That which has been seen/Vasectomy Snip-all

Good luck and good decision. Though if they enter the operating room with a big rubber band, be wary.

Worst. Thread. Ever. Surgery on one's wedding tackle is not a good topic at breakfast time.

Good luck and all, but egad.

DSGamer wrote:

I have anxiety, so I already take some medication. When I went in for mine, they did give me something, but it didn't do anything for me. Thankfully as long as I didn't look, it didn't hurt, so I just relaxed as best as I could.

Similar thing happened for my lasik surgery. I've taken Xanex before for anxiety, and they gave me one before the procedure. When the Doc realized I was not loopy at all, he asked why I didn't take the Xanex. Shoulda asked for double dose I guess.

Bonus_Eruptus wrote:

With mine, they told me to clean the pipes about 20 times

What do you do the next day?

Dr.Ghastly wrote:
FedoraMcQuaid wrote:

I'm going to have to watch hours of porn to get that out of my head.

I'm not sure that would really help..

Porn makes everything better.

Long ago I learned the value of denying my curiosity in favor of sparing my sanity. Not. Clicking. That. Link.

Other than that, best of luck! And enjoy the drugs.

ColdForged wrote:
Bonus_Eruptus wrote:

With mine, they told me to clean the pipes about 20 times

What do you do the next day?

OK, at least 20 times.

mudbunny wrote:

Yup...

Spoiler:

otherwise you really would be shooting blanks.

For a couple of months afterwards (I don't know the exact length, but I figure it will be 3 or 4), you still need to use protection as the little guys can still be alive. There is always the possibility, according to my doc, that the tube fixes itself.

Don't take my word for it, but I've heard about this. A friend of a friend (as it's usually the case) had to have it done twice because apparently every 5 or 6 years the tube does fix itself.

That's a link I wish I hadn't clicked. I always wondered what happened to the little swimmers when they had nowhere to go.

Elycion wrote:

If you're done having kids, and you're confident in that decision, there's no better option than the snip IMO.

Unless you go crazy from it:

http://www.reuters.com/article/healt...

There may be a link between vasectomies and dementia. Let me stress that the findings are VERY, VERY, preliminary and more studies need to be done, but I thought it was something worth noting as I was looking into the procedure.

Looking at the humorous side of this, the main dementia being looked into affects speech and communication, so even if this holds to be true, if men can get to 'get more' and have to 'talk less' people might consider the side effect a feature! (kidding, kidding)

I have now met my dick quotient for the day. Thanks thread!

Hobbes2099 wrote:

Don't take my word for it, but I've heard about this. A friend of a friend (as it's usually the case) had to have it done twice because apparently every 5 or 6 years the tube does fix itself.

This is why they don't just cut & cauterize anymore. They also put titanium clamps on the ends of the cut tubes.

Elycion wrote:
Hobbes2099 wrote:

Don't take my word for it, but I've heard about this. A friend of a friend (as it's usually the case) had to have it done twice because apparently every 5 or 6 years the tube does fix itself.

This is why they don't just cut & cauterize anymore. They also put titanium clamps on the ends of the cut tubes.

Thankfully, they don't set off metal detectors. They won't let the hypothetically cute TSA agents verify it, anyway.

Bonus_Eruptus wrote:
Elycion wrote:
Hobbes2099 wrote:

Don't take my word for it, but I've heard about this. A friend of a friend (as it's usually the case) had to have it done twice because apparently every 5 or 6 years the tube does fix itself.

This is why they don't just cut & cauterize anymore. They also put titanium clamps on the ends of the cut tubes.

Thankfully, they don't set off metal detectors. They won't let the hypothetically cute TSA agents verify it, anyway.

Have you ever seen a cute TSA agent? I know I haven't.

Nevin73 wrote:
Bonus_Eruptus wrote:
Elycion wrote:
Hobbes2099 wrote:

Don't take my word for it, but I've heard about this. A friend of a friend (as it's usually the case) had to have it done twice because apparently every 5 or 6 years the tube does fix itself.

This is why they don't just cut & cauterize anymore. They also put titanium clamps on the ends of the cut tubes.

Thankfully, they don't set off metal detectors. They won't let the hypothetically cute TSA agents verify it, anyway.

Have you ever seen a cute TSA agent? I know I haven't.

Hence the "hypothetically". They have Ron Jeremy check you.

I worked assisting in a Vasectomy clinic for while. That is about how it looked, except, I swear the Dr. I worked for seemed somehow gentler. I don't have balls, but isn't banging them around like that going to make them hurt?

Oh, and the vast majority of men that came back said it was way less painful than they had anticipated.

peacensunshine wrote:

I worked assisting in a Vasectomy clinic for while. That is about how it looked, except, I swear the Dr. I worked for seemed somehow gentler. I don't have balls, but isn't banging them around like that going to make them hurt?

Oh, and the vast majority of men that came back said it was way less painful than they had anticipated.

