Due to recent events, and new pain in the groin, I inquired at a recent follow up with my primary doctor. She checked and found nothing but agreed to send me to the urologist for verification.
The NP urologist also checked and because of the pain I explained while she was doing the old turn your head and couch for me test, she wanted an ultrasound done.
The ultrasound tech was very friendly and very good looking. She seemed to be scanning forever on my right testicle. She then moved to my left side. She didn't scan for long there, even though I complained of the left side pain. Anyway, we talked about my work, the hours I work, the weather, summer vacations....
She tells me, which I thought was not allowed, she sees some constrictive veins that could be causing my pains.
She then explains she will now scan for a hernia and switches wands. This whole time she was slightly moving the towel holding my penis to my belly. At one point it felt like the sheet covering my legs was going to fall off. She scans the right side asking me to hold my breath and bear down for her. She repeats it several times, each time I feel the towel moving around. She switches to the left side and repeats her scans and in the middle of the breathe and bear down I tell her the towel can be removed and put out of the way. Like I'll ever see her again. She says it's fine to remove the towel. She continues her scans and says she can see the side of a possible hernia, but can't see it. She then briefly looks at her scanner on my left side, and says out loud that "it looks bigger than she thought it might be" I instantly responded with "thank you for saying that" and begin to laugh. She laughs and realizes her comment. The wand moves closer to my penis, we are both laughing a lot. Then exclaims, "there it is! " she closes in on it and repeats the hold your breath and bear down.
She informs me I have bilateral hernia.
I was in there for almost a full hour with her. I'd go back again, and again, to see her for another scan. 😉