[nowarninglabel]

Have you actually talked to someone who has had a vasectomy? They are debilitatingly painful.

Sure, as a side effect, it's unfortunate, but if a pill were available that was designed for this effect it would be a blessing.

[darklajid]

That is the most ridiculous FUD I've read in a while here.

It takes 20 minutes and you walk out. You'll feel not a thing (you might feel the injections of anesthetics). You 'recover' over a week of mostly nothing. I was riding my bike the day after the procedure.

You don't see a change, you don't feel a change and it is completely painless. Ignoring myself I've talked to a good number of friends who've done the same thing, said the same thing. I haven't heard of one single person that had a vasectomy and complained about pain in any way or form.

Honestly, I wonder why people would even wish for a 'chemical castration' all over this thread. Maybe your first line is something widely 'well known' and often repeated?

[Leon]

  > I was riding my bike the day after the procedure.

Please do not spread terrible medical advice which you were surely told not to do. That's great you turned out fine but it is not ethical to promote such behavior.

Think of it as someone saying their children turned out fine without immunizations. Your words can become incredibly dangerous once you begin questioning doctors if you are not trained or have added knowledge in the area of specialty.

[darklajid]

Honestly.. what a toxic comment.

I asked my doctor if there's _anything_ I shouldn't do and he said 'No'. He told me an anecdote about a patient of his that HAD a bit of pain after flying for most of a day directly after the procedure (being cramped being probably a reason for that), but he explicitly said that there is no reason to hold back. "Be reasonable, be sensible".

But I honestly don't even know what drove you to comment here. I never said 'Ride a bike on the next day' nor am I a doctor or even TRIED to give out medical advice. Instead I explicitly called out (and tried to dispell) the 'OMG it is so painful' FUD.

Your comment is a) irrelevant (I don't give medical advice) and b) assuming things that are completely unrooted in reality and wrong.

[DanBC]

NHS says you should avoid sport for one week.

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/contraception-guide/Pages/vasec...

[darklajid]

I answered the sibling: I explicitly asked the doctor about restrictions and was - again, explicitly - told there are none, as long as I feel okay and am reasonable. Running a marathon or karate competitions are probably out. I rode my bike with a dad with his daughter - we drove about 20km total, relaxed, with a nice spot to buy food and a beer. It wasn't "sport", it was "getting outside".

Honestly though? I totally didn't plan for that. I planned the trip, planned the operation. The operation's date was changed by my doctor, I didn't cancel the trip and just .. went along, because I felt fine.

Again: My doctor didn't list any limitations, even when I explicitly asked about it. But I certainly don't claim that people should jump on a saddle as soon as they've left the room. I merely pointed out what I happened to do on the next day to mock the 'the pain is unbearable' FUD.

Feel free to rest for a week. As far as I'm concerned and as far as I'm aware after talking to people that decided to take this step: There's no need to. There's no pain. A feeling ob numbness maybe (think strained ankle, but a week later) and obviously you have cuts that you don't want to strain.

But I had a lot of accidents with a razor or a kitchen knife (mind you, we're talking "face" and "fingers" now, right?) that were far worse than the vasectomy.

[clort]

I know somebody who had that done, he never mentioned any pain. Indeed I thought he said it was a day procedure.

Along the same lines, I know several people who have had knee replacement surgery and they all said it was the most painful thing ever. All of them though, are very happy reaping the benefits of that years later. It was only a few months after saying that if he knew it would hurt that much that he wouldn't have had it done that an 80yr old friend of mine was proudly showing me how he could jump down some steps!

[throwawaysnip]

Not sure what "debilitatingly painful" is based on. Personal experience? Reports from others? Guessing?

My vasectomy was not painful at all. You do get a needle into your scrotum to inject the anaesthetic, and that is not a nice feeling at all. But it's over in two seconds. You don't feel the rest, because, you know, modern medicine.

What part do you think is painful?

For me the only major downside was the cost. If I ever decide I want children, I guess I'll have to adopt.

[mike_o]

It's not the procedure itself that is sometimes painful, it's the recovery. When I had it done more than 20 years ago, I was fine with both, but the doctor proscribed me heavy duty painkillers in case the pain got bad.

He said he didn't use to, but then he had a vasectomy himself.

[Scarblac]

I have had one. Yes it hurts. Not debilitatingly though. And it's only for a minute or so per ball. It's bruised and sensitive for a week or so, but nothing major.