I have several questions about vasectomies. I’m sure they are somewhat painful, but how painful? Has anyone tried the newer silicone plug technique? How reliable is it?
And perhaps most importantly, at least to my wife, will it taste different?
My fiance had one a couple of months ago. He was in the operating room for about 15 min. or so. He said it was more weird than painful, but that at one point it kind of felt like a kick to the nuts. But, overall he said it was no big deal and not nearly as scary or painful as he thought it would be.
Afterwards, we went to eat and the numbing stuff began to wear off. He took a couple of Vicodin and felt much better. Then he spent the next two days or so on the couch with a bag of frozen peas on his crotch (easier than an ice bag).
They said to wait until he had ejaculated 15-20 times and come back for a test to see if he was ok to have unprotected sex. He took the test, and it came back that he was no longer fertile.
And yeah, it tastes the same. It’s pretty much exactly the same, except that maybe when he comes, a little less comes out. Other than that, everything is perfectly normal. He had no adverse effects or abnormal pain.
I’m very happy he did it. No condoms ever again!!! And I don’t have to take birth control unless I need it for my own female troubles. Yay.
From first hand experience:
Ditto on everything above. The pain of the needles to numb/freeze the area pre-op is worse than the operation itself. When the tubes are being pulled it feels like somebody is yanking on your ab muscle in your gut. Not very painful but a little odd and uncomfotable… imagine somebody tugging slightly on your entrails, a la Braveheart. 
As the local wears off it starts to feel like you got racked in the nuts. Very uncomfortable. Take the doctor’s advice seriously and plan to spend the next two days with your feet elevated and an ice pouch on your crotch for most of the first day and the next. Don’t even think of going for a walk unless it’s to hit the john.
If you do chill (literally and metaphorically) for the two prescribed days, you’ll be just fine on the third day. A bit sore but able to walk, work, go about your usual routine. Wait to hit the gym until a week later.
FWIW, for me there were no regrets.
OK, I’m curious too.
Does it look different when it comes out?
Also, how long before you can engage in sex again?
For those two days that you’re supposed to take it easy:
- did it hurt to pee?
- did it hurt if you got an errection?
I agree with everyone who has posted so far. It is a little uncomfortable when they do the actuall snipping, almost like being racked. (guys know what this feels like). But way less intense in my opinion. My doctor made alot of jokes through the whole precedure which helped. The operation took no more than 15 minutes, then I waited in the recovery room for about 30 minutes and drove home. I was able to have normal sex within two days. Very little pain overall, I didn’t even really need the codiene. No worries!
shakes; no problem with urination or any other problems really. They do want you to shave the scrotum before you come in. I admit this scared the hell out of me at first. Just take it slow and after a bit you will wonder why you were afraid. Also you get bonus points because most women like that.
I had mine done about 5 years ago, and it was one of the best things I have ever done. No real pain, but it was a little bit of a weird experience.
No pain with erection or urination, but I did need a mild pain reliever for the first day due to a minor ache there. I was not allowed to drive myself home, had a buddy drive me there and back.
Were you ever afraid that they would :rolleyes: yank off? :eek:
Mine was 18 years ago. No pain. No negative effects at all. In fact its all positive - our sex life improved from not having to worry about birth control.
In fact, we were going to go to Denmark to get an IUD, but not having to do that let us spend the money on a nice cruise instead.
I’d guess it hurts less and heals faster today with better surgical techniques.
Mine was about 7 years ago. No painkillers needed afterwards. My only problem was that the local wore off … during the cauterising!
I agree with pretty much everything here. And I’m pretty experienced at it. I’ve had two.
Seems the tests that came back after the first one concluded that I was still fertile. I really can’t explain how it happened, and either can the doc. My only guess is that he did not cut enough of the ‘vas’ tube out.
So I had it done twice. The second time was free of charge. Gosh, thanks.
A little discomfort is about it. It did not lay me up to any degree, did not need an ice pack or anything. Just spent the weekend taking it easy.
I had mine done this past December while I was going in for gall bladder surgery. This meant I I was under general anaesthetic so I didn’t feel any pain and when I woke up the pain from the main sugery was my biggest concern.
I will say right up front I felt NO pain whatsoever down there. In fact the next day I had to go exploring to see if maybe they forgot There were two tiny stitches which came out on their own after a week or so. No orgasms for two weeks was difficult but worth it in the end. Since then I have had two or three little twinges while I was exercising but I bet that would have happened regardless of the surgery.
No difference in function, volume etc. as far as I can see or has been reported.
enipla, my doc said some people have a third vas which they don’t catch the first time through! Talk about redundancies.
No problem at all, other thanfor whatever reason it feels like my nuts are riding in a somewhat different position now. Physiologically, that doesn’t make any sense to me, but it’s what it feels like.
I’m 46 and can’t imagine having another kid - I’m glad I had it done.
Not too bad, according to my husband. He had it done on a Friday, so he’d have the weekend to recover. I think he took some mild painkiller and wore sweat pants, but experienced very little discomfort.
He had the kind where they pull the… little tube out, snip and clip, then tuck it back in. I can’t even find the scars.
Nope. And it looks the same, and the same amount of ejaculate seems to be produced. If I didn’t know, I couldn’t tell.
It’s a really good solution for birth control in a situation where you are monogamous and settled on the no-kids issue. I say monogamous because you get very used to not worrying about pregnancy or STDs/AIDS, and that carefree attitude wouldn’t translate as well, maybe, to non-monogamous relationships.
My name is Inigo Montoya, and I am an idiot.
