I wasn't really riding to speak of back when I had my vas, so I'll have to leave that part to others here. I know in my case my sack was pretty swollen and in a sling (yeah, they make one for that, ask your doc) for several days. I've heard others have it a lot easier. I'd say plan on a couple weeks and be glad if it turns out to be shorter than that.
Vasectomy & cycling
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I need to do this but I guess I am a flat out wuss waaaaah waaaah
Just curious - how much work did ya guys miss? Was your nurse cute?
Just curious - how much work did ya guys miss? Was your nurse cute?
I had a relatively bad time of it, but I've always been glad I had it done. Yeah, my nurse was cute, but so was the doctor (a resident, actually) who did the procedure.BrandonMiller said:I need to do this but I guess I am a flat out wuss waaaaah waaaah
Just curious - how much work did ya guys miss? Was your nurse cute?
There's more to the story. I worked at a hospital and the clinic where this was done was at the other campus where I'd filled in a few times, and sometimes staff from there came to my campus. I was laid out in the room, all draped and clean and ready for them to start and the nurse was running around getting the last few things ready. Since all the attention was at my other end,it took awhile for the nurse to look down at my face. When she finally did she said, "Hey, I've seen you before!" All I could do was smile and say, "Well, you've certainly seen me now!" Now let me mention that local anesthetics have never done much of anything for me. I've been to the dentist without any anesthesia at all (I'd had a bad reaction to the stuff he used before) and honestly couldn't tell much difference. Of course, docs don't really pay attention when I'd tell them that their stuff isn't going to do much good. So the doc walks in and since this was a teaching hospital, announces that he's going to surpervise a resident doing the actual procedure. It quickly became obvious this was her first time doing this. The room felt like they had it about 65 degrees with a draft, the anesthesia is practically useless, and this woman kept telling me to "relax" while she's coming at my sac with a razor. Yeah, right!!!
Fortunately, I survived the experience, though I'm sure if a more skilled hand had wielded the blade I wouldn't have had as much swelling as I did over the next few days. It worked and ever since I haven't had to worry about any little swimmers. It came in especially handy for avoiding a very big worry after my divorce a couple years ago, LOL. Yeah, I believed in safe sex but no birth control method is infallable, especially if you get energetic and raincoats slip. Now I'm marrried again and since we have no interest in starting over again with a new batch, it's still very convenient to have this out of the way. And no I'm not saying a potential divorce down the road is a reason to have a vas now, just that it worked out that way for me.
BTW, I had it done on Friday, had the weekend off (and maybe one more day, can't recall for sure), then went back to work where I had to be on my feet most of the time.
snip snipformica said:
I just had one on Friday...
It really wasn't that big a deal and the pain scale was way less than I thought. Mine took 10 min tops and I was off the table. I took 2 valiums about 15 min before and that will get you in the mood. At least to lower inhibitions. A little pain / burning as the local was injected but it was over like in 3 seconds. The Dr. was very good and always asked if there was any pain. The only uncomfortable thing was smelling the burning smell as he was cauterizng.
I felt fine afterwards and two days later I can barely tell I had it done. But I am following his orders and doing nothing for 3 days and using some ice. I feel good enough to go out and ride now but I won't. That's a tuff thing to do because I have a brand new Heckler that I got a day before the procedure, so it has only 1 ride on it. So here I sit doing nothing, feeling pretty darn good, with a brand new rig just sitting there. But better safe than sorry and would rather wait 2 weeks and heal up completely than tear up some stuff and have to wait that much longer. BTW, 2 weeks for the bike was his recommendation but he did say to let pain be the guide; so maybe earlier. Bottom line is everyones body is different. Some had a great procedure others...not so good. But I hope it's well worth it in the end. I think Formica hit the nail right on the head in her posts. After seeing my wife go through what she did, twice, and miss a whole lot of great rides, it was the least I could do!
My only advice would be to maybe wait until riding season is not at its peak. Two weeks off the bike with all these beautiful days bites. Winter would've been better. Also, don't do it the day after you finish building a new bike.
It really wasn't that big a deal and the pain scale was way less than I thought. Mine took 10 min tops and I was off the table. I took 2 valiums about 15 min before and that will get you in the mood. At least to lower inhibitions. A little pain / burning as the local was injected but it was over like in 3 seconds. The Dr. was very good and always asked if there was any pain. The only uncomfortable thing was smelling the burning smell as he was cauterizng.
I felt fine afterwards and two days later I can barely tell I had it done. But I am following his orders and doing nothing for 3 days and using some ice. I feel good enough to go out and ride now but I won't. That's a tuff thing to do because I have a brand new Heckler that I got a day before the procedure, so it has only 1 ride on it. So here I sit doing nothing, feeling pretty darn good, with a brand new rig just sitting there. But better safe than sorry and would rather wait 2 weeks and heal up completely than tear up some stuff and have to wait that much longer. BTW, 2 weeks for the bike was his recommendation but he did say to let pain be the guide; so maybe earlier. Bottom line is everyones body is different. Some had a great procedure others...not so good. But I hope it's well worth it in the end. I think Formica hit the nail right on the head in her posts. After seeing my wife go through what she did, twice, and miss a whole lot of great rides, it was the least I could do!
My only advice would be to maybe wait until riding season is not at its peak. Two weeks off the bike with all these beautiful days bites. Winter would've been better. Also, don't do it the day after you finish building a new bike.
I got mine done last year. The procedure is really not that bad, so don't be scared. It's over in like 10-15 minutes, I didn't need valium or anything. Pain was very minimal both during and after. However for me the worst part wasn't pain per se, but a slight case of feeling natious like someone kicked you in your balls. You know, that sort of sick to your stomach feeling. It wasn't super bad, and sitting on the couch iced made it go away. Still, I didn't want to ride the first 3-4 days, took me probably about 8 days before I felt 100% and not scared of hitting the jewels while riding.
Overall it was much easier and less painful than I expected, definitely glad I got it done. Insurance covered it 100%, minus one office visit copay. Beats buying condoms all the time
Overall it was much easier and less painful than I expected, definitely glad I got it done. Insurance covered it 100%, minus one office visit copay. Beats buying condoms all the time
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