Left side strong side vasectomy
Fellow mgobloggers,
just to change the narrative on the board, a question or option for storytelling on the board. I had a vasectomy yesterday, and curious on the board. I know there have been precious What To Expect posts on the board but no live action. It boils down to three steps: poke, snip, burn.
right side
Poke: isn’t awful. A small pinch and some aggressive play on the ball. Uncomfortable for sure, but not worthy of a flag
snip: Right side snip was ok, must have been my weak swimmers. Carried through.
burn: weird to see smoke while another person is doing work down there.
flip to left side
poke: equal weird and uncomfortable. Nothing weird but also not awesome
Snip: holy fuck did this light off The Christmas tree. I yelped a little and sweat a lot (and swore a little) by the far the worst part.
burn: same as the right, still weird but fine.
Recovery: Motrin and frozen peas and discomfort, a really gross looking crime scene below the belt, and some much needed down time
Compare/contrast as you see fit
December 12th, 2020 at 9:43 PM ^
From what I understand, a tubal ligation is generally a safer procedure, with easier short and long-term side effects. That said, between childbirth, birth control pills, IUD's, and all the rest, maybe it was nice to be able to not put all of the onus of family planning on the ladies in his life?
December 12th, 2020 at 9:28 PM ^
You know those ladies in your life can get their tubes tied. And from what I heard it is not nearly as painful and their up walking around like normal with no problems.
December 12th, 2020 at 10:37 PM ^
"Those ladies in your life"? Okay, playa! My man keeps that gynecologist's wallet FAT. Got a whole HAREM full of ladies with tied tubes.
December 12th, 2020 at 9:29 PM ^
I had mine 30 some years ago. It was a piece of cake.
I had a co-worker Butch. Butch didn't follow the Doc's orders and was sore for a long time. I learned from his mistake. I didn't move from the couch for 2-3 days. I used some ice and I was good as new.
December 13th, 2020 at 10:58 AM ^
December 12th, 2020 at 9:35 PM ^
Did you wear a tux?
If you’re gonna be impotent you might as well look impotent.
December 12th, 2020 at 9:37 PM ^
I’ll be the contrarian on this thread: we live in a society that buries itself in debt, which is a curse. On the other hand, we do everything we can to prevent having children, which are a blessing.
Maybe we would do better if we had more of one than the other.
Regardless, I hope your procedure heals well and quickly.
December 12th, 2020 at 10:20 PM ^
Well, burying yourself in children is just creepy
December 12th, 2020 at 10:36 PM ^
perhaps the bigger problem is that some people have the presupposition that having children is 'burying' themselves. that is regrettable.
December 13th, 2020 at 12:57 AM ^
Not everyone is cut out to have a lot of kids. Some people aren't even cut out to have one kid (lots of abuse and bad parenting out there). I respect all adults as they decide what they're capable of. I have two, and can honestly tell you it was the right number for us. No regerts, as they say. You seem to enjoy your brood, so it worked out for both of us!
December 12th, 2020 at 11:04 PM ^
After my wife went through a second extremely difficult delivery, her OB took me aside and told me "If you truly love your wife, never make her go through this again." I took the doc's advice.
December 12th, 2020 at 11:17 PM ^
and in that fairly rare incidence, i totally get it.
December 12th, 2020 at 11:19 PM ^
And many are buried in debt because of children.
December 12th, 2020 at 11:24 PM ^
But the tax deduction(s) make up for it.
/s
December 12th, 2020 at 11:30 PM ^
And there are many many other choices involved that lead to that debt, It is not fair to blame that on “children “ The poorest amongst us in this country are fabulously wealthy compared to most of the world.
December 13th, 2020 at 9:43 PM ^
Children are a blessing for some people. And a curse for others. Don’t expect your singular experience to be true for everyone else in the world. I’m happy you like your kids. But a lot of people in the world shouldn’t be having kids. I used to think I wanted them because everyone told me I should. Thankfully I figured out for myself that I would have been very unhappy as a parent.
Teach people to know themselves, not just to blindly “have children”.
December 12th, 2020 at 9:48 PM ^
No Vasectomy for me, but I just had a Cystoscopy and it was quite unpleasant. It doesn’t feel good when things are shoved up your dick hole.
December 12th, 2020 at 10:12 PM ^
I'm going in for kidney stone surgery on Friday. Sigh.
December 12th, 2020 at 10:55 PM ^
You, I have complete sympathy for. Closest thing a male can come to childbirth.
December 12th, 2020 at 11:55 PM ^
Yeah, been to the ER twice in the last month. The most recent time was the worst pain I've ever had. Was sobbing like I was a teenager and my first girlfriend dumped me.
December 12th, 2020 at 9:51 PM ^
So they had to give me Xanax just to get me in the room. I highly (pun intended) recommend.
The recovery is closer to a week than a couple of days. Dear lord don’t look down there afterwards. It’s horrifying. I walked funny for a solid work week. There is no position you can sit in that is comfortable. But. It was all worth it.
December 12th, 2020 at 9:58 PM ^
I only had an incision on the right. Why would they go left?
