So. October 11th it is...[Look away if you're squeamish]

tailwindhome

So October 11th is the big day.

4 kids is plenty for any man (actually 2 was enough but that's another story) and condoms are passion killers so yours truly has date with the surgeon for the eusphemistically delicate 'snip'

So let's hear your vasectomy stories.

Feel free to indulge in Austin Powers style 'Meat and 2 Veg' innuendo as you see fit.

greg66_tri_v2.0

You're going to be singing soprano in the choir and wearing dresses and make up before you know it.

Don't go to Bottom Bracket. You'll be really offended.

woodnut

Don't want to scare you, but...When I was gelded they made a complete mess off the local anaesthetic, which resulted in me gripping the edges of the bed, tears popping through my clenched eyes as what felt like a hacksaw blade hacked into me. Then the crochet needle is inserted to tug at your tubes, which seem to be connected to something in the back of your skull. You'll then spend days with a bag that appears to be full of burst tomato's and p1ss blood for about a week.


Other than that it's ok.

tailwindhome

woodnut wrote:

Don't want to scare you, but...When I was gelded they made a complete mess off the local anaesthetic, which resulted in me gripping the edges of the bed, tears popping through my clenched eyes as what felt like a hacksaw blade hacked into me. Then the crochet needle is inserted to tug at your tubes, which seem to be connected to something in the back of your skull. You'll then spend days with a bag that appears to be full of burst tomato's and p1ss blood for about a week.


Other than that it's ok.

Sweet baby jayus....

Liking your username in context.

bunter

While I have met people who were pretty much fine the day after the op, you should be prepared to take a good few days off work afterwards. I wasn't good at all for about a week and trying to go into work the next day was a really bad idea. I did find it pretty painful during the op and very uncomfortable afterwards. It was quite a few weeks before I could get back on the bike.

It was ages before I got the 'all clear' afterwards too...

Having said all that I don't regret it at all - Good luck!

DonDaddyD

To some condoms are an irritant, heavy petting leads to dangling wantonly above the gateway. She won't let you, but that doesn't mean the alternative is the snip. There is the injection, the implant, the coil, the pill and them femidom thingys.

Personally I don't think condoms are a passion killer. Get her to put it on, she does that right and the passion is tripled! Also good quality polyurethane (basically non latex) = better, I'm told.

tailwindhome

^ Don't let people force you into editing your own posts. There was nothing wrong with it the way it was.


F*ck the begrudgers.

greg66_tri_v2.0

woodnut wrote:

Don't want to scare you, but...When I was gelded they made a complete mess off the local anaesthetic, which resulted in me gripping the edges of the bed, tears popping through my clenched eyes as what felt like a hacksaw blade hacked into me. Then the crochet needle is inserted to tug at your tubes, which seem to be connected to something in the back of your skull. You'll then spend days with a bag that appears to be full of burst tomato's and p1ss blood for about a week.


Other than that it's ok.

I heard when they fire up the saw it make you pray for the dentist's drill. Under your fingernails.

Had a mate who bled into his sack. Congealed into a third nut that lasted about a month. Really fricking painful, by all accounts.

itboffin

Sharp objects and ones weapon should never meet ........EVER!

DonDaddyD

Greg66 wrote:

woodnut wrote:

Don't want to scare you, but...When I was gelded they made a complete mess off the local anaesthetic, which resulted in me gripping the edges of the bed, tears popping through my clenched eyes as what felt like a hacksaw blade hacked into me. Then the crochet needle is inserted to tug at your tubes, which seem to be connected to something in the back of your skull. You'll then spend days with a bag that appears to be full of burst tomato's and p1ss blood for about a week.


Other than that it's ok.

I heard when they fire up the saw it make you pray for the dentist's drill. Under your fingernails.

Had a mate who bled into his sack. Congealed into a third nut that lasted about a month. Really fricking painful, by all accounts.

Did you ask to see it... you know... because curiousity demanded it....

Flyingbogey

Mrs B told me too much about her efforts as a junior doctor. Well I haven't forgotten those sordid tales. She is demanding I go for the op now. No Way. Besides, if I didn't own a car why would I get insurance!

CiB

When i had mine it was part of a push to get a load of snips through in a short space of time. There was a cute nurse who helped get everything ready & in place then the injection then the doc got stuck in. Trouble was he didn't give the anaesthetic time to take full effect so i was quite aware of the knife going in on the underside of the base, and may have politely requested he hold fire for a moment. Or may have shouted whoa there.

And then there's the tugging, where the pipe that disapears up to somewhere near the diaphragm has to be pulled out far enough to give him space to overlap the ends. The tugging & pulling is enough to turn you inside out, is outside of the aneathetised area and encourages further requests to go steady down there chap if you would.

