# Please, IPU, let the X-Ray tech simply have a warped sense of humour. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 28, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907 "2006-12-28T21:23:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/61 "2007-01-26T16:54:59Z")
Sorry to bump this thread. (Really!) Just thought it would be remiss to leave out the denoument. (I know there are dozens of people out there who are eaten up with frustration about not reaching closure on Mudd’s ball saga… yeah…) Anyway, it’s not a mystery infection, or the Dutch Pox, or anything like that. I went to a specialist, at last, and it turns out that I have a big honkin’ [varicocele](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varicocele). (Varicose veins where they _really_ ought not to be. A simple surgery should fix it right up. Whoohoo! Ball surgery! Damn, I feel old.) The fella expressed surprise that it went undetected in earlier visual exams and especially with the ultrasound. My pet theory is that the folks who were obliged to look before couldn’t help not looking _too_ closely. Being a urologist, this guy manipulated my junk as casually as if it were something he’d picked up at the butcher shop. Strangely, it wasn’t nearly as uncomfortable as previous examinations, though those were much more delicate. I can honestly say that’s the first time a fella’s ever spent some time squeezing and stroking my equipment and then remarked, “Oh yeah, that’s a _big_ one.” Come to think of it, I don’t recall ever hearing that assessment from a woman, either. Anyway, that’s a wrap. (I’m actually very relieved. Whew.) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/62 "2007-01-26T16:59:37Z")
Great. Now we can start with the jokes! GENTLEMEN! START YOUR ENGINES! 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/63 "2007-01-26T19:57:44Z")
Well **Larry** , glad to hear that it’s fixable - although I’m sure you’re not eagerly anticipating ball surgery. Whenever I see your user name, I’m reminded of a post you made shortly after I started reading the Dope - correct me if I’ve got the wrong guy (the search didn’t find any results), but didn’t you once make a post about your balls aching after eating pizza? You took a lot of ribbing for that one - do you think it’s related to this problem that they found? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/64 "2007-01-26T20:19:58Z")
I never imagined that outcome. Will they be pulling them up through a slit above the penis to work on them. It was the normal access for surgery, and I don’t know if they’ve improved technique. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/65 "2007-01-26T20:27:19Z")
Why, oh why do I read these things? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/66 "2007-01-26T21:31:02Z")
[QUOTE=Ultraviolet] Whenever I see your user name, I’m reminded of […] a post about your balls aching after eating pizza? You took a lot of ribbing for that one - do you think it’s related to this problem that they found? [/QUOTE] Oh, hell, I was _sure_ everyone had forgotten about that by now, damn it. God, I have no idea. I found the remedy for that problem was simply to stop eating too much pizza. Haven’t thought about it too much since then. I don’t think it’s related – it was a different kind of pain, and generally bilateral. **Harmonius Discord** , yeah, they’ll be cutting in at the pudenda there. Wasn’t told anything more than that, but I imagined that they’d be poking _down_ into that area, though I suppose taking everything out of the pocket for easy access is more practical. Now I feel like I’m going to faint, or throw up. Or faint _and_ throw up. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/67 "2007-01-26T21:37:06Z")
After reading these latest updates, if a doc needs to get at my boys, he’ll have to go in through the armpits. _wince_ ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/68 "2007-01-26T23:18:13Z")
Best to throw up first, then faint so you don’t aspirate your vomit. So it’s not life-threatening and we can have a little fun now? Bring on the genital poetry! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/69 "2007-01-26T23:22:35Z")
Wait until the hair starts growing back and you can’t itch it, because of the stiching. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/70 "2007-01-26T23:46:08Z")
[QUOTE=ladyfoxfyre] Or chemotherApy, however you’d like to pronounce it. Though “chemotherpy” does have kind of a shorthand ring to it… [/QUOTE] That correction was perfectly within the edit feature’s window of opportunity. You have no excuse for making another post, other than being an attention whore. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/71 "2007-01-27T00:01:01Z")
