That which has been seen/Vasectomy Snip-all

Maq wrote:

I had begged my wife to pretend to misunderstand the procedure and ask the doctor if we get to keep the penis in a little jar or something but we never got to deploy that set piece.

Little jar? Surely you meant impressively vast and weighty jar?

Jonman wrote:
Maq wrote:

I had begged my wife to pretend to misunderstand the procedure and ask the doctor if we get to keep the penis in a little jar or something but we never got to deploy that set piece.

Little jar? Surely you meant impressively vast and weighty jar?

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Jonman wrote:
Maq wrote:

I had begged my wife to pretend to misunderstand the procedure and ask the doctor if we get to keep the penis in a little jar or something but we never got to deploy that set piece.

Little jar? Surely you meant impressively vast and weighty jar?

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It is the day after for me, and I am surprised at how much better I feel this morning than I did last night.

Lying there chatting with the surgeon and nurse while feeling the sensations that got through local anesthetic was surreal but not as bad as I'd feared. And now that I have had the experience... I am still not going to watch the video in the first post.

Just don't rush your recovery.
Glad it seems to be going well.

So where do I get my members card?

Edwin wrote:

So where do I get my "members" card?

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I have my appointment for two weeks from Friday.

Well I had to reschedule my apt to Dec. because of some silly health insurance thing that says I have to wait a month after a change providers.

Did you guys have to get a consent form from your wife's before the doc would do the surgery? This seems mildly BS. Mrs. Mono is on-board but other then me who cares? They are my balls.

misplacedbravado wrote:

It is the day after for me, and I am surprised at how much better I feel this morning than I did last night.

Lying there chatting with the surgeon and nurse while feeling the sensations that got through local anesthetic was surreal but not as bad as I'd feared. And now that I have had the experience... I am still not going to watch the video in the first post.

Belated congrats!

While I had my testicles removed entirely, I imagine some of the experience is similar, especially with regards to the local. Did they jab you with a needle in the scrotum 7-8 times? It really wasn't painful per se. Just a really unpleasant sensation that I am glad I'll never feel again. At least not there anyway, heh.

MonoCheli wrote:

Did you guys have to get a consent form from your wife's before the doc would do the surgery? This seems mildly BS. Mrs. Mono is on-board but other then me who cares? They are my balls.

That is silly. I hate gatekeeping like that. It is so obstructive to what I feel should be a person's rights over their own body.

Edwin wrote:

So where do I get my members card?

Once you have yours, you get to join the bowling league! Just be sure to polish your balls well.

BoogtehWoog wrote:
misplacedbravado wrote:

It is the day after for me, and I am surprised at how much better I feel this morning than I did last night.

Lying there chatting with the surgeon and nurse while feeling the sensations that got through local anesthetic was surreal but not as bad as I'd feared. And now that I have had the experience... I am still not going to watch the video in the first post.

Belated congrats!

While I had my testicles removed entirely, I imagine some of the experience is similar, especially with regards to the local. Did they jab you with a needle in the scrotum 7-8 times? It really wasn't painful per se. Just a really unpleasant sensation that I am glad I'll never feel again. At least not there anyway, heh.

MonoCheli wrote:

Did you guys have to get a consent form from your wife's before the doc would do the surgery? This seems mildly BS. Mrs. Mono is on-board but other then me who cares? They are my balls.

That is silly. I hate gatekeeping like that. It is so obstructive to what I feel should be a person's rights over their own body.

I didn't have a form, but did have a discussion with the doc prior to make sure I understood what I was doing.

lunchbox12682 wrote:

I didn't have a form, but did have a discussion with the doc prior to make sure I understood what I was doing.

It really comes down to the doctor you choose. The guy that performed my orchiectomy didn't even ask that, I think.

MonoCheli wrote:

Did you guys have to get a consent form from your wife's before the doc would do the surgery? This seems mildly BS. Mrs. Mono is on-board but other then me who cares? They are my balls.

