Yes, I suppose all the contractions that occur during an orgasm probably have a lot to do with it too. I know that during the first few wet dreams I had, each contraction felt like both balls were being stabbed all the way through with a red hot knife. (Nothing like that to suck all the pleasure right outta' the experience!)

As I've been getting better and started taking back control of when it happens, I still get pain like that sometimes, but it's not as severe, and it doesn't always happen every time. Sometimes the pain is located more in the lower pubic region, radiating up into the lower abdomen. I guess it all depends on what kind of damage you're dealing with. Since ejaculating and taking fenugreek didn't seem to help me at all at first, I don't think I had any blockages or fluid congestion. The sharp, stabbing pains seemed more likely to suggest nerve damage to me.

> ejaculation makes men with
> pre-existing pelvic pain hurt worse.

That seems like common sense to me. I mean, if you sprain your ankle, the pain is your body's way of telling you not to *use* it. That's why I abstained from masturbation for so long until my body had had more time to gradually heal itself down there. It's still not back to normal, but hopefully it's getting there, very slowly...

> Any ideas how to test what is going on?

Not unless you have some kind of sensitive scan you could do *during* an ejaculation. I'm reminded of a test they did on my mom for her swallowing problems -- kinda like a moving X-ray picture of her throat as things went down. That would be the only way to see if any semen is backing up anywhere during an orgasm. Of course, you can't expose that part of the body to radiation though, and you probably wouldn't get too many volunteers anyway. Besides the pain that's involved when something's wrong down there, who would want to do *that* in front of strangers anyway?! Unless you can find a brazen porno actor who really gets off on "playing doctor"...!