Day 1

Items:
I) Bought sitz bath

Procedure:
1) Didn't have nor know of all the necessary equipment.

Results:
A) My bottom (genitals, buttocks, and upper thighs) couldn't endure
entire 45 minutes.
a) Yet, my hand could endure it; was very hot but tolerable.

Day 2-3

Items:
I) Got hot plate
II) Got pot for water and hot plate.
III) Got pitcher for pouring water from hot pot to pitcher to sitz
bath bag.

Procedure:
1) Filled sitz bath with lukewarm water from my bathroom faucet.
2) Filled pot of water with hot water
3) Set pot of water on hot plate.
4) When water was smoking I poured it into pitcher.
5) From pitcher into sitz bath bag.
6) Got into sitz bath.
7) Let the increased temperature water into sitz bath until
intolerable.

A) First immersion was at a very tolerable temperature.
B) Made myself endure the entire 45 as hot as I could tolerate,
shifting from painfully hot to just above comfortably hot.

Day 4-6

Items:
I) Got medical thermometer that went to 108 degrees.
II) Noticing that my scrotum could tolerate significantly higher
temperatures than my things, which also have to be immersed in a sitz
bath, I created a lid for my sitz bath with a hole cut out in the
center such that only my testicles could be immersed. I used a lid
from a large plastic container that I bought at Wal-mart for 1$. It
worked perfectly.

Procedure:
1) Same procedure as above on days 2-3, but with thermometer and sitz
bath lid.

-Since the thermometer did not have the ability to register 116
degrees, I let it rise until it read "HI." I found that if the
water is moderately hot, then it would jump numbers 6 times until it
reached hot. Then, as it became hotter, it would jump numbers 4
times, then 3 at the hottest. Noticing that, I kept it at 3-4 jumps
(crude and inaccurate, but effective nonetheless).

Results:
A) Could get the temperatures significantly higher. Thus, I tried to
push myself to the highest temperature possible--the temp with the
least amount of jumps to "HI."

Day 7
A) Water became too hot and the next morning my scrotum was in pain.
I thought I had scalded myself, but there was no visible sign of any
scalding. Nonetheless, I put vasoline on the painful area throughout
the day and it was fine by the end of the night--when I did my sitz
bath sitting.


Day 8-15
I) I finally bought a cooking thermometer at Linens n Things for 12
dollars.

1) I measured the water before I sat in it, starting at 100-103
degrees and of course ending up at 116-117.

Day 16
Results:
A) While not paying attention and letting the water into the sitz
bath I mildly scorched my scrotum. Also, I measured it against my
medical thermometer and the medical thermometer read a degree higher
every now and then. I also checked it against my own body
temperature, and the cooking thermometer would read anywhere from
99.0-96.8, which tells me that it was slightly innaccurate.

B) It was decent the next day, slightly tender, but nothing to
complain about.

Day 19
A) Severly scorched my scrotum because I was not paying attention to
the thermometer while I was letting in the very hot water from the
sitz bath bag into the sitz bath.

B) It was red, raw, and slightly blistered. It was painful.

Day 20-22

A) Wasn't painful even with the blister (actually the hot water made
it feel better), but the blister didn't heal until I stopped the
treatment.

Day 25

After both three days of abstinence and stopping the sitz wet heat
method, I went for a sperm analysis. The results and comparisons of
the World Health Organization (WHO) standards:

1) Sperm count per milliliter:
Average = above 20 millions/ml
Infertile = less than 20 million/ml
Mine = less than 1.1 million/ml
2) Net sperm count milliliter
Average = above 40 million
Infertile less than 40 million/ml
Mine = less than 5.6 million
3) Net volume of semen
Average = 2ml
Mine = 4ml
4) Sperm motility rates:
A) Rapid motility
Average = 25% or more
Mine = 0%
B) Normal motility
Average = 30% or more
Mine = less than 8%
C) Low motility
Average = 50% or more
Mine = Less than 4%
D) No motility
Average = 0%
Mine = 88%
E) Total motile sperm
Average = above 20%
Mine = .4 million

Summary:
After a lot of trial and error, which if there had been adequate
information on the specifics I could have avoided, these are my final
results.

For Items:
I) Get a cooking thermometer first. Go to any cooking store or a
household appliance store and they should have them (i.e. linens and
things); though wal-mart and target both do not carry it in store,
but do on line. Buy better brand even if it costs a little more
money, the accuracy is extremely important.