Billy’s experience: The Nutcracker Suit

Billy is a translator based in Denmark, who works from home via the Internet. In the Copenhagen high summer, the early morning commuter train was almost empty. A girl getting on looked at me, took in my foreign appearance, shoulder bag, and set expression, thought better of it, and got off again. You could hardly … Continue reading

Jose’s story: Mexican vasectomy experience

I’m from the sunny and beautiful Mexican Caribbean Islands. 40 years old with 3 kids. and a lovely wife, married 15 years ago. I had my vasectomy performed yesterday. I decide to do this about 15 days ago when I heard an advice at the local radio news. Here in Mexico we have periodical “Vasectomies … Continue reading

Mark’s experience: Two days and counting…

December 12, 2004 After much thought, consideration, and research, my procedure is Wednesday morning…I booked this appointment a month ago and wasn’t sure if I was going to keep it. I have never had an operational procedure done in my life other than having my wisdom teeth removed. (That experience was quite painful and wasn’t … Continue reading

BoDiddley’s experience: A month post-procedure

I had my procedure done a month ago and wanted to share how my experience has been: The night before my procedure (Thursday), I shaved as good as I could and called it a night. I slept well and went to my 11 AM appointment on Friday. I really wasn’t as nervous as I thought … Continue reading

Ed’s experience: My vasectomy diary

Hi, everybody! I’ve been lurking for a few weeks now, and thought it was about time for me to share my experiences so far. I have put them in a “diary” format for clarity. I typed as I went, and didn’t pay much attention to grammar. In the text below, I mention taking ibuprofen (Advil) … Continue reading

Stacy’s experience: My perspective

Hello. This is from my perspective, but my husband has been sharing it all with me! Background I am 33, he is almost 32. We’ve been married for four years and are childfree. First marriage for both, no children from any previous relationships. We didn’t experience any of the horror stories we’d heard about urologists … Continue reading

HP’s experience: Open or closed-ended?

Thanks to those in the newsgroup that responded to my previous post regarding open or closed-ended. I’m happy to report that I got my open-ended procedure done today. Here’s my story. As mentioned earlier, I have 4 lovely kids. Saw my wife went through a 2 C-section and told myself to never again let her … Continue reading

Dimon’s experience: 5 days later

Had my vasectomy last Thursday morning. Waiting for the doctor to show up was the worst part (ie thinking about the unknown). Anyway, the second-worst part was the anesthetic… The first needle wasn’t that bad because I didn’t know it was coming. The second one was very bad because I knew what was going to … Continue reading

Bob’s experience: My story

First I want to say how great it is to have this particular resource where folks who have been through the procedure(s) can share their experiences. Other than the zealous pro/con propaganda that is on the internet, these are real-world comments from real-world people. Glad to be added to the mix! I think that it’s … Continue reading

Barry’s experience: Childfree vasectomy

I have been lurking in here for the last two weeks and yesterday was the big day for me. I’m 31 years old with no kids but two abortions (to my horror and relief) behind me. I would have supported the two kids as part of my ‘responsibility’ but was quite relieved when my partner … Continue reading