Post by Jennifer on Jan 23, 2011 13:39:11 GMT -6
I just wanted to make a topic about this, so if your DH is on BP medicine you can look into it! I wish we would of!
Yes some BP medicines do kill sperm and/or lower counts tremendously! Back before we decided on the VR DH's doctor had him on a BP pill. We thought nothing about sperm at that time. After the VR (and no sperm but healthy fluid) DH's NEW doctor asked what meds he was on. he told her and she said he had to get off that BP med ASAP!! He was actually able to get off the medicine with diet and exercise changes and hasn't been on since. She said the BP med he was on was the absolute worst and she did not ever give it to a man of child bearing age, she said this is a pill that is so bad on fertility she only gave it to 80b yr old men!!!! OMG I was sooo upset. Sooo maybe that was the reason for no sperm at the time of surgery, he was on the BP med then.
I researched that med (I can't remember the specific name darn) and sure enough it could temporarily leave men sterile!!! BUT from all the research i have done it is temporary. Discontinuing use and some time later sperm will return but it is not certain how long, some men in a research showed sperm back at 3m, some 6, some 12 months!! Our 3m SA was no sperm seen. It just makes NO sense because my DH was super fertile, I mean we have 5 kids, we were both super fertile so to be at NO SPERM at only 3yr 11m after V it blew my mind. The surgeon saw NO blockage at time of surgery either.
This is the only thing that is giving me hope still about our zero count. I just wish we would of known all of this before the Vr and he could of gotten off of it 6m before, but we didn't know!
Yes some BP medicines do kill sperm and/or lower counts tremendously! Back before we decided on the VR DH's doctor had him on a BP pill. We thought nothing about sperm at that time. After the VR (and no sperm but healthy fluid) DH's NEW doctor asked what meds he was on. he told her and she said he had to get off that BP med ASAP!! He was actually able to get off the medicine with diet and exercise changes and hasn't been on since. She said the BP med he was on was the absolute worst and she did not ever give it to a man of child bearing age, she said this is a pill that is so bad on fertility she only gave it to 80b yr old men!!!! OMG I was sooo upset. Sooo maybe that was the reason for no sperm at the time of surgery, he was on the BP med then.
I researched that med (I can't remember the specific name darn) and sure enough it could temporarily leave men sterile!!! BUT from all the research i have done it is temporary. Discontinuing use and some time later sperm will return but it is not certain how long, some men in a research showed sperm back at 3m, some 6, some 12 months!! Our 3m SA was no sperm seen. It just makes NO sense because my DH was super fertile, I mean we have 5 kids, we were both super fertile so to be at NO SPERM at only 3yr 11m after V it blew my mind. The surgeon saw NO blockage at time of surgery either.
This is the only thing that is giving me hope still about our zero count. I just wish we would of known all of this before the Vr and he could of gotten off of it 6m before, but we didn't know!
I sure hope so too. We are going to finally make his 6m SA appointment tomorrow (we are 7m though) This is going to be the SA that tells us what our future holds and if the VR was a success or not. 
