Vasectomy - any advice?
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s2sol said:
I'm almost as fully recovered as you can expect to be. I still wouldn't do it again.
Glad you're OK now whatever time frame they give you for recovery, add a month or so on top as they do like to give out BS to keep you happy. In the end the most painful thing for me was about 6 weeks off work with no pay. 
jagracer said:
Glad you're OK now whatever time frame they give you for recovery, add a month or so on top as they do like to give out BS to keep you happy. In the end the most painful thing for me was about 6 weeks off work with no pay.
Most of my income is from self employment. Fortunately, my customers are pretty understanding, but they want the job done. If I had to take 6 weeks off, I'd be dead in the water. hedgefinder said:
as long as the doctor checks to ensure that the anesthetic has taken effect before cutting you open and pulling out the tubes to be cut...
Because as i found out, it only takes seconds to cut and remove the first tube and cut it , by which time you might be one the ceiling with the nurse trying to hold you down..... with the doctor saying oh dear i think we need more anesthetic.
the other side was completely painless after that... I had flashbacks for 2 weeks..
Same problem here - the second side was agony, to the point where I curled up in a ball while the scissors were still inside me, which meant that I got a second, unplanned hole in the scrotum as the tip burst back out. Not pleasant Because as i found out, it only takes seconds to cut and remove the first tube and cut it , by which time you might be one the ceiling with the nurse trying to hold you down..... with the doctor saying oh dear i think we need more anesthetic.
the other side was completely painless after that... I had flashbacks for 2 weeks..
Edited by hedgefinder on Saturday 11th May 10:30
Mine, about 12 years ago was the 1 incision, cauterised tubes stylee. No probs at all, no stitches required. I even managed to make sure everything was 'normal' the same evening. The only thing I had to do was use a steri-strip after a couple of days to hold the little hole closed as it wasn't closing.
However, having the reversal 8 years later , that was another thing! LOL
But actually not as bad as most of the experiences posted on this thread.
Balls of steel me.
However, having the reversal 8 years later , that was another thing! LOL
But actually not as bad as most of the experiences posted on this thread.
Balls of steel me.
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