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Finally asked my doctor for a referral for one of these. I've got a kid, and only so much financial means to support them, so time to retire my ol' balls. My GP mentioned out of maybe a hundred people he's referred, zero have run into post-op pain, so that is encouraging. Some places on the internet show it as WAY higher. edit: vvv lol vvv mom and dad fight a lot fucked around with this message at 17:03 on Feb 1, 2023 |
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Currently on a 2 month waitlist for my consult. Then another 6-8 weeks for the proceedure. Totally covered by provincial Canadian health insurance.  They offered a "luxe" package that costs a bit out-of-pocket and has a bunch more benfits. Skipped it, but will probably pay a few bucks to glue my ballsack vice suture, so I can shower sooner. Guess now's a good time to buy athletic underwear in preperation.
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Feb 11, 2023 01:57
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Glad you're doing well! Yeah, the wait certainly seems like the worst part. The soonest I can get one is in 3 months, plus 3 months afterwards for testing. Summer's gonna nearly be over before I can start recklessly banging. 
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Feb 12, 2023 00:20
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Still on the waitlist for a consult, but expecting a call sometime this month. I briefly reconsidered postponing this procedure. I started dating someone who seemed interested in having kids of her own. With both our incomes, it would have been more viable to comfortably provide for a larger family. She really is a pretty incredible woman, so it gave me pause, even if it still wasn't what I wanted. I recently had to break it off with her for other reasons, and lol I've never been more resolved to get vasectomized. I don't need more crotchspawn running around. I'm barely getting by as it is. I'm almost forty, so I'm already in the age group where pregnancy complications and birth defects start going up. Take my balls, doc. I don't need more stress in my life.
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Apr 6, 2023 17:45
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Dicty Bojangles posted:For me, the most difficult part of the vasectomy process is no longer needing to worry about accidental pregnancies when having unprotected sex. Wait, the difficult part, is not having to worry about accidental pregnancies?
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Apr 13, 2023 22:55
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So I'm being given the option of clips vs sutures. Is there any advantage to either? I'm thinking clips might feel a little painful if I'm pounding away and my balls are slapping against the misses.
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Apr 21, 2023 01:17
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Got an offer to get it done on Wednesday, but regrettably it's just a bit too short notice, and I may need to delay it for a month due to work obligations. I'm thinking I may need to pay the doc the extra $200+ to set my own date (among other "benefits") and schedule it around other things. I want to make sure I have a solid 5-7 days to recover. I don't want to chance any long-term complications.
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May 15, 2023 20:01
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Robert Facepalmer posted:Canadian? Some of my northern relatives have talked about paying extra for preferred scheduling. Yeah, exactly. The baseline procedure is totally free and you get a good level of care. The doc I was referred to has a special fancy "comfort" option that includes things like setting your own date, getting sutures to tie off things instead of metal clips, complementary doctor's note, get your semen results over the phone, and even niceties like a post-op supplies package (gauze, supportive underwear, ice packs, painkillers, etc) and an artisan treat!  They listed all these things behind a website that you need a password for, so it makes me wonder if it's totally allowed under provincial rules. But at this point, my life is so chaotic that I might pony up the cash just for scheduling alone.
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May 15, 2023 21:44
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UKJeff posted:What are these for, the incision on the scrotum itself? Is it a scalpel-less procedure? I didn’t have either, just two tiny little holes that scabbed up on their own No, for clamping the vas deferens after it's severed.
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May 19, 2023 18:58
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Got an appointment second week of July to finally get this done. Procedure is fully covered, but I might pay some extra to get glue vs stitches so I can shower right away. Maybe a doctor's note too. Plan is to take the following two days off, then maybe work from home until I feel up to returning to the office. Maybe resume exercise after two/three weeks. I've seen enough horror stories to know not push things. And who knows. If my 30 day sample is zero, I can still have a hot cum summer. 
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Jun 22, 2023 20:43
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Is that for the incision, or the vas deferens? The "covered" version is only for metal clips, but if I pony up $200 I can get sutures and a bunch of other benefits. Honestly the latter sounds better, but I figured I could wait to decide. It's probably more comfortable when my balls are slapping everywhere, and someone else posted that they had scar tissue develop around their clips that was sightly uncomfortable for a few years.
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Jun 22, 2023 22:55
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After waiting and talking about it for months, I'm finally getting this done in about 24 hours. I'm going to be mostly on my own for the first five days (the kid's gonna be at their mother's house), but I think I've got everything I need. Ice packs, cooler, meal supplements, tylenol, antibiotic ointment, a stack of books, supportive underwear and a walking cane that I still have from an old knee injury. Now that I think of it, maybe I should bring over the ol' rolling office chair just in case. I'll have the rest of the week off from work, then I'll start light weightlifting after two weeks, and start ramping up to my old numbers after four weeks. The doctor says to wait at least sixteen weeks before giving up birth control (assuming the sample analysis shows the procedure was a success). That's exactly at halloween! 