I was back on the squash court a few days later though and on the bike inside a week. No further issues, no awareness of impending bad weather & stuff like that. It's nice never having to worry about unintended consequences.

davis

CiB wrote:

When i had mine it was part of a push to get a load of snips through in a short space of time. There was a cute nurse who helped get everything ready & in place then the injection then the doc got stuck in. Trouble was he didn't give the anaesthetic time to take full effect so i was quite aware of the knife going in on the underside of the base, and may have politely requested he hold fire for a moment. Or may have shouted whoa there.

And then there's the tugging, where the pipe that disapears up to somewhere near the diaphragm has to be pulled out far enough to give him space to overlap the ends. The tugging & pulling is enough to turn you inside out, is outside of the aneathetised area and encourages further requests to go steady down there chap if you would.

I was back on the squash court a few days later though and on the bike inside a week. No further issues, no awareness of impending bad weather & stuff like that. It's nice never having to worry about unintended consequences.

Would you do it again? (well, obviously there's no need. BYKWIM)

DonDaddyD

But there is the pill, the injection, the implant, condoms, the coil... why are men taking responsibility for contraception and being typical men at that, and taking it to the extreme. 50inch TV when a 28 did fine 10yrs ago. Getting the snip when timing it with phases of the moon works just as well...

veronese68

I didn't need to have the snip as I was chemically sterilised by 9 months of chemo. I think not going through all that and having the snip would have been preferable.
But, every cloud and all that...

woodnut

DonDaddyD wrote:

But there is the pill, the injection, the implant, condoms, the coil... why are men taking responsibility for contraception and being typical men at that, and taking it to the extreme. 50inch TV when a 28 did fine 10yrs ago. Getting the snip when timing it with phases of the moon works just as well...

I may have exagerrated a little , it's 5 minutes of pain, 3 days of fairly mild discomfort. Then, no more swimmers for life. The pill has unwanted side effects, the coil?, wouldn't want one inside me, so wouldn't ask the Mrs to use one, and used jonnys are about the vilest thing on earth.

CiB

davis wrote:

Would you do it again? (well, obviously there's no need. BYKWIM)

and

DonDaddyD wrote:

But there is the pill, the injection, the implant, condoms, the coil... why are men taking responsibility for contraception and being typical men at that, and taking it to the extreme. 50inch TV when a 28 did fine 10yrs ago. Getting the snip when timing it with phases of the moon works just as well...

Would do it again tomorrow. It's a short period of discomfort followed by a few days of getting over it. In return you're getting the rest of your life to do the deed whenever it takes your [joint] fancy, with no thoughts about timing, or getting it wrong, or stopping to find the right bits & bobs, or wondering if she's remembered her tablet or hasn't been poorly and negated the effects. And much as i can sometimes be in the same room as our two kids - aka quite like them - we really don't want any more. Really. Each to their own & all that but we went down this path as me having a bit of snippy snip was better than the alternatives, and another 10 years or whatever of mrs C swallowing tablets every day didn't sound like the fairest way to do it. Cutting the supply off at source did.

msmancunia

DonDaddyD wrote:

But there is the pill, the injection, the implant, condoms, the coil... why are men taking responsibility for contraception and being typical men at that, and taking it to the extreme. 50inch TV when a 28 did fine 10yrs ago. Getting the snip when timing it with phases of the moon works just as well...

DDD - pill, injection, implant & the coil are all hormonal female contraception. Some of us can't take hormonal contraception - apart from the greasy skin, crazy mood swings and fat ankles it made me put on 4st in less than a year, which is a passion killer in itself unless he's a chubby chaser/feeder type! (the minute I came off the pill the weight dropped off, all 4st in 4 months, which goes to show how potent hormones can be). And timing it with phases of the moon is hilarious - I know three of my close friends who have four unplanned babies because they tried that.

And why shouldn't men take responsibility for contraception? (Don't make me get my feminist boxing gloves out now DDD....) :twisted: I'm not saying that everyone has to go for the snip (I personally would never ask it of a partner), but both parties should discuss all the options and go with what's best for them.

veronese68

msmancunia wrote:

(I personally would never ask it of a partner), but both parties should discuss all the options and go with what's best for them.

This is pretty much it. As others have said it's the easiest way to go about it. I would have done it without (much) hesitation. But was quite glad it wasn't necessary.

UndercoverElephant

I've been done,and it was categorically the best decision I've made. Seven minutes was all it took, and it's freedom for life. I was so happy to get the all-clear that I was a Jaffa, I can't express. I recommend it.

daviesee

DonDaddyD wrote:

But there is the pill, the injection, the implant, condoms, the coil... why are men taking responsibility for contraception and being typical men at that, and taking it to the extreme. 50inch TV when a 28 did fine 10yrs ago. Getting the snip when timing it with phases of the moon works just as well...

Simply put..
None of those methods are 100% guaranteed.

wgwarburton

DonDaddyD wrote:

But there is the pill, the injection, the implant, condoms, the coil... why are men taking responsibility for contraception and being typical men at that, and taking it to the extreme. 50inch TV when a 28 did fine 10yrs ago. Getting the snip when timing it with phases of the moon works just as well...

