Are you sure you didn't do any permanent damage? I thought the idea
was to avoid scorching yourself during this process. Did you do an
analysis before doing this and did it show normal results? Will you be
doing another analysis after letting yourself recover?

Thanks,
travis
--- In malecontraceptives@yahoogroups.com, "Isara"
<site_beyond_site@...> wrote:
>
> 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.
>