December 13th, 2020 at 9:47 PM ^
Yeah, I only had one. Right in the middle on the seam. Easy access to both sides
December 12th, 2020 at 10:11 PM ^
My wife had her tubes tied during her last c-section. She's a saint.
December 12th, 2020 at 10:11 PM ^
This is up there with canine anal scent gland issues.
December 12th, 2020 at 10:29 PM ^
I had my vasectomy at OSU and the urologist was my neighbor. The worst part is I knew the scrub nurse. That OR was freezing. Talk about shrinkage!
December 12th, 2020 at 10:37 PM ^
I don't know why in the fuck they don't do this surgery with the patient sleeping. Might as well be getting bullets pulled out of us after the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Go to sleep, wake up, recover, shoot blanks. Seems pretty simple.
December 13th, 2020 at 3:17 AM ^
This whole thread is surprising to me because I was most definitely under general anesthesia when I had mine and was blissfully unaware of the incisions happening.
And by the by I am barely 30 and am 100% happy I’ve had it done. I know I have a lot of time to change my mind but having kids has made me realize what a big fucking deal it is to have kids and if I want another one bad enough I’m pretty sure I’d really have to want it bad enough that getting it reversed is worth it.
December 12th, 2020 at 10:40 PM ^
Best post in weeks. I laughed out loud at "the crime scene..."
So how does it.make you feel about a coaching change??? Lol
December 12th, 2020 at 10:54 PM ^
Make sure you get checked out before you “go at it!” My nephew is a vasectomy baby...
December 12th, 2020 at 10:58 PM ^
Just make sure it works before you do too much with the, uh, new plumbing.
One of my wife's cousin's husbands had a vasectomy. The hospital called up the husband and said hey, there was a problem with your vasectomy. He said I know, she's been throwing up all morning.
The kid is in high school now.
(Not to scare you; the failure rate is less than 1%. Nonetheless, it is a possibility.)
December 12th, 2020 at 11:39 PM ^
My husband had one ten years ago and I remember thinking what a waste of a perfectly good bag of peas.
December 13th, 2020 at 12:19 AM ^
I've never heard the scrotum referred to as a bag of peas.
December 13th, 2020 at 12:36 AM ^
Had mine 8 days ago and had a 25+ year old cyst removed at the same time since they were already in there. I'm still useless - definitely underestimated the pain and recovery time related to the cyst, but yeah, murder scene sounds about right.
December 13th, 2020 at 6:04 AM ^
When my youngest son was born, he tried to take some of the equipment with him and my wife had to have a hysterectomy at 25. (I was deployed at the time.) We originally planned on four kids but two sons it was.
So I never got to experience the snip. (Every year that boy gets a little something extra for his birthday)
December 13th, 2020 at 7:04 AM ^
My doc didn't get enough of the anesthetic in the area and that wasn't fully known or understood by either involved party until the laser hit my tube. I folded up like a swiss army knife at that same moment, saw glowing, bright lights, and also observed walls squeezing into the lights that were then becoming dimmer. I breathed slowly and deeply, and heard my docs voice. 'I'm sorry...I have to hold on to you, there, because if I lose the tube, I won't get it back. At least my urologist was a female. More comforting to have a woman grasping the stones for an extended amount of uncomfortable time.
Nurse then, as directed, basically dumps anesthetic all over my nether region, and the remainder of the procedure was executed flawlessly. My doc was apologetic, and also exhibited a little well-timed humor.
Recovery was 'normal', meaning I started doing to much, to soon, and suffered a little longer than I would have had I listened to every other dude that went through the procedure.
All in all, it wasn't the worst experience, but I won't be doing that again...
December 13th, 2020 at 7:42 AM ^
I upvoted the OP since he was sitting at zero for a necessary post. This was a great play by play for an easy procedure that any man that no longer wants to have kids should have done. You are now free to go about your business and that is an awesome feeling.
A few days of taking it easy is all you need and the frozen bag of peas is clutch. Hopefully Mrs. SoDak will help with the recovery as you will need to fire about 10 or so off to make sure you rid yourself of any live ammo that may remain. Cheers!
December 13th, 2020 at 9:09 AM ^
When I was under the knife, the doc kept saying "you gotta relax" which honestly I found hard to do.
December 13th, 2020 at 9:24 AM ^
Great thread, I have laughed my ass off at some of the replies. I got my "V" 25 years ago. I took the Valium and was feeling no pain as I got to the appointment. Unfortunately soon as I got on the table my nerves went into overdrive. I was sweating like pig and the magazine I brought into the room with me was crumpled up in my fists. The procedure went well, I followed my Docs instructions and had no recovery issues.
December 13th, 2020 at 11:14 PM ^
Huh. Never had a problem other than the first time stinging alittle bit when i let one go after the surgery. Then i had to do the ‘walk of shame’ through the hospital hallway with a brown paper bag, carrying my clear plastic cup with my man juice in it so i could take it to the lab. Unbelievably embarrassing. Until i got in the waiting room of the lab and was reassured by a very attractive tech that took my sample, and proceeded to discuss my ‘session’ with me as if she would rather me come in and cum there so she could watch me for protocol violations??