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cgod  ·  2667 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: December 7, 2016

I got a vasectomy yesterday.

Had a hard time sleeping last night but the pain is pretty bearable today.

They said to stay off your feet for 24 hours and better if I could do 48. I'm not good at immobility, had to get up and take a short walk this morning and I feel a good deal better for it.

My doctor was an old guy. I asked him how many he had done.

"Thousands, my record is 90 in one day."

He said it was overseas and part of a family planning drive. They would prep ahead of him and he'd go down the line snipping.

He gave me a brief history of the procedure and how it's evolved.

Not much blood or swelling.





goobster  ·  2667 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Probably the best $1000 I ever spent.

And I got it from a dude that calls himself "Dr. Snip".

Got a fancy little leatherman pocket knife out of the deal, too!

(He and I did the math on the number of vasectomies he does, and he's clearing $50k/mo without breaking a sweat.)

steve  ·  2667 days ago  ·  link  ·  

i'm a big believer in the vasectomy.

lil  ·  2667 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Says the guy with 9 or 10 kids.

steve  ·  2667 days ago  ·  link  ·  

58... but who's counting?

Naw - but seriously - when you know you're done... and I mean when you know it? How many forms of female permanent sterilization have a history of ZERO side effects? yah... none of them. Vasectomy has like.... almost none... a couple of days of discomfort? way better than... you know... possible death of your partner. I'm not suggesting female sterilization is super hazardous... just saying that no one has died from the vasectomy.

mk  ·  2667 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Good times.

They didn't give many any activity restriction advice. I was upstairs at the hospital, so I wandered back to my desk and got back to work.

Stairs were bad day 2. Everything better from there.

cgod  ·  2667 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Huh, he was pretty stern about lying down and icing for the 1st 24.

Said that the more of it I did the better off I'd be the rest of the week.

I'm feeling sore but pretty good now, better by the hour.

No way I'm bed resting today, if I stay in one place for an hour my back and knees start killing me.

Hardly slept at all last night, very uncomfortable.

mk  ·  2667 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Worst part for me was the cauterization in the procedure itself. I felt a pretty serious shock at one moment. Definitely giving up those secrets if they bring out the car battery...

cgod  ·  2667 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The local anesthetic was the most painful part for me and it wasn't as bad as the dentist. I wouldn't have known I was being cauterized if he wasn't giving me the blow by blow.

lil  ·  2667 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Given that you are talking about balls, the phrase blow by blow made me giggle.

user-inactivated  ·  2667 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Alright, I really really wanted to post this and restrained myself a couple of days ago, but if pubski is going into the gutter I've got to say Jex Blackmore is the best thing about America in 2016.