This is one of those things that one would never think to question.

The first and only time I did this, I had a female Doctor.
.... Thinking of everything except what was actually was happening was key!
Nuf said!

Really, you people just let near strangers fondle your balls without questioning why?!?

I sure wish my Dr had told me to wait and see instead of scheduling surgery for the next morning, my surgery made things exponentially worse and now 5+ years later, I still have constant severe groin pain where before I just had a weird feeling when I coughed.

he also lost his annoying way of speaking and gained a British sounding accent

I have a repair that now has the chronic pain continuing on; kind of sucks; actually it sucks a lot

you and me both brother

I had a repair in the same spot about 20 years earlier and with that one the pain went away after I think about 6 months

Somehow, I've made it to 36 years old without ever having this test done.

I remember grade and high school classmates talking a lot about it, but that was usually in conjunction with going out for some team sport, which I never did. Sometimes a sudden cough gives me a bit of a twinge in the groin, so I've wondered if that is a potential symptom of the hernia, but I've never had any serious issues, so "meh" I guess.

My brother (adopted, so different genetics in case this runs in families) DID have this sort of hernia though, and had it surgically corrected. He came through with no ill effects, and I think that his was actually an extreme enough case that it was probably worth correcting and rolling the dice on the adverse side effects. Sucks that that was NOT the case for you guys, @newtboy and @Fairbs -- definitely good that it sounds like they are trying to just keep an eye on minor cases rather than immediately opting for surgery now, not that it does you guys any good...

Had that, year ago. No real solution other than surgery for hernias. I was fine in a couple of weeks. Did not get tested that way though, feel cheated badly, my doctor is really nice.

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