM
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Re: No balls in my son\'s sack. He\'s 6. Surgery needed?
You misconstrue. It wasn't advice; as I noted, I was just saying what I've heard. Most particularly to note that it's probably not urgent, as in, maybe he could wait till he gets a job so he isn't financially devastated by it. It doesn't sound like one of those things that you have to be wheeled into the emergency room for right away. Particularly as people can have it for years. I've heard of people having this at much older ages without ill effect, and also having them drop naturally at much later ages, like in the early teens. Perhaps it's better to have it done under insurance rather than breaking dad's financial back when he's out of work.
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#9
10-31-2005, 07:11 PM
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Re: No balls in my son\'s sack. He\'s 6. Surgery needed?
You will know he is padding the bill when he all of a sudden discovers a double hernia and fixes it while he's in there. This happened to me and my brother.
In my case, at 10 or 11, it was identified during a school physical. The school wouldn't let me take gym without it being fixed for some reason???
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#10
10-31-2005, 07:17 PM
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Re: No balls in my son\'s sack. He\'s 6. Surgery needed?
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You will know he is padding the bill when he all of a sudden discovers a double hernia and fixes it while he's in there. This happened to me and my brother. In my case, at 10 or 11, it was identified during a school physical. The school wouldn't let me take gym without it being fixed for some reason??? [/ QUOTE ] i had this done also at around the same age, and yes there was a hernia also. i only had one straggler btw
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