How I Knew I Was Ready For A Vasectomy

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Procedure Day

            First, he stamped on some numbing solution and began to make a small break in the skin. During the procedure we had a whole conversation about how he got to this point. From his education, he worked under another doctor and eventually got his own practice. Recently he took a trip with his wife to renew their vows. When he talked about his urology practice, it was said with a great amount of pride and passion. He truly cared about what he does and his results with all his clients. I asked if he had a vasectomy done himself and to my surprise he said no! He said that he wouldn’t do it on himself, but he knew of a doctor who did perform it on himself. It would be quite hard to sit crouched over performing that on yourself I’d imagine. He said unless he finds a doctor as good as him, he likely wouldn’t have it done. I probably talked the whole procedure just to keep my mind off of it. During the severing of the vans deferens, I never really felt any actual pain. It was more of an uncomfortable tug in the groin area, but not enough for me to want to jump off the table. Then, after about 3 songs he was all done. Followed with a quick cleanup, a goodie bag with an ice pack, some homework and I was ready to go! I thanked him and the nurse and walked back out to the car as if nothing had even happened.         

The ride home was fine, I’m assuming due to the numbing medication. I walked up the stairs and gently sat on the reclining couch. I relaxed with the ice pack and just enjoyed some tv. There wasn’t any pain at all, just a bit of uncomfortableness when moving. Throughout the day I just took sessions of the frozen peas to just keep it numb. I had some pain medication Dr. Pazona prescribed, which made me drowsy and to go to sleep. As some of you may know I’m a severe night owl and my mind will keep me from sleeping. So, the three days in recovery was probably the best rest I’ve had in quite a while. Tiarra tended to my every need and even Juliette helped! Doing normal tasks like using the bathroom and showering wasn’t bad at all. If you ease in to it then you’ll be fine. There may have been some minor swelling since it was a procedure, but overall, I’d say it was a 3/10 on the pain scale. The following week I took it very easy because leading into the vasectomy I was already dealing with a sciatic nerve flare. I resumed activity after about 9 days and in about 30 days everything felt 100% back to normal. After completing the assigned homework, I sent in a sample and got the all-clear confirmation. At the time of me typing this blog it’s been around three months post op and everything is as normal as before.

         As a man who had the ultimate form of birth control implemented, I implore more men to get it done as well. There’s a lot of information available about it and it doesn’t mean the end of your manhood. There’s lots of stigma and more misinformation about side effects (if any) that causes many to not even consider it. Our women go through so much during pregnancy, that at the very least we can do our part. They go through 9 months of carrying a child, hours of labor, and countless hormonal changes. A vasectomy is an under 20-minute procedure with little to no down time. I’d say it’s a more than fair trade off to having your significant other on birth control. Now for those who aren’t sure please continue to practice safe sex. If you and your mate are sure that you are done having children, please get the procedure done. Few days of rest for a lifetime of assurance. I have no regrets having it done and if it were a repeat process, I’d do it again. 10/10 recommend.  

Here’s links to Dr.Pazona’s website (Nashville, TN based), and for more information plus a video (mature audiences only) of the procedure he does click here.

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Thanks for reading!

J.P.