post vasectomy recovery

arlie · Silver Member Joined: 21 Oct 2000 Posts: 267

Hello. I'm 40 year old male and I would like to find out more about some aspects of vasectomy operation.
I'm married for 15 years and have beautiful four children. I can say that I'm very satisfied with my sex life and I'm not embarrassed to say that I'm sexually active like I'm still a teenager.
Just recently, I talked with my wife about possible options for sterilization and we have came to the conclusion that maybe vasectomy is the best possible option.
I was just interested what should I know about post vasectomy recovery!

quaglia · Silver Member Joined: 09 Sep 2001 Posts: 276

Hi. I have had the vasectomy operation last year and I remember my doctor told me that I will have no problems with recovery. But, it wasn’t like that. Vasectomy is an operation that involves the removal of a portion of the vas deferens-strong muscular tube which carries sperm from the testicle to the penis during sex. Good thing about all this is that the sperm looks the same after the operation but it is spermatozoids-free. The truth is that, in the majority of men, there is usually no or little pain after a recovery from a routine, uneventful vasectomy but in my case- I had terrible and persistent pain. I called up my doctor again and he told me that I should keep and ice-packs on my scrotum for 20 minutes several times a day and wear some scrotal support for the entire week.

ASPIRE4GRACE · Newbie Joined: 19 Jul 2006 Posts: 51

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I'm a 43 year old health male and I just had a vasectomy. And I'm tired of reading this crap about little or no pain. It was very painful. The local anesthetic feels like a burning sensation which last 3 to 5 seconds and there are 2 of them. Then there is a cramping sensation which feels little you are being hit in the stomach. It has been 4 days and I am still in pain. 5 hours after the procedure I was sitting comfortably and suddenly doubled over in pain. Be warned! Not everyone sails through this simple procedure without little or no pain or all.

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I am a healthy 37 year old, and I'm 6 days into recovery, and I can say that I'm still in a lot of pain even though I've read everywhere that recovery should be well on its way by now. I'm hoping for the best, but I feel like I've been kicked down there 24 hours a day since the surgery. The procedure was not too bad -- about as bad as a trip to the dentist to get some fillings, but the recovery hasn't been a cakewalk, that's for sure. Hopefully I'm in the minority, but frankly that doesn't make me feel any better!

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I have to call major BS on the "little or no pain" analysis. I'm in day 4 of recovery and I am, as I write this, lying with ice on my gonads. Swelling and a persistent dull throbbing ache like someone kicked me in the crotch persist. Shocked

I worked (desk job) for 3/4 day on day 3 and today, but had to leave the office because I was simply in too much pain to continue. Here's hoping sleeping with ice will help me, but anyone who tells you you are 'up and at'em' in a couple of days must have had a miracle worker for a doctor.

mandles · Newbie Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 11

My husband had it done 3 weeks ago and the op itself he said was not too bad at all but he has been in agony every since. He has had internal bleeding and infection and even today his balls are the size of a large jacket potato and he has not been able to work. It has been a total disaster and i would not recommend anyone to have a vasectomy ever.

tlo03 · Newbie Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 1

i'm 35 had mine done a week ago yesterday 10/12 the procedure went we'll except on my right side i felt him digging around in the right side. on the left he went from the side no prob, but he went front the front on the right, and now i fell like i got rocks in my sack very painful very hard. scarring blood what ever it is it hurts, 2 co wokers went to the same doctors w/ no problem, it almost seems like it's getting worst, anyone know of any relief of these syptoms.

Ready_Lube · Silver Member Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 230 Location: AZ

Recovery time is fast and as long as you talk to your doctor about what to do and what not to do, such as lifting weights the next day Smile

, I think you should be fine.

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I had the surgery done on Tuesday afternoon. It is now Sunday evening and I am dreading going back to work tomorrow. I feel that I recovered very well after the first couple days, however yesterday I was terribly bored after laying around for three and a half days. I decided to go walk around the Bass Pro Shop for an hour, then my mother was talking about a new mailbox she bought and so I thought it would be a good idea to dig up her old one and set a post for a new one. NOT a good idea. I woke up this morning in a lot of pain and now I can't go from a sitting position to standing or vice versa or simply bend over at the waist without extreme discomfort. I'm sure I would have been fine had I taken it easier the first few days. My advice to everyone is don't under any circumstances think you are fine and go back to normal everyday activities within the first week or you will pay dearly.

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