Since my post on my colonoscopy last week was so popular (over 100 referrals in the last 16 hours) I thought I might bump the readership numbers still more by reposting something from UseNet from nearly 17 years ago. The details of my vasectomy:
From joe@proto.COM Wed Aug 15 11:59:07 1990Path: proto!joeFrom: joe@proto.COM (Joe Huffman)Newsgroups: misc.kidsSubject: Re: VasectomySummary: I am pleased with the results.Message-ID: <1392@proto.COM>Date: 15 Aug 90 18:59:07 GMTReferences: <SCOTTP.90Aug14093250@bwdlh461.bnr.ca>Distribution: miscOrganization: Prototronics; Sandpoint, IdahoLines: 110 In article <SCOTTP.90Aug14093250@bwdlh461.bnr.ca>, scottp@bwdlh461.bnr.ca (Scott Pace) writes:> I would like to hear from anyone out there who has experienced a> vasectomy (or knows someone who has). What do you want to know? As a means of birth control it has been successful.I got mine about 2 years ago and I haven't got anybody pregnant yet. The operation was relatively painless. The doctor and I talked about computer programming most of the time during the surgery. I had someslight internal bleeding in the scrotum area that left a bruise appearingdiscoloration for about a week and a half. This is normal. The doctortold me to take some pain pills before the novacaine wore off, go home put a ice pack under my shorts and go to bed for the afternoon.I got bored in bed and keep waiting for the pain to kick in after thenovacaine wore off but it NEVER did ache or hurt. I finally got up and went to work on my computer in the other room. No orgasms allowed for one week after the surgery (one of the toughest parts of the whole thing). No heavy physical activity allowed either. It was a bit tender for a week or two but no big deal as long as the kids didn't jump on me. A month after the surgery it was nearly impossible to see the incision marks. In 2 months it was impossible. I had to use other methods of birth control until I got a0 sperm count. That normally takes about 3 months. My first count (at 3months post surgery) was 2 dead ones. A month later it came back 0. So 4 months past before other methods were deemed unnecessary. ----->>>DETAILED<<< DESCRIPTION OF PROCEDURE FOLLOWS----- The doctor had a pre-surgery consultation and advised me of all the risks.The ones I remember were:1) About 1 out of 200 fail and have to be redone.2) Some number (I forget how many) develop a nodule at the point ofblockage. This may get as large as 3/4 of an inch in diameter. Usually itis painless but sometimes it must be removed with surgery. I think I have avery small occurance of that on my right side.3) It should be considered permanent. Reversal rate is about 80% but it ismuch more involved, more costly, and of course less successful. This was our GP and I asked how many he had performed, he told me about300. I asked about complications that he had observed. He told me that hehad one patient that had to be redone, he had done nothing different in that case that he was aware of. One patient was riding his motercycle aboutthree days later and ending up pushing it some distance when the enginefailed and he was bedridden for a couple days afterwards. With oneprocedure the guy was more nervous than most but made it through one sidewithout freaking out. The doctor put in the stich on that side and said, "Now we'll do the OTHER side." At which point the patient did 'freak' fora while. He instructed me to shave the front of my scrotum the morning of thesurgery. The surgery was to be at about 10:00 AM. I went in a bit earlyand they started early due to a previous patient canceling. The nurse(Viki, beautiful woman, but that's irrelevent, or is it?) had me take off mypants and lay down. She draped my stomach -> thigh area with sterilesheets with an opening for my scrotum and penis. She complemented me onthe shaving I had done and said she wouldn't have to do any more. She thenscrubbed the front of my scrotum for (a timed) five minutes. We had a nicechat about how it had worked out for her and her husband (she was verypleased and indicated he hadn't had any problems with it). She drapedthat area and got the doctor. He put on latex gloves and manipulated thevas deferens to the front of the scrotum (it is normally near the rear).He then used a clamp to hold it place near the surface while he got thesyringe in his hand. He warned that this would hurt for a little bit. Hepoked the needle upwards skewering the vas deference lengthwise, this HURTuntil he started injecting the material. He then pulled the needle out ofthe vas deferens, but not the scrotum, and repeated in the downwarddirection. He then made an incision about 3/8 inch long vertically abovethe vas deferens between the jaws of the clamp where he had made the injection. He cauterized a few blood vessels that were bleeding and pulled the vas deferens out of the scrotum so that about a 1 inch section was exposed. I could feel some tugging on my testicles but it was not painful. He 'stripped' the sheath that contains blood vessels fromaround the vas deferens being careful keep damage to a minimum. When about3/4 inches of the vas deferens was exposed he tied it off in two placesabout 1/2 inch apart. He then used a scaphel to cut a section about 1/4inch long from between the two places that were tied off. This sectionwas set aside to be set to a lab for "identification". I asked if he hadever had a lab report indicate he had made a mistake and he said, "No"(then why do it? I didn't ask, but I suspect it is insurance against lawsuits). He then cauterized the two ends of the vas deferens. This wasto seal the ends (in addition to being tied off). He then put the severed vas back in the scrotum and put in a single stitch. Repeat for the other side. Through all the surgery Viki would come in and ask how things were goingand chatted with us a bit. The doctor had a mother cat that had kittens andViki had picked up one of the kittens a couple weeks earlier... They gave me some pain pills (which I only used one doseage of), some gauze,and instructions on how to care for the incision site. No big deal, I wasto keep it dry for 24 hours, and change the dressing if it became bloodsoaked. I had some minor external bleeding for about 1 1/2 days and had tokeep the gauze pads in place to avoid bleeding on my underwear. From the time I walked in until I walked out it took about an hour and 45minutes. Actual surgery was about 50 minutes or so. I think it was about 4 days later I went in and had the stitches removed. Anything I left out? -- -- netcom!proto!joejoe@proto.com
From joe@proto.COM Wed Aug 15 11:59:07 1990Path: proto!joeFrom: joe@proto.COM (Joe Huffman)Newsgroups: misc.kidsSubject: Re: VasectomySummary: I am pleased with the results.Message-ID: <1392@proto.COM>Date: 15 Aug 90 18:59:07 GMTReferences: <SCOTTP.90Aug14093250@bwdlh461.bnr.ca>Distribution: miscOrganization: Prototronics; Sandpoint, IdahoLines: 110
In article <SCOTTP.90Aug14093250@bwdlh461.bnr.ca>, scottp@bwdlh461.bnr.ca (Scott Pace) writes:> I would like to hear from anyone out there who has experienced a> vasectomy (or knows someone who has).
