Out of commission for a bit
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22 November 2008 | 9 Comments
Well, a couple of months ago, when I said I was having discharge and it looked like I had gonorrhea I got treated, but didn’t get tested. Now I sorta wish I had gotten tested ’cause I’m now thinking I didn’t have gonorrhea at all…
You see, the symptoms got better, but didn’t really go away. When I did the post that I got tested and was still neg, the reason why I went in was because I still had symptoms and wanted to find out what was going on. That time I had a full battery of STD tests and they all came back negative. So if the symptoms persisted then I probably didn’t have anything the first time.
Which makes me wonder what was going on…
So two or three weeks ago there were a couple days when I had a little pain in my balls (probably epyditimus), but it went away and I didn’t think anything of it. Then this past Monday I suddenly had pretty bad discharge again as well as pain while pissing.
I’ve been working a lot lately and since I work at home I sometimes work on the floor on my stomach. I have a desk with an Aeron chair, but there are times when I just like to lay on the floor. On top of that you have to realize that I didn’t jack off in the traditional sense until I was in college. To cum I always humped the bed in sorta this one man frottage sorta thing. In fact, I really used to like frottage when I came out. Did a lot of it and since it was the height of the AIDS epidemic it probably helped keep me neg (especially since my bf turned out to be poz). My favorite used to be to have the bottom cum and then rub my dick in his cum. Felt really great.
Anyway, getting back on track here… I’ve sorta noticed that when I do a lot of “jacking off” while laying on my belly, I tend to get STD-like problems. Part of it is probably ’cause I don’t clean up – I just wear the cum stained underwear and pants around the rest of the day. I can smell the cum a bit and think it’s sorta hot. But my guess is the cum probably goes bad and a ton of bacteria probably invade since it’s a great source of food for them. So it’s probably not all that hygenic, but is good sex ever hygenic? Not that I’d call jacking off good sex, but going out in public smelling like cum is definitely a little edgy…
So when I got discharge on Monday my first thought was that it was related to jacking off – even if it was that the hole for my PA got irritated. I gave it a day or so to clear up but when it didn’t, I made an appointment and went to Callen-Lorde. I got this great NP who seemed like he was in Radical Faeries or something (he had orange nail polish on). Great guy and seemed really competent.
His first reaction was that even though I had discharge I probably didn’t have an STD. The fact that I was coming in monthly with similar symptoms made him think something was up. I also found out the tests from the second time were negative for STDs, but I had an elevated white blood cell count which indicated there was still some type of infection.
The bottom line is that he put me on Levaquin for 7 days and did another round of tests. So unfortunately I’ve had to say no to some hookups I really wanted to do since I can’t say for sure that I don’t have an STD.
The discharge had stopped, but I’ll wait until end of next week to fuck again. In the meantime, I’m jacking off on the floor and smelling like cum!
As to not cleaning up after sex–my behavior very similar (i.e. hot to keep the smell, like keeping the cock ring on, etc.). Recently noticed itching and “bumps” appearing on the surface of my balls, about where the edge of the cockring would rest. NOT like puss-filled pimples; more like athlete’s foot. Dermatologist gave me cream. Washing up immediately after sex, using the cream and baby-powder (or corn starch) clears up the problem. If I skip the “wash-up”, the problem returns.
Still, wonder why this has started after all these years.
I do appreciate that you are open about the possible infections you may have as much as you are about the raw sex. I am mostly a bottom and only did safe things until 2003. Then, I got more adventurous, to the point that I was taking loads from guys that I trusted (more or less). But when I got to the point that I was taking anonymous loads earlier this year, I told a friend and he read me the riot act. Now only one load since then. Got tested. Still negative. Whew. But in that 5 year period, I did get anal warts (HPV) which I had to have surgery to get removed a few years ago. I also got exposed to (but did not contract full blown) syphilis. I had three painful injections in the hip to clear that up. So, yeah bareback sex is hot. So are loads. But it doesn’t seem so nice when you have pay a couple thousand in medical bills, take time off work to see doctors or worse, admit to doctors that you are taking such risks. Keep blogging, and being truthful about all of the advantages and disadvantages of playing unsafe.
Elevated white blood cell count could be a sign of NGU, as well, which is sort of an STD but doesn’t show up on STD tests because its can be caused by a half-dozen different bacteria and its too expensive to test for them all routintely.
I’ve been having similar such pain in my balls as of late (not severe, but certainly noticeable), does anyone know the general causes of stuff like that?
i have had an infection that seems very very similar, it turned out to be some sort of infection that was from str8 pussy, Metronidazole took care of it. but it was a come and go condition just like you described, but just shows how the str8 and gay world still mix it up when the “str8” guys fuck around with guys.
Did they test you for chlamydia? I got that fucking some skanky bottom bareback. The symptoms are a lot like gonorrhea.
Metronidazole is a nightmare. Avoid if possible. There are better antibiotics.
That happened to me. Three tries to finally get rid of it, whatever it was. All tests negative. Bf negative. It made me wee one look like he’d never get big again. Green ooze. Weakness. Later people tell me it might have actually been E coli. So wash those hands after dinner!!