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Jul 10, 2023 19:40
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Guest2553 posted:There's a concerning lack of Nintendo or PlayStation and the like in your list of supplies. My PC is right next to my bed, but I guess that's hard to use flat-on-your-back. There's like 3 books I've been meaning to read anyway, and I don't know when I'm going to have a kid-free few days again, so I'm going to take advantage. I'm going to resist the temptation to check my work laptop, but I already see myself failing that one. Abyss posted:I must stress to wait for both results of your labs, as you don't want a sneaky sperm to be lurking in the corners of your urethra between test 1 and test 2. Congrats on getting it done (tomorrow) and hope you have a speedy recovery! Thanks! And yeah, I don't intend on being reckless until all samples check out.
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Jul 10, 2023 21:34
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Oh my god goons, I just finished, and I think I made a TERRIBLE MISTAKE. Nah, just kidding. Procedure was okay. The freezing didn't hit my right vas very well, so there was some sharp pain there a few times, but itbwas manageable. They gave me Ativan, and boy howdy was that a trip. I kept seeing the crown molding on the ceiling wiggle like a worm. Hilarious. At home now, trying to control inflamation. The freezing is doing a good job, but my abdomen is crying out. It feels like I need to take a burning piss, but I know it's just the stuff up there angry at being tugged around. People mention the smell of cauterization. It smelled just like burning hair to me. Nothing too crazy. Kinda uneventful, to be quite honest. Suspect that's the ativan talking, but I feel chill af.
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Jul 11, 2023 22:51
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About six hours post-op, and honestly things are just a dull ache. I had to go downstairs for a new ice pack, and that felt like a perilous journey. I didn't injur myself, but I could easily tell that it would just take one wrong move to put myself in a world of hurt. It did ache a bit more after, though. Was a little nervous about going pee. But like everything you do right after surgery, as long as you take it easy it's all good. Slimy Hog posted:Lol, no thanks. One kid is enough for me Honestly if there was a doc who would have let me do this in my early twenties, I would have. It's hard enough supporting yourself these days, much less several human beings. edit: ugh, Ativan posting is bad posting. mom and dad fight a lot fucked around with this message at 18:23 on Jul 24, 2023 |
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Jul 12, 2023 06:07
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Coming off 24 hours, and I'm basically in no pain. I've made an effort to just lay in bed and avoid doing anything besides go to the bathroom. I took a shower this morning, which was the big event. I have a couple dozen Ensure meal replacement bottles beside me so I can stay fed without getting up. I think I'm going to discontinue acetaminophen but keep up with ibuprophen for the next couple days to control swelling. I regrettably have not been doing as much icing as they told me to, which I'm going to correct right now so I don't cause problems for myself later. I don't want to overdo it, but at this rate I'm probably going to crack open my laptop tomorrow and start working from home. I don't see why I can't be back in the office on Monday. Hopefully I'm not lulling myself into a false sense of security. mom and dad fight a lot fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Jul 12, 2023 |
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Jul 12, 2023 21:03
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Coming on 48 hrs, no lingering pain. I became a cocky little poo poo and did some laundry. After I sat at my computer for a bit, and I don't know how else to describe this, but it felt like my left vas started burning, so I decided ayup, that's enough for today and laid back down with some ice. Guess I'll try working from home tomorrow.
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Jul 13, 2023 20:24
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Five days post-op, and things are starting to get back to "normal". The last of the surgical glue fell off, and thank gently caress for that. It was getting very scratchy, and it kept getting caught on things. Gotta keep using polysporin for at least a couple more days. Still got to be a little careful walking and sitting, but much less so than a few days prior. Had sex a bit sooner than the instructions said to. There was soreness/tenderness after, but otherwise no problems. No blood in the ejaculate like they warned might happen. Also, athletic/supportive underwear was a drat godsend. I'm glad I bought five pairs of them. I lost track of the amount of times that my balls would fall out of the pouch, and the immense sense of relief when I found a private place where I could readjust and put them back in there. I'm able to move around and do a lot more now. I'm sure the general surgeon had a lot to do with my speedy recovery. The only downside is I realized I timed this shittily, and can't do any heavy lifting until mid-August, so I'll miss most of camping season. Ah well. Looking forward to the negative sample around halloween.