Get a grip.

The risks are near zero. The discomfort is nothing to what you put yourself through on a testing bike ride.

Compare that to the risks involved in pregnancy, of ongoing hormonal treatment or the unreliability of alternative methods of contraception.
Then factor in the potential impact of an unwanted pregnancy.

Most of these risks are borne (sorry... :oops: ) by your partner. Having the snip allows you to take some of the responsibility in your relationship. If you don't see that as an opportunity then... well, 'nuff said.

Personally, the only strong argument I can see against is the possibility that you may want to try again some day: freeze.

Cheers,
W.

mudcow007

so lets start with the procedure

a doctor fingers your love sack



then prods you with something



finds a tube



yummy noodles



severe that sucker



sometimes it gets messy



enjoy

dhope

Jaysus! I was just eating my breakfast!
And I've gone right off the plums in the bowl next to me.

cyclingprop

DonDaddyD wrote:

Plastic carrier bags or cling film, I've seen the future!

FTFY.

(In all seriousness, by getting this done, surely it's worth some man tokens to buy N+1?)

fossyant

DonDaddyD wrote:

But there is the pill, the injection, the implant, condoms, the coil... why are men taking responsibility for contraception and being typical men at that, and taking it to the extreme. 50inch TV when a 28 did fine 10yrs ago. Getting the snip when timing it with phases of the moon works just as well...

You haven't been married long enough then.

I'm on the waiting list !! Saw the Doc last week !! Missus doesn't like condoms and won't entertain the other options having been on the pill for a long time. She is taking medication for another condition, and doesn't want to be taking the pill. I've had 12 months stay of execution, but the time has come (that's exactly how the doc put it).

Can't say I'm looking forward to it, but can't be as bad as steroid and anaesthetic injections into my shoulder and back - and they were OK, or the shoulder decompression recovery.

Not looking forward to time off the bike, and not looking forward to being off sick - had enough trouble when I had my shoulder fixed last year - five weeks off. We have a local cottage surgery that specialises in these ops, and even the web site says after the op, put your feet up and have a few beers - like it. They do a Friday afternoon session too !

DonDaddyD

Can we get some NSFW messages or just the hyperlinks for those images FFS!

MsManc. More cushion for the pushing, I always say! Plus I love her whatever and this helps make feel attractive.

Everyone else: No, bullshit, bollocks. I like bareback - as this is essentially what we are talking about, because there are other effective ways to help prevent pregnancy - but I'm not going to the extremes of getting snipped. Quite besides which I'm 30, as much as I may think about sex and may want to have sex, lets face it I'm not a teenager anymore. Once every other day, now, would probably result in me needing an IV drip by the end of the week. When I hit 40 - 50 I can imagine sex being a Sunday, Birthday and/or Christmas treat. So why the hell would you want to have an operation just so you can have some carefree fun on the odd Sunday? At 40 - 50 does the number of times you have sex even hit the high teens? 12 times a year does not = an operation.

If at 40 - 50 and I was having my teenage level of sex - 3 times a day and a shuffle - then sure. But also, chances are she'll might have stopped producing eggs around the 40 - 50 age bracket, so hold fire on the scaple, I'll let nature take its course.

mudcow007

12 times a year when your 40 man that's depressing i mean that would mean i would have to sleep with my mrs at least once a month per year!?

DonDaddyD

Thats what I'm saying, it'd have to be a life shortening amount of sex to make it worth while getting the snip. And I'm not sure there is a woman alive who wants to put out that much. Imagine, you get the snip, you've healed and you still get

"Not tonight dear, I'm tired/sore/feeling fat/not feeling it"

The response:

"HOW DARE YOU SAY NO!"

I just don't want to live like that. But yes, she would owe me. All the time.

I dunno, some here may get invited to overnight dinner parties where all the keys are thrown into a bowl on the table... some swingers or simply have more than one wife, partner etc. I don't know how the bankers and Lawyers of this World live, Gregs? Was it worth it?

Wrath Rob

Had it done, mine was under a general rather than local. I remember going into the pre-theatre bit and then waking up 20 mins later. That day was fine thanks to the pain killers, after that I spent 3 days barely being able to walk. It was so painful that I ended up asking my boss (who'd also had it done), if this was supposed to happen and if it got better. Of course it did and by the end of the first week I was back on the bike, albeit only for a short ride.

Agree that it was a good decision, after my 2nd child the wife couldn't do pills and condoms are really crap, plus after a rather traumatic birth (in the back of the car) and a fairly difficult 6 months I was very, very keen to get it done. So, yes it hurts, get a general if you can, but pain is temporary and the benefits are worth it.

bails87

So.....DDD has a crap sex life?



*pulls pin and runs*