Vasectomy recovery

[Cheddar George]

Hi.. not too much of a sensitive subject I hope!

Have any of you guys had 'the snip' and if so how long was it before you were able to cycle again afterwards
Do any of you swim ? were you able to do that earlier?
Guidelines for this sort of thing are vague Is the determining factor your own comfort (or lack of)

Cheers!

Two weeks is a good guide, i wouldn't rush into swimming as infection is the most common post op problem.

 

[Fnaar]

I intend to remain a 'complete man' thank you very much.
;-)

[obligatory vasectomy joke] it doesn't make a vas deferens [/obligatory vasectomy joke]

 

[smokeysmoo]

I wouldn't rush into swimming as infection is the most common post op problem.

and there's nothing worse than an infected ball bag
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[Fnaar]

infection is the most common post op problem.

That's bollocks

 

[ColinJ]

You not got the balls for it Colin?

It makes me wince just thinking about it!

Anyway - I'm currently going through the 'womenopause' and I'm getting towards the age where a future partner is likely to be post-menopausal ...

 

[Matthew_T]

'the snip'

I dont want to think of such a thing.

 

[screenman]

I had mine done at the same time as I had my Hernia fixed, this was done on a Sunday at a private clinic, I was on the turbo on the Wednesday and back on the at about day 7. If I remember correctly I did a time trial after about 6 weeks, would have been sooner but the season had not started. A snip is just that, hardly major surgery mind you it is normally the nurse that gets you ready who feels a prick.

 

[007fair]

I dont want to think of such a thing.

Actually more of a snip and sizzle After the snip bit they 'fuse' one end rather than tie a knot Not a pleasant thought .. which is much worse than the actual pain

 

[tiswas-steve]

All this describing the actual act of " La Chop " has made me wonder why it didn't hurt me more than it did .... Or am I just too butch ? ( pass the remote so I can watch strictly come dancing plz )

 

[smokeysmoo]

Having had mine done under a local anaesthetic I can distinctly remember the sensation of tubes being pulled and mauled around with

 

[Mozzy]

I was told to erm... have a "quick shuffle" daily to "clear things out" , so to speak... so that meant cutting down a bit

I'm going to be chuckling about what you just said for days. BRILLIANT

Almost thirty years ago now; memorable moment was when the orderly asked us to lift up our gown to check we had followed 'structions for hair removal. "Oh." said he. "Very pretty, you didn't need to remove every last hair."

I'd taken the lot off . Better safe than sorry I thought. I felt fine after. Called in to meet up with a couple of buddies to play a quick nine holes of golf. Had lunch, a pint of Guinless, and all was well for the fist few holes. Anesthetic wore off, and my mate said ... "ere Mozzy, you OK, you've gone a sort of grey colour?"

Needless to say it was a BIG mistake, and I limped back ... slowly. Was self employed then so just took a couple of days then back to the daily grind. I kept forgetting though and pain would shoot when you were not ready.

NEVER again!

 

[Mugshot]

Having had mine done under a local anaesthetic I can distinctly remember the sensation of tubes being pulled and mauled around with

I will never forget that! It felt like the tubes were connected to my ears the amount of pulling that seemed to be going on, the doc had to tell me to stop squirming, add to that the nurse sat at my ear yacking about any old bullshit she could think of to "take your mind off things" it's not something I'd ever want to repeat. Having said that, glad I've done it.
Oh yeah, I wasn't riding my bike at the time, but I seem to remember feeling pretty much sorted by the two week mark.

 

[Toshiba Boy]

It makes me wince just thinking about it!

Anyway - I'm currently going through the 'womenopause' and I'm getting towards the age where a future partner is likely to be post-menopausal ...

Fair do's mate, good luck on the partner front (from one old Coventry kid to another).

I had it done in my 20's (some 20+ years ago) because we had a healthy son, and my (then) wife had suffered a very bad time having him and there was no guarantee that wouldn't happen again.

I'm now with my partner who's very happy I'm "seedless".

 

[abo]

I dont want to think of such a thing.

My wife watched my op get done...

 

[abo]

I will never forget that! It felt like the tubes were connected to my ears the amount of pulling that seemed to be going on

ffs that's bringing back memories, making me squirm now