| This was my experience as well. What you don't read too much about are the moderate experiences. Something changed for me, down there, after the procedure. My right testicle, in particular, is a lot more sensitive than it used to be. And there is the occasional pain. When that happens I feel around down there and the "tubes" (not sure of the anatomical terminology) feel like they're quite swollen. Did it destroy me? Absolutely not.
Can I live with it? Yes.
Do I regret having the procedure? No. But there is clearly a middle of the road scenario here. I'm never in excruciating pain. I've never needed to take pain killers for it. But every once in a while there is a mild throbbing, similar to having a mild headache and it goes away after a while. My family doctor told me that it would go away after a while but it's been 5 years since I had the procedure and it persists. Something else that I'll say. I had children way too young. My wife and I were high school sweethearts and we got pregnant in our senior year. I love my daughters to death but fatherhood was INSANELY difficult for me. I'm pretty sure that I have Asperger syndrome and this comes with extreme noise sensitivity, freaking out when I get interrupted by anything etc. I really wish that I had understood this about myself when I was 19 years-old because I'm positive that we could have found ways to give our daughters a much easier childhood. Nevertheless, I was absolutely convinced in my 20s that I never should have had kids and that I would never want more. Then I hit my mid to late 30s, became financially successful, way more comfortable with who and what I am as a person and suddenly felt like NOW was the time to have kids and I kind of wanted to give it another go. People change, and while vasectomies are reversible, the advise is to consider them a permanent solution. Just information. Everyone needs to make this extremely personal decision for themselves. |
On the upside…you’ll have a long life together with your children (and maybe grandchildren), at an age when you are young enough to really enjoy it. I know people who waited a long time to have kids, and then by the time their kids were adults, they were in their mid-late sixties. They end up needing care as they age when their children are young, relatively poor, and with young children of their own…which can make it hard to care for their now-elderly parents.