What do you want to know? As a means of birth control it has been successful.I got mine about 2 years ago and I haven't got anybody pregnant yet.
The operation was relatively painless. The doctor and I talked about computer programming most of the time during the surgery. I had someslight internal bleeding in the scrotum area that left a bruise appearingdiscoloration for about a week and a half. This is normal. The doctortold me to take some pain pills before the novacaine wore off, go home put a ice pack under my shorts and go to bed for the afternoon.I got bored in bed and keep waiting for the pain to kick in after thenovacaine wore off but it NEVER did ache or hurt. I finally got up and went to work on my computer in the other room. No orgasms allowed for one week after the surgery (one of the toughest parts of the whole thing). No heavy physical activity allowed either. It was a bit tender for a week or two but no big deal as long as the kids didn't jump on me. A month after the surgery it was nearly impossible to see the incision marks. In 2 months it was impossible. I had to use other methods of birth control until I got a0 sperm count. That normally takes about 3 months. My first count (at 3months post surgery) was 2 dead ones. A month later it came back 0. So 4 months past before other methods were deemed unnecessary.
----->>>DETAILED<<< DESCRIPTION OF PROCEDURE FOLLOWS-----
The doctor had a pre-surgery consultation and advised me of all the risks.The ones I remember were:1) About 1 out of 200 fail and have to be redone.2) Some number (I forget how many) develop a nodule at the point ofblockage. This may get as large as 3/4 of an inch in diameter. Usually itis painless but sometimes it must be removed with surgery. I think I have avery small occurance of that on my right side.3) It should be considered permanent. Reversal rate is about 80% but it ismuch more involved, more costly, and of course less successful.
This was our GP and I asked how many he had performed, he told me about300. I asked about complications that he had observed. He told me that hehad one patient that had to be redone, he had done nothing different in that case that he was aware of. One patient was riding his motercycle aboutthree days later and ending up pushing it some distance when the enginefailed and he was bedridden for a couple days afterwards. With oneprocedure the guy was more nervous than most but made it through one sidewithout freaking out. The doctor put in the stich on that side and said, "Now we'll do the OTHER side." At which point the patient did 'freak' fora while.
He instructed me to shave the front of my scrotum the morning of thesurgery. The surgery was to be at about 10:00 AM. I went in a bit earlyand they started early due to a previous patient canceling. The nurse(Viki, beautiful woman, but that's irrelevent, or is it?) had me take off mypants and lay down. She draped my stomach -> thigh area with sterilesheets with an opening for my scrotum and penis. She complemented me onthe shaving I had done and said she wouldn't have to do any more. She thenscrubbed the front of my scrotum for (a timed) five minutes. We had a nicechat about how it had worked out for her and her husband (she was verypleased and indicated he hadn't had any problems with it). She drapedthat area and got the doctor. He put on latex gloves and manipulated thevas deferens to the front of the scrotum (it is normally near the rear).He then used a clamp to hold it place near the surface while he got thesyringe in his hand. He warned that this would hurt for a little bit. Hepoked the needle upwards skewering the vas deference lengthwise, this HURTuntil he started injecting the material. He then pulled the needle out ofthe vas deferens, but not the scrotum, and repeated in the downwarddirection. He then made an incision about 3/8 inch long vertically abovethe vas deferens between the jaws of the clamp where he had made the injection. He cauterized a few blood vessels that were bleeding and pulled the vas deferens out of the scrotum so that about a 1 inch section was exposed. I could feel some tugging on my testicles but it was not painful. He 'stripped' the sheath that contains blood vessels fromaround the vas deferens being careful keep damage to a minimum. When about3/4 inches of the vas deferens was exposed he tied it off in two placesabout 1/2 inch apart. He then used a scaphel to cut a section about 1/4inch long from between the two places that were tied off. This sectionwas set aside to be set to a lab for "identification". I asked if he hadever had a lab report indicate he had made a mistake and he said, "No"(then why do it? I didn't ask, but I suspect it is insurance against lawsuits). He then cauterized the two ends of the vas deferens. This wasto seal the ends (in addition to being tied off). He then put the severed vas back in the scrotum and put in a single stitch.
Repeat for the other side.
Through all the surgery Viki would come in and ask how things were goingand chatted with us a bit. The doctor had a mother cat that had kittens andViki had picked up one of the kittens a couple weeks earlier...
They gave me some pain pills (which I only used one doseage of), some gauze,and instructions on how to care for the incision site. No big deal, I wasto keep it dry for 24 hours, and change the dressing if it became bloodsoaked. I had some minor external bleeding for about 1 1/2 days and had tokeep the gauze pads in place to avoid bleeding on my underwear.
From the time I walked in until I walked out it took about an hour and 45minutes. Actual surgery was about 50 minutes or so.
I think it was about 4 days later I went in and had the stitches removed.
Anything I left out?
-- -- netcom!proto!joejoe@proto.com
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