# I'm getting a vasectomy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885 "2005-09-28T17:47:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/1 "2005-09-28T17:47:20Z")
Yup. I just booked the initial appointment for Oct. 7, and I’ll get cut on Oct. 21. Blueberries, anyone? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/2 "2005-09-28T17:48:30Z")
> [@Winston Smith](#): > > Yup. I just booked the initial appointment for Oct. 7, and I’ll get cut on Oct. 21. > > Blueberries, anyone? :eek: Blueberries? 😕 May I just offer you two words: ice bag. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/3 "2005-09-28T17:51:55Z")
Don’t sneeze. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/4 "2005-09-28T17:58:12Z")
> [@YaWanna](#): > > Blueberries? 😕 > > May I just offer you two words: ice bag. heh-heh. Per this board (I’ve been looking for the link, but can’t find it) the advantace of blueberries over ice cubes, is when the blueberries thaw you can eat them! 😃 :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/5 "2005-09-28T18:10:36Z")
I wonder what 50’s dad would have to say about this nonsense of you gettin’ a vasectomy lad. Now go play some sports and get your mind off this communist business sport. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/6 "2005-09-28T18:11:39Z")
**BWAAAHAAAHAAAHAAA!!!** One of the google ads is for lighted plastic ice cubes! ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/7 "2005-09-28T18:12:31Z")
> [@Winston Smith](#): > > heh-heh. Per this board (I’ve been looking for the link, but can’t find it) the advantace of blueberries over ice cubes, is when the blueberries thaw you can eat them! 😃 :eek: 😃 Personally, I used frozen peas. No juice to leak on the couch. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/8 "2005-09-28T18:19:38Z")
**mr bus guy** Guhzuntheit. Huh? **swampbear** Well, I think _ **50’s Mom** _ made it pretty clear: red threat or no red threat, if **50’s Dad** can’t keep them soldiers from marchin’ they’d better stay in their barracks. **5que** For the sake of science, I’ll rotate peas, blueberries, and ice. We’ll have some definitive answers in a few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/9 "2005-09-28T18:22:25Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **BWAAAHAAAHAAAHAAA!!!** One of the google ads is for lighted plastic ice cubes! Heh. I’ve got half a mind to buy them for this special occassion. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/10 "2005-09-28T18:23:33Z")
> [@Winston Smith](#): > > **mr bus guy** Guhzuntheit. Huh? Actually, at the moment of snippage, it’s probably more important the doctor doesn’t sneeze. Or develop a case of the yips. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/11 "2005-09-28T18:25:08Z")
> [@mr bus guy](#): > > Actually, at the moment of snippage, it’s probably more important the doctor doesn’t sneeze. > > Or develop a case of the yips. Indeed. There’ll be no mulligans, Doc. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/12 "2005-09-28T20:23:53Z")
_“Um, yeah, I’ll take ‘Thread Titles That Make My Husband Whimper’ for $1000, Alex.”_ E. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/13 "2005-09-28T20:30:47Z")
[far side] \*a dog is in a car, leaning out the window and talking to another dog] “Hah, hah, Rex, first we’re going to the park, then we’re going to the hardware store, then I’m going to the vet’s to get tutored!” [/fs] Good luck with that. ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/14 "2005-09-28T21:54:24Z")
If you lived in the UK, you could have seen one today being carried out **LIVE** on TV. At 11 o’clock in the morning. On an ordinary, free-to-air channel. I hope this [link](http://www.itv-thismorning.co.uk/HealthArticle.aspx?fid=225&tid=2) works. The geezer whose cobblers were on full view to the British public was called John Klapwijq - his surname is worth 672 points in Scrabble. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/15 "2005-09-28T23:22:55Z")
A friend of mine had one. Snip snip (Snip?) he was on his way home a couple hours later. Last I saw the marrage was a lot better. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/16 "2005-09-29T01:10:23Z")
Mine damn near killed me (literally), but after recovery, it was a big boost to the marriage. ---
**Author:** ![squeekster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@squeekster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeekster)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/17 "2005-09-29T01:33:50Z")
Hope for all your worth that you don’t hear the doctor utter the word “Oops”. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![BoringDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@BoringDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoringDad)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/18 "2005-09-29T02:00:20Z")
> [@Winston Smith](#): > > Yup. I just booked the initial appointment for Oct. 7, and I’ll get cut on Oct. 21. If you have a choice of doctors, get references. Seriously. Some doctors are better than others and lead to more or less post operative pain based on differences in technique. My neighbor had a bad experience and so I was able to shift to the better doctor. I had no problems with mine at all. ---
**Author:** ![GrahamWellington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/54ee81/32.png) [@GrahamWellington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrahamWellington)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/19 "2005-09-29T02:26:29Z")
I think every guy on the planet should get one, as Mother Earth and all her strange and wonderful creatures would be better off without humans. But I’d be curious as to what your reason(s) are for setting up the appointment? Please share. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Jillyvn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Jillyvn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jillyvn)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885/20 "2005-09-29T03:08:41Z")
> [@Winston Smith](#): > > Yup. I just booked the initial appointment for Oct. 7, and I’ll get cut on Oct. 21. > > Blueberries, anyone? :eek: In all seriousness, are you getting the laser option? If so, can you post an update? I have a close friend considering this… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-vasectomy/323885.md?page=2)