Oh God, where to begin. I'm sitting on my couch one lazy night back in March 2010, when suddenly, my balls start to hurt. Not horribly, more like a, ooh, really shouldn't have sat down like that, sort of hurt. So I 'readjust', relax and forget about it. About two hours later, the pain is still there. At this point, I'm about to lay down, so I figure I'll sleep it off and be fine in the morning.
Just as I'm going to pass out, my brain makes a connection. Sudden onset testical pain, pain isn't going away, no clear cause... Oh God... Oh God, no. My nuts are going to [fall off!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testicular_torsion)
So it's 3 am and I'm doing 65 in a 30 zone to get to the hospital. No jury in the world could convict me for this, I think. If I'm pulled over, I think I'd be back on the road with a police escort in seconds. You don't mess around with the twins.
The pain is slowly building and my mind is running over how I barely even got to know the ol' boys and they're already catching the express out of town. Well, God Damnit, I'm not ready to say goodbye.
I rocketed up to that ER door, decide I can't afford a ticket for leaving the car there, park, and limp up to the counter. My fear of openly discussing the ol balls and chain, surrounded by families and tired looking ER nurses, is placated by the fear of a schlop job on the jewels.
Can you be put on a sex offender registry for talking about your genitals in front of children? If so, I must have been walking a real fine line that night. Either way, my face is showing some very understandable concern, at this point.
The doctor is pretty concerned too. So concerned that I'm fast tracked through the ER waiting process, and within minutes someones hands are on my balls. Who's hands? Why, the 20 something Swedish supermodel that passes for an ER doc, of course.
Fear of losing my two best friends are blocked out by a sudden redistribution of blood. The one eyed sergeant has been a little lonely, lately, and now he's about to get a hug.
Winky Blinky lives in his own little world. He's sort of like a dog. To him, every day is a new adventure. Sometimes, he gets in the car, and it might be scary at first, but it leads to the park, and oh boy, is that ever fun! Well, Winky Blinky doesn't know it yet, but we just passed the fucking park. We're not going to the park. The park is closed.
I think he caught on right around when the doctor whipped out one of those plastic bags every piece of equipment in a hospital is sealed in. Inside, what looked like a very long syringe was waiting there, and I swear to God it was grinning at me. "You're next, bitch", it didn't say, but might as well have. It wasn't a syringe.
"Do you know what this is?" asked the Goddess in a way that, in literally any other instant, would have been awesome.
"A syringe?" I choke out.
"Nope!" she said, almost enjoying it as she slid a thin metal rod out of the plastic casing.
Here I am, standing there with my pants around my ankles, half an erection, throbbing pain, and sudden realization. My proverbial dog got out of the back seat and realized there's no grass around. There's no other dogs. This is the fucking vet.
The 'dog' beats a hasty retreat, but it's far, far too late. From my perspective, the metal rod is forced into me with the power of a Viking Warrior, and the tenderness of a Hornet who just found out I've been sleeping with his wife.
"Jesus Christ!" I exclaim, in, once again, a way that would have been awesome in any other instance. The torture session lasted only a few seconds, but those seconds stretched into years in my mind. I nearly double over in surprise and pain as she removes the probe, and without a word, seals it up and heads for the door.
Just before she leaves, she turns back, points to the cup she'd left sitting on the other side of the room, and says, "We'll need a urine sample as well."
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