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From Viki:- My husband had a vasectomy the end of last march, he was told to bring in a sample at 8wks did so and never received a follow up call. He called the doctors office and was told rudely that the doc would call him and to wait for the call. Now 6 mnths [...]

Thank you in advance, for your consideration. About 10 years ago, I had a Vasectomy. I don’t recall how long afterward I was tested, but my Urologist made it clear there was a period of time and number of ejaculations which needed to pass prior to an accurate semen analysis being conducted, so I know [...]

From Steve:- I had a vasectomy over 4 months ago. I’ve ejaculated at least 24 times in each of those months, yet my latest vas check shows that I still have sperm. The quantity went down slightly, but I was shocked. Is there any other way of speeding up the sterilization process besides ejaculating frequently? [...]

From Tom:- I’m 46 years old with 3 kids and my wife is 41 with 2 children….Having a “brady bunch” already, I decided to have had my vasectomy over a year ago( late September/early October). I had protected sex for about 2 1/2 months and must of ejaculated at least 30 times maybe more. I [...]

From Dan:- I had my vasectomy 10 years ago. My wife and I engage in some S&M from time to time, and I was wondering if there is any kind of torturous activities, pertaining to the testicles, that could possibly end up reversing my vasectomy? Thank you for your time. I am not familiar with [...]

From Shahid:- Dear Dr. Karpman, I have had a vasectomy done in Feb 2004. Last month I have done a sperm analysis and found that i have a sperm count of 5 (five only). My query – Is this sperm count enough for conception? I and my wife are planning to have one more child. [...]

From Kristen:- My husband had a vasectomy in June 2008 and followed all the doctors orders and submitted the proper semen samples after the appropriate time/# of ejaculations to their clinic for analysis. The first sample was negative sperm count and the second sample turned up positive. Of course, we were both concerned, but the [...]

From Shane:- I had a reversal 13 months ago, and have just been to the doctors today and he has told me that there is no sperm present in my semen. To say I’m devastated is an understatement. What are the other options open to me now ?? Vasectomy reversals have been shown to “shutdown” [...]

From Travis:- Hi, I thought that I would write you to ask you a few question on my vasectomy while I was waiting to visit my family doctor just to see what you have to say. I had my vasectomy done exactly 1 year and 3 months ago and I was wondering if it is [...]

From Chris:- I has a Vas 13-14 years ago. For the last year or so I have had a severe itch in the area. I have tried Jock Itch creams and that will work for a little while. I have also tried just plain old Skin Lotion and that works also but if I don’t [...]