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Coming up on two weeks. I'm doing normal stuff just fine, but I get a reminder every now and then to take it easy. I was reefing on a wrench to remove some bike pedals, and I could feel the pain afterwards. Still another couple weeks before I can start lifting again (and boy am I looking forward to that—I really miss the gym). The incision site is a big lump of scar tissue that's painful whenever my scrotum gets tugged on. But it's getting better everyday. Suspect that'll be gone in a few months. My left vas gets painful whenever I ejaculate, but I suspect that too will go away in time. Really looking forward to getting the all-clear in the fall. Edit: VVV lol VVV Edit2: Four months later and I'm just now realizing that at-home sperm tests are actually a thing, and you didn't just ejaculate into a woman and she didn't get pregnant. 
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Jul 24, 2023 18:13
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McGann posted:Having read the entire thread multiple times beforehand, not sure I expected to be getting hard the night after my surgery. I don't know why, but I've been getting more frequent boners since my surgery, even five weeks after. Might just be a coincidence. The first pee definitely had me anxious, though. Ejaculating doesn't cause a dull ache anymore, or at least it hasn't in a long while. Still a bit sensitive to touch, though. The incision site doesn't hurt anymore, although there's a tiny bump there which doesn't feel like scar tissue, so I might follow up on that soon.
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Aug 11, 2023 18:04
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Been about six weeks. No lingering pain usually, but I'm still sensitive down there. My kid can't sit on my lap, and even sex leaves my balls sore most of the time. It's sore to the touch, but I felt around a little and found a lump that I'm starting to think is sperm granuloma. Might take weeks/months to go away. I'll ask my doc about it in a couple months when it's time for the first sample.
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Aug 24, 2023 17:29
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I wish I could get my results that soon. I have to wait 15 weeks.
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Aug 31, 2023 18:08
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10 weeks post op, and I'm realizing it's been a while since my balls felt painful after ejaculating. Awesome! Still five more weeks before I can get analyzed. Not nearly in as much of a rush anymore, now that I'm single again. 
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Sep 19, 2023 18:17
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18 weeks post-op, and the nurse has finally notified me that I can go for sample analysis. Overall they've been very professional, mature, and always friendly regarding the nature of the procedure, but the following instructions made me laugh:quote:They want the sample delivered within 30 minutes of collection. (If you do not live close enough, find a safe place for sample collection). What a tactful way to encourage me to find a quiet place to jack off enroute to the hospital. quote:They want the sample delivered warm. You can tuck in your armpit or an inside coat pocket. So when I get there, I need to make my way to the front of the line insisting I have a pocket full of semen and I need it looked at IMMEDIATELY. To avoid some awkwardness—and because lab appointments book up really fast—I'm actually scheduling an appointment for my romantic day. I've put in my calendar when I have to stop ejaculating (3-7 days prior), when I have leave for my appointment, where and when I have to pull over and jerk off, and the most expeditious route to the laboratory. I guess I need to bring porn to ensure I deliver. What could go wrong.
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I like how the OP started this thread and never came back to it. Quitter. A week out before I can get tested. The waiting is agonizing.
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Just got my results back: None Seen. Hooray! Apparently the The British Andrology Society indicates the likelihood of pregnancy is low if two samples (two weeks apart), 16 weeks after vasectomy are azoospermic. Very happy to finally have this off my mind. Slimy Hog posted:I'm sperm free since '23 mom and dad fight a lot fucked around with this message at 19:48 on Dec 7, 2023 |
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Dec 6, 2023 20:05
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Second specimen was no sperm, so the surgeon has given me the all-clear for real now. A late development: I've been getting these headaches as orgasms build up, some of them pretty painful. Probably indicative of some other problem, but it was really difficult to produce specimens when these started happening out of nowhere. Ah well.
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limp_cheese posted:I do worry a little that I'm making a mistake since having a family is something that I never considered being a possibility for me, but I'll be 38 a week after the surgery and I'm single, and even if I found a girlfriend tomorrow it would still be a couple of years at a minimum before we would have a kid. I don't want to be 40 with a new born. You're in the age zone where you (or your similar-aged partner) face an increased likelihood of birth defects in potential offspring. Nevermind the financial and physical pressures. Seven months later and no ragrats
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Serjeant Buzfuz posted:The worst part of my vasectomy experience was that the surgeon's assistant in the room was a cute girl about my age and I don't think I've ever been more shriveled up in my life. The assistant I had was very professional, and ordinary looking. She came into the office at the same time as the surgeon, and her eyes were laser focused on the utility-drape covering my genitals. When the doctor flipped it over to reveal my junk, she kept staring for a couple seconds, then turned away and left, never to be seen again. I don't know what she was looking for, but I did take it personally.
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TheKub posted:Oh drat! I was shaved, and per their instructions I'd done all the preparation at that point (numbing agent, etc). It's a good guess—maybe she was there in case I'd screwed up anything.
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