Why I am thinking of the old grade-school song, "If you're running down the hall and your balls it the wall, it's a rupture!", or at least I think it went something like that.

peacensunshine wrote:

Oh, and the vast majority of men that came back said it was way less painful than they had anticipated.

All of the pain is in the anticipation. Only thing I remember is feeling like I'd been stuck with a thumbtack, and then feeling like I'd been kicked in the balls for the weekend, but the cupped, frozen rubber glove full of water helped with that.

If women who've had kids can convince themselves it didn't hurt that bad and want another, we can do this. I'd get a vasectomy a month if I had to. The peace of mind is well worth it.

Bonus_Eruptus wrote:
peacensunshine wrote:

Oh, and the vast majority of men that came back said it was way less painful than they had anticipated.

All of the pain is in the anticipation. Only thing I remember is feeling like I'd been stuck with a thumbtack...The peace of mind is well worth it.

I totally agree with this. It was nothing. The small poke when they numb the area is probably the second worst part. The first worst part was when the doc put an adhesive pad on my leg, on which he placed the instruments needed, and just before the thumbtack, with my goodies all exposed to the air, he says "Little prick". By the time he injected the local painkiller, I realized he was warning me about the needle, not being mean.

This thread is beginning to deliver.

Podunk wrote:

No f*cking way am I watching that video.

Yeah, what he said.

And, there is no way in hell I wouldn't be doped out of my mind, if sharp metal objects are going to be poking around my boys.

If you go to SModCast (I am always talking about it, but it's a well of information for me), there's an episode called R.I.P. - it's number 80. Scott got a vasectomy and he talks through it with Kev. Kev's a filmmaker, if you don't know the movies Clerks or Dogma, which is why I listen to it, but I don't think you have to know them to ...I don't know if 'enjoy' is the right word, but to gain some comfort from what Scott says about the procedure.

LINK

Thanks!! Downloading it now...

Atras wrote:

just before the thumbtack, with my goodies all exposed to the air, he says "Little prick". By the time he injected the local painkiller, I realized he was warning me about the needle, not being mean.

Awesome.

The only thing I am concerned about is the part where they say: No lifting kids after your surgery. My wife doesn't believe them.

I have problems with novacaine/lidocaine that I thought were only related to my mouth (dentists have to inject massive amounts) until I got the snip snip. I learned they apply to "down there" as I nearly fell off the table when the procedure began. After the doc made a few more injections and waited 5-10 minutes, things went fine.

Pain afterward was more than I expected, but it only lasted a couple of days and wasn't unbearable. Ice was my friend. There were no lasting effects other than occasional laughter and jokes from friends. (I give them plenty of reasons. If it weren't that it'd be something else.)

Spoiler:

Oh... and laying back in a cold room with an old man doctor and a good looking nurse doing stuff to my package counts as one of the most surreal experiences ever. I'm glad I took the valium. It made things even stranger in retrospect.

You must think I'm stupid or something. I mean, I struggle to watch Grey's Anatomy without my hands in front of my face.

Also, I love the idea of having the boys fixed, once I'm done propogating the Jonman dynasty. No fricking way I'm watching anything that'll have me waking up in a cold sweat for the next 5 years.

Elycion wrote:
Hobbes2099 wrote:

Don't take my word for it, but I've heard about this. A friend of a friend (as it's usually the case) had to have it done twice because apparently every 5 or 6 years the tube does fix itself.

This is why they don't just cut & cauterize anymore. They also put titanium clamps on the ends of the cut tubes.

My mouth has been pinned in a disgusted look this entire time and yet I've read each post. I can't watch any hospital shows and I once had a nurse tell me I shouldn't be so nervous. You know what, I'll be nervous if I want to, ok?

Has anyone heard of condoms? I heard they don't involve surgery.

PandaEskimo wrote:
Elycion wrote:
Hobbes2099 wrote:

Don't take my word for it, but I've heard about this. A friend of a friend (as it's usually the case) had to have it done twice because apparently every 5 or 6 years the tube does fix itself.

This is why they don't just cut & cauterize anymore. They also put titanium clamps on the ends of the cut tubes.

My mouth has been pinned in a disgusted look this entire time and yet I've read each post. I can't watch any hospital shows and I once had a nurse tell me I shouldn't be so nervous. You know what, I'll be nervous if I want to, ok?

Has anyone heard of condoms? I heard they don't involve surgery.

They also fail 3% of the time, every time.

Bonus_Eruptus wrote:
PandaEskimo wrote:
Elycion wrote:
Hobbes2099 wrote:

Don't take my word for it, but I've heard about this. A friend of a friend (as it's usually the case) had to have it done twice because apparently every 5 or 6 years the tube does fix itself.

This is why they don't just cut & cauterize anymore. They also put titanium clamps on the ends of the cut tubes.

My mouth has been pinned in a disgusted look this entire time and yet I've read each post. I can't watch any hospital shows and I once had a nurse tell me I shouldn't be so nervous. You know what, I'll be nervous if I want to, ok?

Has anyone heard of condoms? I heard they don't involve surgery.

They also fail 3% of the time, every time.

If that was true, I'd have kids by now.