well, I really appreciate your worry, It's kind of you.I would first answer Dr. Dancebelt's long list of questions and then to you, Snarky.
>-your age, height, weight, waist size.27, 1.65 m , 51 Kg , 84 cm (If I remember correctly - penis not included... :)
>-size dance belt and tights you wear.
dancebelts: LARGE (good genes, what can I say) , tights: MEDIUM
>-do you have any different models or sizes of dance belts other than the Capezio 26?
sure. I have Sansha that are very comfortable and a black Intermezzo pair that I dispise...
>-how many years ballet have you taken? how many days a week do you take class?
4. twice a week. lately I've pushed myself to 3 times a week.
>-how many hours did you wear your dance clothes on the day of the problem? Was that longer than you normally wear them?
about an hour and a half. no, no more than usual.
>-how long ago did you start wearing a dance belt?
hmmm... a year and a half?
>-how would you describe its comfort and fit prior to the problem?
good, I guess.
>-did you have any problem with a testicle getting pinched outside the pouch?
with the intermezzo pair, yeah. that's why I stopped using them...
>-did the dance belt have to contain an erection for any significant time on the problem day?
ah.. no. no that I remember - sorringly enough I am way beyond the age of getting an erection just to the sight of girls in leotard... :-D
>-did you notice any similar pain prior to the problem day?
occasionally.
>-did you do anything else athletic the day of the incident, like riding your bike?
nope. but I do sit a lot at my work.
>-did the pain happen while you were still wearing your dance belt, or after you took it off? If after, was it immediately or how long after did it take for the pain to develop?
a day after.
>-have you had any reoccurance of the pain? If so, did it occur spontaneously or after wearing a dance belt?
well, I t happened here and there spotaneously, but this is the first time that it happened with relation to the dancebelt.
>-have you ever experienced similar pain in the past?
yeah, see above...>-how severe was the pain on a 1 to 5 scale? (5 means almost passing out, 1 is a noticeable annoyance)
I guess... 3?
thanks in advance, doc...
and Snarky, I wear Capezzio tights model 10 size medium, which by the table on it's back, is exactly my size. though, I am quite thin for a guy so I do need to roll them quite a bit in order for them to be truly tight. I hope I didn't cause too much pressure on my groin... what might happen in such condition as you described? you know, I still want to become a member of the PTA (and not as the T in it... :)and last but not least, regarding the use of dancebelt in general instead of regular underwear: try for yourself someday, doing jumps while wearing regular underwear and tights in a Ballet class full of teenage girls... your amount of giggles is promised - to the sight of your package bouncing up and down with you... :) and let's forget my own private theory, that dancebelts are feminnen revenge for the invention sports bra... ;)
I would gladly accept your comments, altough I think I'm going to see an urologist in any case, since the pain didn't disappear and now I'm getting occasional numb feeling in my right testicle... scary...
Thanks again.
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