When I had it done, oh so many years ago, the initial meeting with the Dr had to include my wife. It was to make sure that it wasn't a spur-of-the-moment thing I would regret (and ask to get reversed) later. The surgery, like I said above, is about 9 minutes. The reversing? Not so short or trivial.

I had to have a discussion with the doctor but they didn't need the permission from my wife to do what I wanted with my own body much like how ladies shouldn't have to have permissions from anyone to do what they want with their bodies.

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I was watching a show following people in the medical system yesterday and laughed out loud when they used an actual bag of frozen peas as an ice pack on the guy that had just had a vasectomy. I guess that's the cheapest one-use option.

Mermaidpirate wrote:

I was watching a show following people in the medical system yesterday and laughed out loud when they used an actual bag of frozen peas as an ice pack on the guy that had just had a vasectomy. I guess that's the cheapest one-use option.

One use? Hah! Those suckers refreeze beautifully, for future icing.

MonoCheli wrote:

Did you guys have to get a consent form from your wife's before the doc would do the surgery? This seems mildly BS. Mrs. Mono is on-board but other then me who cares? They are my balls.

I got mine done during my divorce, so that was an awkward conversation. My ex ended up signing it no problem though

Chumpy_McChump wrote:
Mermaidpirate wrote:

I was watching a show following people in the medical system yesterday and laughed out loud when they used an actual bag of frozen peas as an ice pack on the guy that had just had a vasectomy. I guess that's the cheapest one-use option.

One use? Hah! Those suckers refreeze beautifully, for future icing.

Seriously, put it in a freezer bag and use forever.
They are great as they will fit any position, such as your crotch.
Also super good for knee and elbow injuries.

MonoCheli wrote:

Did you guys have to get a consent form from your wife's before the doc would do the surgery? This seems mildly BS. Mrs. Mono is on-board but other then me who cares? They are my balls.

Without dipping too far into D&D, you kind of got a taste of the patriarchal medical system that a lot of countries have in place for women.

In Australia, if a woman wants a hysterectomy, without it being an emergency procedure, she needs signed consent from her husband. If she is unmarried, the consent form must be signed by her father. These are women of voting age, and past the age of consent...

I'm actually quite happy to hear that it is an even split in your neck of the woods MonoCheli. Three cheers for equalism, and no, I'm not being snarky, or sarcastic, I'm actually glad the rules are in place for both men and women. It would be better if it didn't exist (my body, my choice), but I'm glad there is a consenting burden in place for either party undertaking the procedure rather the one sided one we have down here.

Chumpy_McChump wrote:
Mermaidpirate wrote:

I was watching a show following people in the medical system yesterday and laughed out loud when they used an actual bag of frozen peas as an ice pack on the guy that had just had a vasectomy. I guess that's the cheapest one-use option.

One use? Hah! Those suckers refreeze beautifully, for future icing.

Frozen blueberries work just as well. It's what we had at the time.

Weird. I had the discussion about whether I was sure, but no spousal consent was required or even brought up.

Yeah some legal consent thing he said. Something to do with a wife sewing a doc for giving her husband a vasectomy.
Next Friday for real this time. I hope.

I tried to earn the Golden Snip award, but apparently my body isn't cooperative with the standard simple vasectomy procedure, and the full surgical procedure (still outpatient) is prohibitively expensive for us and not covered at all by insurance. 'MURRICA, YEAH!

Well I am all snipped up. That was totally not bad at all. In and out in about 30 minutes. I'm getting tender now that the local is wearing off but all told not bad.

Just be patient and slow going.
It's easy to think you are more healed up than you are.
If it helps, visualize what tearing up that area will be like.... VISUALIZE IT!!!

+1 to what Lunchbox says. I thought much as you did Mono so I went to the train museum with my kids and wife's family, as well as a hockey game the next day. Dumbest thing I've ever done. Sit on the couch all weekend with your bag of peas and relax. The body must heal.

Getting ready to leave here in about an hour to go get my vasectomy. Feeling some nerves.

SallyNasty wrote:

Getting ready to leave here in about an hour to go get my vasectomy. Feeling some nerves.

If there was a cheev involved you'd be OK

Best of luck!