mom and dad fight a lot posted:

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!