Archive for May, 2007

Undescended testicle and vasectomy question

From Paula:- My husband had a vasectomy 5 months ago. As a child he had surgery for an undescended testicle which was not successful, and which left him with quite a lot of scar tissue around the testes. His doctor was able to cut one vas but could not get to the other side. He [...]

How many times do you need to ejaculate to avoid becoming pregnant?

From Angela:- I have a question. Is ejaculating only three times after having a vasectomy sufficient enough to be given the all clear to have unprotected sex? Three ejaculates after a vasectomy are usually insufficient to clear all of the sperm from the reproductive tract downstream from the vasectomy site. The disappearance of sperm is [...]

Should I wait a while before reversal for PVP?

From Dan:- I had a vasectomy about a year ago (May 06) and I am still experiencing chronic pain and discomfort.  My initial recovery took a while but after a few months I started feeling like things were getting back to normal and I began to increase my activities.  In November of ’06 I started [...]

Post vasectomy pain question

From Daiman:- I am a 33 year old. I have had a vasectomy on my right testicle 1 year ago. I am still in chronic pain to the point where I can no longer work. I had the left testicle removed in 2005 due to a serious infection. I now have 2 lumps on the [...]

First sample clear, second sample positive.

From Tom:- I had a vasectomy back in the middle of December. I have taken two specimens to my doctor. I took in the first specimen about 5 weeks ago and they told me it was clear. The second specimen I took in yesterday and they told me it was positive for sperm. My wife [...]

Am I the father?

From Wolf:- I had a vasectomy 12 years ago which was successful. I was tested and had no sperm. I recently started a casual relationship and the girl (who is now pregnant after she came back from visiting her fiancé (didn’t know-Ouch!!)) believes I am the father. I went and got tested (twice) and both [...]

Was the wrong thing cut?

From Kenny:- At about age 7 I think my right testicle did not fall they operated on it and it was in the right place. In 2003 I had a vasectomy. The day after the operation my whole adomen was black and blue inside went back to the doctor and he gave me antibotics, it [...]