It started out weird. “Hi, I Dr. Frankenstein and this is Igor, who will be assisting me as he gains experience in this procedure. OK with you?” What am I gonna say? No? I was shaved by an orderly and then Frank & Igor come back and, after a wise crack or two to lighten the mood, get down to business. I’m lying on my back of course, with nothing on but a hospital gown. So they have a seat in close proximity to my nethers & lift up my dress. Dr. Frankenstein says, “You’re going to feel a little prick. Oh, and Mr. Montoya, we’re going to give you a shot of novacain–might sting some.” :rolleyes: So it went. Dr. Frankenstein was pretty good. Little snip, extracted a tube and snip & burn & tuck it all back in. No problem. Igor got to do the other. After he chased and lost the other one for about five minutes I was about ready to snap on a glove and grab it for him. Eventually he found it though.
OK, so after all that I head on home. The wife and kids are outta the house for the day & I’m lying on the couch realizing there’s nothing on TV. And the aquarium is looking pretty bad. And I feel alright. So I get into a complete water change & wash up the gravel. Just as I’m about ready to get the aquarium out of the bathtub and back on its stand…the novacaine wears off. Turns out, I had gotten away with nothing.
Side effects were that I really couldn’t run, jog or walk quickly for about a week, maybe two. But I don’t know how much of that I’d brought upon myself.
Something to consider. My marriage fell apart since then (Actually, a house dropped on her, but I’m not supposed to talk about that). And while I love my kids from that union dearly, being sterile could prove a very real impedement should a strong attractiondevelop between me and a woman who hopes to have kids in a marriage. Sure, there are other ways, but none that will give offspring that are genetically ours. Not a big problem, I hope.
I had mine about 30 years ago. No shaving, but the doc (a local urologist) swabbed the bottom of the scrotum with that orange disinfectant. The numbing shot hurt briefly, at about paper-cut intensity (not like a paper-cut on your scrotum.) He said if I wanted to watch, his nurse could hold a mirror. No, thanks, doc. I read a copy of Rolling Stone to distract myself. Once he snipped his way into the scrotum, there was no pain. An odd tugging, but not like pulling out my entrails. More like gently pulling on my scrotum.
Everything that holds the balls in place will still be there, so they won’t fall out. The only part that gets disturbed is the vas deferens, a wadded up tube barely bigger than a hair.
The balls will still make just as much testosterone. In fact, they’ll still make sperm cells, which will be re-absorbed into the body, now that they have no escape route.
Most of semen comes from other parts, so you’ll have just as much as before. The sperm made up only a tiny fraction of the semen, so it won’t taste any different.
Will it hurt to pee or ejaculate? No.
Usually, there’s no stitches, and you won’t be able to find the scar two weeks later.
Your doc might tell you to bring a suspensory, sort of a medical jockstrap, or just a standard jockstrap. It’s a good idea. You won’t want the boys jangling around for a couple of days. If you usually wear tight pants, wear something looser for a day or two.
Take an ice pack with you, so you can apply it on the way home. If you have some pain medicine, take some before the procedure, just in case.
My doc said one of his patients, a motorcycle cop, worked a full shift right after he got his. :eek: I don’t recommend that, or even brisk walking. If you can arrange a day off, do it. The discomfort might be distracting, and the bag of frozen peas on your crotch will distract your co-workers.
A vasectomy is a whole lot simpler, safer, and less painful than a tubal ligation is for a woman. If one of you is going to be sterilized, it should be the male.
You must have gone to the same guy I did. He kept up a running barrage of jokes, which I gladly joined in. At one point, the nurse had to leave the room because she was laughing so hard, she couldn’t function.
At the midpoint of the procedure, he had finished with the left side and was walking around the table to the right side. As he did, he told me that he always offered his patients the option to stop there; last chance and all that. He then said, “Of course, if you do, you’ll be half-vassed for the rest of your life.”
Hell of a good doctor!!
After reading this I am kinda glad they knocked my out (was having a simultaneous procedure in the same neighborhood.) Recovery was simple and quick. Although I can’t remember how long it was before we could resume sex (protected of course) it did not seem like that long. And, this is a personal thing, but I prefer frozen corn, can’t stand peas.
The local had not taken full effect in some areas before he started snipping…
Indescribable!! Make for damn sure the surgeon checks first.
The operation itself wasn’t that bad, but be prepared for the tugging already mentioned. And not a gentle tug, either.
Afterwards, have ice packs ready. And wear loose pants - the most unpleasant part was walking. The boys tend to rub up against my thighs, and it was unpleasant. But the worst part was the surgical assistant examining the cautery unit with a puzzled expression, and asking the surgeon (no kidding) “How do you turn this thing on?” And I have had experiences more pleasant than smelling burning flesh, and looking down to see smoke issuing from some of my favorite body parts from behind the surgical drape. Nor did I enjoy having some (apparently) sixteen year old approach my nether regions with a straight razor in her hand and a gleam in her eye. Not even any damn shaving cream either.
The doctor said we could resume Normal Daily Activities as soon as I was up (ha!) to it. Which was about three days, IIRC. There seems to have been a minor decrease in volume, but the Lovely and Talented Mrs. Shodan has not noticed any other differences. Nor have I.
If you are quite sure you don’t want any more children, it certainly beats any other form of birth control. And the doctor agreed to solemnly warn my beloved that it was important that we have frequent sex to clear out the tubes. And I don’t miss the phrase, “Just a minute while I put in my diaphragm” at all.
Regards,
Shodan