Greenfeather's experience
- added 2nd February 2003, updated 30th July 2003
Childfree Blackfoot Indian gets the
snip!
I'm writing this 23 days post-op. We are a child free couple 37 years old and have been together for 18 years and married for 7. My choice to get a vasectomy is one of her needing to get off the pill due to health reasons and she took care of the birth control for 17 years so it's my turn. My wife's side of the story is also on this site as M'S STORY
The consults:
I had 3 consults with different doctors
before I found one that I trusted to get that "PERSONAL" with my
nether region! The first 1 I didn't care for because of the
elitist attitude, something that I can do without. The second was
so ham fisted that I was in pain for 2 days after the consult !
Hey doc, they are attached and don't like to be stretched like
that !! Not a good way to make a first impression. The third was
just right, he did the NSV and open ended that I required
exclusively of all the other procedures.
The Wait:
It took 6 weeks after the consult to get
my appointment. It was scheduled for Dec 20th, but a family
emergency postponed my surgery until January 10, 2003. No biggie,
or so I thought. The next 3 weeks seemed like they would never
end 1 day dragging into the next and my attitude was going right
into the crapper from having the surgery hanging over my head.
How my wife made it through I'll never know!
The Big Day
Arrives:
I slept quite well and awoke at 6 am and
showered and did a touch up shave while I was alone. My wife
hopped in the shower and gave me my "Last Nookie" before the
chopping implements were applied to my tubes. It was awesome,
probably the second best sex I'd ever had. We left the house at
9:15 for a 10:30 appointment, it's an hour drive to the city to
the hospital. we arrived, signed in and things started to go
horribly awry. The referral sheet wasn't filled out correctly and
I told the receptionist that if there was a problem that I'd pay
for it with my credit card, she said that my primary doc could
fax it over and that would be fine. He was running about 20
minutes ahead of schedule and soon we were called back and I was
on the table.
The Operation:
We were joined by a resident and his
nurse. I was hooked up to a pulse ox and BP monitor as a
precaution as the doc said he's had guys pass out. I also
received a Versed drip as I was worried that the Lidocane
wouldn't work from prior problems at the dentist with my teeth
not being numbed. It was unnecessary as the Lidocane worked like
a charm. I'm going to add that there was going to be video and
pics, but that didn't happen. The video camera went south and I
only had enough room on the card to get 3 pictures which didn't
turn out at all. I was disappointed to say the least! When the
camera died all I could picture was the fire dept. coming in with
my scrotum pulled through the drape and seeing the look of horror
on their faces! He asked if I minded if a woman urologist watched
and I said no problem as it was already a party in there. He got
out a razor and I told him that he wouldn't be needing it, he
commented on the good job I did and asked if I wanted a part time
job shaving his patients. I declined and added that I didn't
think too many guys would like a 6'5" Blackfoot Indian coming at
their scrotum with a sharp instrument! He and the resident got a
laugh out of that. He said there's going to be a little pinch, I
didn't feel the first injection at all. With this injection I
told him that the only 2 things that I didn't want to hear was
"OOPS" or" What's next?". His reply was " Turn the page so I can
see the pictures on the next page". We all got a laugh about it.
About 10 minutes later he said the same thing and this one I
felt. It wasn't that bad, he said he must have gotten too close
to the vas deferens and that was what caused the discomfort. We
talked about all kinds of things and he commented on what a good
job I did on the Ring clamps and Dissecting Forceps I made for
him. I make specially instruments for special applications and
for ergonomics as a side line as I'm a Master Machinist by trade.
In 25 minutes I was done and on my way home.
The Evening
After:
I went directly home and parked my ass in
my chair with ice on my scrotum and took a hydrocodone and slept
pretty much the rest of the afternoon with my wife changing my
ice and generally taking care of me. She'd only let me up to pee.
The swelling was about 1 inch and I was bleeding a small amount
from the incisions, but it wasn't anything to worry
about.
The Weekend and
Monday:
I took off the Monday after and I wish
that I'd have taken the entire week off, but I didn't want to
burn a weeks vacation over this. Still no severe swelling. A
strange bruise developed up the underside of the shaft of my
penis about 1 cm in width and 4-6 cm long originating from the
line between the incisions. I iced my scrotum on Saturday and in
the mornings of Sunday and Monday.
The Rest of the
Week:
Tuesday and Wednesday went off without a
hitch other than I was sore at the end of the day from being on
my feet for 8-10 hours. I'd like to add that if I had it to do
over or you are on your feet for a long time take the week off
and DO NOT LIFT ANYTHING!! On Thursday I hopped off the forklift
not even thinking about it and I thought I would just die! It
felt like my balls had detached and were on their way to my
boots!! I immediately went home and took off Friday as well.
Nobody was the wiser, I played it off like I twisted my
ankle.
The
First Test Drive:
On Monday when she got home I was feeling
quite amorous, so we decided to give the old hydraulic system a
test run. Here's a position that you guys that are post op less
than a week might want to try. Pile up some pillows and/or
blankets and have your partner lay on them to lift her up, the
"Pendulum action at this time is not a good thing!", go slow and
steady. The first time out of the box is about the best sex
you'll ever have until you get the "All Clear" if you've been
using barrier methods, something that we haven't used for 16
years. I might add here that I took the old boy out for a solo
flight in the Am just to see if the pain factor would be a
problem and it wasn't. My doctor said that we could resume sexual
intercourse "Next Week", hey Monday is "Next Week". I followed
his orders. The only pain was near the incisions and it didn't
detract from the task at hand, and we went slow ahead and it was
great!!
The Semen
Tests:
I was a biology major before I changed my
major so I thought that I would do some investigation on my
decline in sperm count. With that said these finding are NOT very
scientific, but rather a way to see the decline in sperm counts.
Collection of samples from the vagina isn't the best way to get a
good count on the tadpole population!
#1 ~ 5 million
#2~3.5 million
#3~750,000
#4~300,000
#5~120,000
#6~<2,000
#7~400
#8~40 live, about 10 non-motile
#9 4live 4 dead
#10 1 live 4 dead
#11 0 live 4 dead
#12 0 live 0 dead #1 clear
#13 0 live
#14 0 live 1 deformed
#15 0 live
I've checked several since then and the doctor has given me the
all clear with a sample collected via a hand job administered by
the wife.
Conclusions:
I'm happy as hell with the way the
procedure went and would do it again tomorrow. It's the best
thing that I've ever done for our relationship. I'm back to 100%
at 3 weeks post op and any sexual position is no problem. I've
never been one for rough scrotum play, I had a girl friend that
grabbed me hard once and she was kicked off the bed and I've been
weird about it ever since. I developed the obligatory granulomas
that aren't at all painful unless I prod at them. They're about 1
cm in diameter an they've gone down in the last week from about
1.5 cm 1 week post op.
Update 30th July
2003
I'm writing this a little over the six
month mark, almost to seven months. No problems to speak of, the
aching has gone and I'm back to working out 4 days a week and
have been for about 3 months now full bore. I too it easy for the
first 2 months at the urging of my wife. The sex is great !
Melissa coming off the Pill had another unintended side effect
that I wasn't quite expecting, Her libido has really picked up
and I love it. Towards the end of the time she was taking the
Pill I would have to really work to get her revved up, not
anymore! Guys, if you want to do something really great for the
one you love, look into vasectomy.
All good medicine,
Greenfeather