A little background first: last year in august I had torsion appendix testi of the right testical. It happened after some heavy, awkward lifting that I was doing while working. The pain was horrible. I went to the emergency room. They gave me an ultra sound. Later in the week I went to a urologist. I was prescribed bextra for the swelling and told to take it easy and put ice on it. Three weeks later it was pretty much back to normal.


Last week I had a battle with strep throat. I was given zithromax and hydrocodone by my doctor. On thursday I started getting sore in the left testicle. On friday I was in pain. My left testicle was swollen. I went to a walk-in clinic and the doc didn't seem to give a damn and just prescribed me celebrex for the swelling (which I didn't take). I'm taking ibuprofren and it's helping with the swelling. I'm supporting my testicals with a jockstrap.

The symptoms and pain that i'm feeling with my left testicle feel incredibly similar to the torsion appendix testi that I had last year on my right testicle. I don't want to go to a urologist and get another ultra-sound because I don't want to pay for it and I know that all he's going to say is take something for the swelling and rest.

Any ideas as to how I should go about this? Should I just wait it out on my own?