Vasectomy recovery

[Melonfish]

I'll never forget the smell of my own burning flesh...

ah memories.

anyhoo, the procedure is really straight forward, needle makes you jump a gods damned mile and they have to give you two in each side, one for the skin and one for the testicle (OMFG that hurt)
i actually watched the whole procedure, it was quite interesting, my wife decided to almost faint in the corner tho despite her claiming she'd hold my hand all the way through
briused and swelled for about a week, i honestly didn't think testes should be that colour, also walked like john wayne for a while.
had the gonzo's for about a week also, after that tho it was all back to normal, just had to put up with the damned hair growing back! *scratch*

 

[4F]

My wife watched my op get done...

Was that to make sure you didn't "pull out" ?

 

[Browser]

Had mine done about 8 yrs ago, not long after birth of daughter, by the then-new procedure of laser cauterisation of the tubes rather than the older cut-and-shut as studies had proved that once the disolvable stitches used to close up said tubes had gone, the tubes could sometimes open up and re-attach themselves, whereas the laser just produced scar tissue which blocked the tube.
It was toted as a lower-invasion method, still requiring your nutsack to be cut-'n-shut. Took me about three-to-four days to feel truly comfortable again, longer to feel 'normal' again, can be longer or shorter depending upon you. Take as long as you need and don't overdo it, a mate did and ended up with one the size of an orange after trying to walk too far too soon .

 

[smokeysmoo]

Was that to make sure you didn't "pull out" ?

If he'd 'pulled out' in the first place he wouldn't have needed it doing

 

[ColinJ]

If he'd 'pulled out' in the first place he wouldn't have needed it doing

I think that a few million children are produced each year by their parents relying on the Mastermind[sup]1[/sup] school of contraception!






[sup]1[/sup] I've started, so I'll finish!

 

[Paulus]

I had my plumbing turned off 20 years ago. Local anesthetic and it took 19 minutes from start to finish, A little bit of tugging was felt at the time but no pain. The Nurse did give me intravenus valium before the start, so I was really away with the fairies. When the "pretty" nurse came to discharge me at the end of the afternoon, she gave me the usual chat and the sample pots and explained that there was to be no saliva in the samples as it ruins them? She did not flinch, even though I was chuckling to myself with a big grin on my face

After a day or so I felt like I had been kicked in the gonads, but there was very little bruising or swelling and after a week I was back on the bike. Never looked back, best thing I have done for a long time.

 

[smokeysmoo]

I think that a few million children are produced each year by their parents relying on the Mastermind[sup]1[/sup] school of contraception!

[sup]1[/sup] I've started, so I'll finish!

 

[byegad]

If he'd 'pulled out' in the first place he wouldn't have needed it doing

My thought exactly!

 

[MrGrumpy]

Hell this bring back memories of the twins playpen getting a right doing

Had the snip 4yrs ago, swelling afterwards was impressive

2 weeks till back on bike, and before that I was doing good John Wayne impressions. Have to say simple enough op but dignity well and truly left at the hospital entrance.

 

[screenman]

I hear of guys afterwards asking for the pain to be taken away but the swelling left.

 

[wildjetskier]

My nurse shaved my pubes into a heart shape, and wrote her phone number on my left testicle

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*this may be a dream I had

I had mine done about 8 months ago, by a Dr Kittel, and was a no scalpel vasectomy. http://www.kittel.co.uk/ Was referred by my GP, was shi**ing bricks before I went in, but he was great, the nurse great and all in all a great easy procedure...Only the burning skin made me a bit queasy. As mentioned in previous threads about 2 weeks and back in action. The best bit was my sample, had 1/2 hr to get it to hospital when the hospital is 45mins away, so there I was wondering the hospital looking for somewhere erm quiet. managed it in the end !!!

 

[wildjetskier]

Did you have the experience of being made to wait for a receipt?

Oh yes I had to tell them that the sample had to be processed asap and of course 400000 eyes fall upon you (felt like that) whilst you are holding a test tube of you know what...oh well experience eh !!

 

[middleagecyclist]

The best bit was my sample, had 1/2 hr to get it to hospital when the hospital is 45mins away, so there I was wondering the hospital looking for somewhere erm quiet. managed it in the end !!!

I had to produce several in hospital samples for IVF treatment. The dept in question provided a room with a bed, a sample container and some well used soft porn mags. "When you have finished please write your name, time of sample, whether any was lost and wait at the corner of the corridor where it will be collected".

I still remember all the knowing looks from hospital staff on the busy corridor as I stood in the prescribed spot with beads of sweat running down my flushed face while tightly clasping my 'special sample'. Still, worth it for the 5 year old daughter we have now. No need of snipping for me!

 

[Headgardener]

Still connected here and no plans to get disconnected.

 

[the_craig]

BUMP!

So I'm booked in to get my wings clipped on the 9th of February under local anaesthetic after 2 kids and many years of 'getting off at Haymarket' (A reference only those North of the Border may get). I was just searching for advice on how long I may be off the bike as I'm working towards the big Etape Caledonia in May and didn't want to be laid up too long. Reading through this and other threads, the consensus seems to be around two weeks off, everything going well. I post on another couple of forums and there's fellas who post there who have got proper horror stories. Coming on here and hearing everyone having a 'straight forward' post op phase is very reassuring.

I'll check in nearer the time and maybe have a funny tale to tell.