[QUOTE=Rigamarole] That correction was perfectly within the edit feature’s window of opportunity. You have no excuse for making another post, other than being an attention whore. 😉 [/QUOTE] The edit feature’s about a month late for that, eh? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/72 "2007-01-27T00:13:19Z")
I love that they’re gonna crack your nuts open. No, I don’t. But, I’m glad it’s nothing more serious than that. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/73 "2007-01-27T01:01:35Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] I love that they’re gonna crack your nuts open. [/QUOTE] [Using](http://www.javajane.co.uk/objects/nutcracker.jpg) [only](http://elitetacticalsources.com/prodimages/Cold%20Steel/97HM.jpeg) [the](http://www.monstersinmotion.com/catalog/images/anim/thorhammer.gif) [finest](http://users.netrover.com/~ladybug/images/stock1042.JPG) [surgical](http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/2970/scrape_2.jpg) [instruments](http://www.thepetcenter.com/groom/grooming_cat_nails.jpg) [and](http://files.turbosquid.com/Preview/Content_on_3_15_2001_11_14_03/dynamite.zip_thumbnail1.jpg74177245-F5A0-458F-863FE15002204420.jpgLarge.jpg) [modern](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/graphics/slideshow/aztravelhealth/leeches.jpg) [technology.](http://ars.sdstate.edu/shearing/sheep%20shearing%20scan.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/74 "2007-01-27T02:18:10Z")
I’m trying to think of what would show up on a pelvic X-ray that would be impressive. Maybe a Matchbox car, cunningly hidden paper clip or the world’s worst case of constipation. Not many testicular things show up on X-ray (US is more useful); the doctor was probably looking for hernia. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/75 "2007-01-27T02:46:14Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] After reading these latest updates, if a doc needs to get at my boys, he’ll have to go in through the armpits. _wince_ [/QUOTE] If you were a rooster, that’s where he’d go in. I have a friend that grew up on a capon farm, and they went in under the wing to do the deed. :eek: **Larry** , don’t feel old. My nephew had a varicocele and surgery when he was about 14. If you think SDMB is ruthless, imagine being an 8th-grader undergoing ball surgery. On second thought…Dopers often act like 8th-graders :p. Yup, we’ll put you through hell. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/76 "2007-01-27T03:57:27Z")
It really doesn’t hurt much. afterwards. A couple days of don’t walk around, aweek or two not working, and a month of careful light activity. No shoveling or the like. Get something loose you can cover with like a robe or such, so the guests can visit. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/77 "2007-01-27T04:33:54Z")
[QUOTE=Rysdad] [Using](http://www.javajane.co.uk/objects/nutcracker.jpg) [only](http://elitetacticalsources.com/prodimages/Cold%20Steel/97HM.jpeg) [the](http://www.monstersinmotion.com/catalog/images/anim/thorhammer.gif) [finest](http://users.netrover.com/~ladybug/images/stock1042.JPG) [surgical](http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/2970/scrape_2.jpg) [instruments](http://www.thepetcenter.com/groom/grooming_cat_nails.jpg) [and](http://files.turbosquid.com/Preview/Content_on_3_15_2001_11_14_03/dynamite.zip_thumbnail1.jpg74177245-F5A0-458F-863FE15002204420.jpgLarge.jpg) [modern](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/graphics/slideshow/aztravelhealth/leeches.jpg) [technology.](http://ars.sdstate.edu/shearing/sheep%20shearing%20scan.jpg) [/QUOTE] :eek: ::hornk:: ::faints:: ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/78 "2007-01-27T06:14:39Z")
**Ruby** , you made me laugh out loud ! 😃 Nice one! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/79 "2007-01-27T06:32:13Z")
I have to say, **Larry** , you talking about puking and fainting is great. I’ve reassured my husband that he’s not the only guy who’s tetchy about testicular surgery stuff (he’s having a REEEEally hard time working up the nerve for the vasectomy). Um, good luck and stuff, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2007, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907/80 "2007-01-27T06:59:25Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] If you were a rooster, that’s where he’d go in. I have a friend that grew up on a capon farm, and they went in under the wing to do the deed. :eek: [/QUOTE] I’ve been called a chicken, and I’ve occasionally had a comb on my head, though it was just passing through, but otherwise I think I’m safe from mistaken identity. I’ll just have to take extra care when applying deodorant. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-ipu-let-the-x-ray-tech-simply-have-a-warped-sense-of-humour/385907.md?page=5)