Hi,
On Thursday I am due to get a Vasectomy. . . .
Has anyone had this done? If so, what about pain and recovery time?
I had my vasectomy more than 45 years ago, a couple of months after my fourth child was born, and I've never had the slightest regret over having it done.
The operation was in the urologist's office. It took about 45 minutes from the time I entered the room and took my trousers and shorts off, till I put my clothes back on and walked out. For safety's sake, my wife drove us home. That was on a Friday afternoon. I used a few ice bags when needed for minor pain during Friday evening, took it easy over the weekend, and went back to work Monday morning with nothing but very minor residual soreness.
I took a semen sample to the urologist about six weeks later, and it was found to be sperm-free. I haven't used a condom since.
After the vasectomy I noticed no difference in the quantity or appearance of my semen, and a nice increase in the feeling of complete safety in intercourse with my wife. She liked being able to discontinue using "the pill", to which she had occasionally reacted unpleasantly.
A related story occurred twenty-odd years later. Though still married to my first wife, I was getting interested in a young woman whom I'd known well for several years but who, to my surprise, had begun signalling subtly to me that she might be receptive to more than casual friendship. She was a professional colleague, in her mid-30s (and thus 20 years my junior), divorced, and childless. She lived and worked in a town about an hour's drive from where I lived, but often came to my city for professional meetings and to visit her parents, who lived in my city.
After she and I had had a couple of meetings with some pleasant physical contact short of my unzipping my trousers, we arranged that on the following Saturday I would visit her at her apartment in her town. We had lunch there, sat down together on her couch after lunch, and got physical again.
Within a few minutes we had confirmed to each other our mutual interest in getting into bed together. She asked whether I had brought condoms. I told her that I'd had a vasectomy and that she need not worry.
She asked, "Are you SURE that I can't get pregnant?" I replied, "There's absolutely NO chance whatsoever of your getting pregnant from me!"
With that, she leaped up and led me by my hand to her bed. We proceeded to have a great time together--in fact, four great times in about three hours that afternoon--before I had to leave.
To cap things off, I had one more great time later that same day--with my wife. It was definitely one of my best days ever!:smile:
