Ask the Doctor

From Sarah:- My husband had a vasectomy about 3 years ago after he had 2 kids with his ex wife, now we would like to have one or two kids of our own. He has read that the reversal is very painful. Is that true? What is the average cost of the reversal? Also is [...]

From Jay:- I had a vasectomy 4 weeks ago today. It was however not without complication. The procedure itself went very smooth no pain, no bleeding. After went home and swelled up about the size of a nerf football. I did not do anything that I was not suppose to. For the next 2 weeks [...]

From Paul:- I am a 44-year-old male who was in good health until I had a vasectomy in June 2006. My only issue was smoking and I quit in April, 2006. Like others on your site, the first side went fine. When the second side was started, I levitated off the table. I have had [...]

From Charley:- I’m about 20 days post vasectomy and a little concerned about the incision site. The single incision was made just below the penis a little to the right of midline. The sutures have dissolved and the incision is in a “dimple” in the scrotal skin which was not there before the procedure. It [...]

From Ralph:- Is it possible that once a vasectomy has been performed, and an individual has been given the all clear (zero sperm count), that a pregnancy can still occur, and after a further test, the individual in question can still be given a further zero sperm count? (A year after having the procedure performed, [...]

From Jennifer:- My husband and I are contemplating our birth control options and we’ve decided that either I’ll get my tubes tied or he’ll get a vasectomy.  My husband was born with one testicle and in talking to our doctor about this, he indicated that he would not feel comfortable recommending my husband get a [...]

From Steve:- I underwent a vasectomy in 1992 or ’93. About 3-4 weeks ago I developed a slightly painful lump near the incision point on the right side of my scrotum. I thought it might be an ingrown hair, but when I pressed on the small lesion that had developed, what I thought was an [...]

From Iain:- I am a 43 year old male in good health.  My left testicle has always been slightly smaller than my right.  I had a scalpel vasectomy performed 10 months ago. The procedure went well on my right side, but was difficult on the left.  The surgeon had to remove a fibrous tissue mass [...]

From Heidi:- My husband has a vasectomy on Sept. 1, 2006. It is now 10.5 months later and he is sterile but still with a complication. He did all that he was supposed to for 3 days straight: no lifting, no sudden movements, the ice, the ibuprofen, the rest, the jockstrap etc. However, his left [...]

From Tom:- I am 66 year years old, and since having had a vasectomy at 31 (1972) I have suffered numerous health problems, Depression, Heart attack and surgery, gall stones and pneumonia. I have searched the web for others which may have experienced a similar fate.  For many years I looked for a male anatomy chart [...]