Woke up this morning feeling pretty good. Back to the couch with some frozen peas as a precaution. Definitely gonna take it easy today.
It's incredibly rare and I can't fully explain it. Last I looked, they estimated a 1 in 2000 chance. Most docs are using pretty standard techniques... I do titanium clips, remove a segment, and cauterize the ends. Others do fascism interposition and ties instead of clips. I think as long as it's done right, with any of the above methods, it's absolutely the most effective (practical) form of birth control. Again I don't really get how "recanalization" happens, I think it's just horrible horrible luck. It's happened to patients of some docs that I know do great vasectomies, so it has nothing to do with inexperience. Of course, a sample has to be submitted 6-8 weeks after the vasectomy to make sure the swimmers are gone in the first place...
Choose a doc who does at least 50 of them a year, preferably a urologist
My guy does 14/day, and has done over 44,000 in total. He was highly recommended, and everyone I talked to while I was considering it had gone to see this same guy. I had high confidence in him.
@Helly: Hmm, that's surprising. What type of procedure did you have done? Was it the no needle/no scalpel one, with just some local anesthetic, or was it a more invasive procedure? I never had any swelling or bruising at all.
When I had to go back to provide a sample (they needed it very fresh) there were three nurses sitting around the desk. One gave me a bottle and directed me to a room. They said if we're not here just leave the specimen at the desk. Thankfully they made themselves scarce before I was done.Almost 7 weeks post-snip, feeling back to normal. I checked a sample with my microscope yesterday, saw *nothing*. It's a barren desert. A stark contrast to the virtual rave I saw through the lens pre-snip. It's been 20 "releases," but I'm still supposed to wait the 12 weeks before I submit a sample to the lab for the official declaration.
See that's weird - with mine, I read the website for the lab, and they want me to bring in a sample "within an hour" of producing it. Yet the instructions from the doctor actually say to mail it in. They even gave me a pre-addressed bubble-wrap envelope in which to mail it. So maybe after 12 weeks, it doesn't have to be as fresh?
Wow, Homercidal, you really paint a picture with your words.
I used to work with a guy not only dumb enough to go through with this but to talk about it at the office. His name was Marple and by the time it was over he was universally called Marble (note singular) and growing a beard to see if he could.
I've been wanting to get this done but SWMBO isn't too keen on the idea... Blows my mind...
I do, yes.Do you have any idea what you're talking about?
Which part do you not understand?If you do would you mind sharing it with the rest of us?
Wow, really? That's a new one - I've never heard of the wife/girlfriend being the one opposed. What's her reasoning? Is she not sure she doesn't want any (more) kids?
Long story short, we had to have her ovaries stimulated in our attempt to have kids. It resulted in 2 kids and 5 fertilized eggs sitting in cryo. IF we want more kids, we hit up the cryo bank and see if any take. If they fail, we milk me like a cow. My wife is now near 40 and the chances of her ever conceiving naturally are near nil, but she still may want more kids. So my Johnson cord is key to her maternal happiness.
I do, yes.
Which part do you not understand?
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