It’s different for everyone. The pain experienced varies wildly and for different durations. Some people get aspirin after and others get an opiate. Some people get laughing gas before/during and others a valium or xanax. There’s also a semi rare condition where you experience pain long after the procedure.
I’m one of the unlucky ones who had years of pain afterward. I think the complication rate is underreported, by a lot. I went back and asked for help with the pain and they basically told me I was imagining it.
Also, it’s not really helpful to dismiss any accounts that don’t fit your narrative as “just a shit doc.” Even if that’s true, most laypeople can’t distinguish a shit doctor from a good one. FWIW, the doc that did mine had several interns watching and learning during my procedure, so apparently he was the best they had.
My doctor explained all this before the procedure that there was a risk of lasting pain, sometimes it doesn’t work, etc so it absolutely does seem like you had a shit doc.
Furthermore, the above poster said “vasectomies don’t go great as a simple procedure” which isn’t true in a majority of cases. Mine was also 15 minutes in the office and about a week and a half of tenderness. This was followed by a prescription for busting a nut as many times as I could to flush the pipes before the semen count test. Every medical procedure has some risk. The above poster is claiming something that isn’t true.
What do you mean when you say “the medical community is underreporting it?” I acknowledged that my experience is not the universal experience, but also that my doctor was aware of this possibility and informed me of it before the procedure. The fact that yours didn’t along with disregarding your known symptom after the fact shows that they’re not very good at their job, but says nothing about the procedure itself nor what the other person is claiming to be universally true.
You’re saying your doctor warned you about this risk, but then didn’t believe it was real when you were one of the unlucky ones to be affected by it? Again your gripe seems to be with the doctor not the procedure.
I think it’s also a matter of when it was done. I had the old kind with needles and scalpels and it was pretty rough. The newer procedures have a few benefits:
No-scalpel vasectomy: a small puncture hole is made instead of a cut. The vas deferens is located, pulled through the hole, cut, and sealed. This method usually does not require stitches because the puncture is so small.
no-needle” vasectomy: uses a special device called a Madajet, which delivers a puff of local anesthetic through the skin using compressed air, numbing the area before the procedure begins
I would think either or both of these options would eliminate most if not all of the major discomfort/pain issues.
News flash: lots of doctors out there are shit and it’s not like you exactly know how bad they’re gonna be yanking and slicing your junk until they’re in the act. Source: had a shit doc do my vasectomy.
I don’t want to discount others’ stories, I’m sure at least many of them are true. Every body is different and every doctor is different. It still seems to be an all-around safer approach to birth control with less frequent side effects than the methods there are for women, at least to my understanding.
My partner is on enough meds for other things that figuring out a hormone balancing routine on top of that seemed burdensome. When I got my gallbladder removed, I told them to just add on the vasectomy while I was out already.
I was a bit concerned when I woke up, as I thought it was supposed to be relatively painless and my crotch was killing me worse than the pain from the gallbladder stuff. Once I could stand up though, I figured out the supporter they put on my had been bunched up and was cutting off circulation or pinching a nerve or something like that, so once I fixed that, it was just mild discomfort.
It’s nice not having to worry about the effectiveness of other birth control methods now. I found the whole concept very liberating. I’d whole-heartedly recommend it, but like any other operation, there is going to be a non-zero chance of risk. For most people, it’s a mundane thing you will rapidly forget you even did it, but like anything else, the people who take the time to post about it are going to be the ones with negative experiences, so diy research can end up being a bit disproportionate.
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Mild inconvenience at worst. Don’t spread misinformation about this awesome procedure.
Sounds like you just had a shit doc doing yours.
It’s different for everyone. The pain experienced varies wildly and for different durations. Some people get aspirin after and others get an opiate. Some people get laughing gas before/during and others a valium or xanax. There’s also a semi rare condition where you experience pain long after the procedure.
I’m one of the unlucky ones who had years of pain afterward. I think the complication rate is underreported, by a lot. I went back and asked for help with the pain and they basically told me I was imagining it.
Also, it’s not really helpful to dismiss any accounts that don’t fit your narrative as “just a shit doc.” Even if that’s true, most laypeople can’t distinguish a shit doctor from a good one. FWIW, the doc that did mine had several interns watching and learning during my procedure, so apparently he was the best they had.
Thank you for sharing your experience. It can be so frustrating to hear a doctor tell you that over a year of pain is just your imagination.
My doctor explained all this before the procedure that there was a risk of lasting pain, sometimes it doesn’t work, etc so it absolutely does seem like you had a shit doc.
Furthermore, the above poster said “vasectomies don’t go great as a simple procedure” which isn’t true in a majority of cases. Mine was also 15 minutes in the office and about a week and a half of tenderness. This was followed by a prescription for busting a nut as many times as I could to flush the pipes before the semen count test. Every medical procedure has some risk. The above poster is claiming something that isn’t true.
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What do you mean when you say “the medical community is underreporting it?” I acknowledged that my experience is not the universal experience, but also that my doctor was aware of this possibility and informed me of it before the procedure. The fact that yours didn’t along with disregarding your known symptom after the fact shows that they’re not very good at their job, but says nothing about the procedure itself nor what the other person is claiming to be universally true.
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I made my point quite clearly in my last comment.
You’re saying your doctor warned you about this risk, but then didn’t believe it was real when you were one of the unlucky ones to be affected by it? Again your gripe seems to be with the doctor not the procedure.
Just cause he was teaching the interns doesn’t make him the best they have to just clear that up. That’s a massively off base assumption.
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Dude, what the hell? Calm down. It’s just the Internet.
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Unironically yes.
I think it’s also a matter of when it was done. I had the old kind with needles and scalpels and it was pretty rough. The newer procedures have a few benefits:
I would think either or both of these options would eliminate most if not all of the major discomfort/pain issues.
News flash: lots of doctors out there are shit and it’s not like you exactly know how bad they’re gonna be yanking and slicing your junk until they’re in the act. Source: had a shit doc do my vasectomy.
I don’t want to discount others’ stories, I’m sure at least many of them are true. Every body is different and every doctor is different. It still seems to be an all-around safer approach to birth control with less frequent side effects than the methods there are for women, at least to my understanding.
My partner is on enough meds for other things that figuring out a hormone balancing routine on top of that seemed burdensome. When I got my gallbladder removed, I told them to just add on the vasectomy while I was out already.
I was a bit concerned when I woke up, as I thought it was supposed to be relatively painless and my crotch was killing me worse than the pain from the gallbladder stuff. Once I could stand up though, I figured out the supporter they put on my had been bunched up and was cutting off circulation or pinching a nerve or something like that, so once I fixed that, it was just mild discomfort.
It’s nice not having to worry about the effectiveness of other birth control methods now. I found the whole concept very liberating. I’d whole-heartedly recommend it, but like any other operation, there is going to be a non-zero chance of risk. For most people, it’s a mundane thing you will rapidly forget you even did it, but like anything else, the people who take the time to post about it are going to be the ones with negative experiences, so diy research can end up being a bit disproportionate.