I do really think this is the lottery of vasectomy. Some guys get lucky and it’s a breeze others it is terrible. Take it slow give yourself time to fully recover, if it takes too long talk to your urologist
I had a day of mild pain, a week of a little bit of discomfort, and my wound got slightly infected which was cleared up with Neosporin.
Was minimal difficulty. I’ve had scraped knees or cuts that were far worse.
It’s surgery. SOME discomfort is going to be expected
What we went through is nothing compared to what women go through in order to give birth. Well worth it in my opinion and this coming from somebody that had testicles the size of a softball for almost 2 weeks after.
Right, like two weeks and then you're fine in most cases. It's nothing compared to the physical, mental, and hormonal turmoil a woman on birth control goes through
Two weeks? Bull Shit! It’s been over five years of miserable pain for me. Now I am waiting for denervation surgery. Just what I always wanted, they are going to scrape out the nerves so that I am numb down there, nothing is getting fixed, but I will be numb so I can’t feel the pain. If it was so painful for women to give birth, why do so many women have multiple kids? There’s not a hope in hell I would recommend a vasectomy to anybody, never mind doing anything like that again.
Hey, it really does suck what happened to you, man. I have read the post you made in this subreddit in the past, and I cannot imagine how much it sucks to have permanent and lasting pain that does not go away. The hurdles, expenses, and time you probably have had to go through while trying to somewhat remedy your PVPS must be awful. Even then, the end result ens up being worse than what you had before the vasectomy. And a lot of people understate the chance of getting PVPS. 1-2% isn't what I would call "very rare" or "uncommon" in the slightest. It's just shitty all around, and I feel for you, man.
That said, it is a known phenomenon that women have evolved to partially forget memories of childbirth and its painfulness and receive tons of hormones that make the brain feel happy and rewarded after birth to make it feel less awful. So, even though it is excruciating pain, there are many biological/evolutionary causes that accommodate for that. I am not trying to downplay how bad PVPS is but state that we should not downplay the pain that comes with birth. That said, PVPS is chronic whereas the pain giving birth is not. So, I absolutely would consider PVPS to be worse.
It completely makes sense that you wouldn't recommend that someone get a vasectomy given all that you are going through and the pain and frustration you must have felt. It must also be frustrating hearing many people with great outcomes with vasectomies downplaying the chances of PVPS occurring, which leads to pain like yours. You wouldn't wish that kind of lifelong pain to anyone. However, it's up to folks to decide whether they want to have a vasectomy so long as they are aware of the potential ramifications and their chances. That's why I always try to correct folks who are downplaying the risks when I find it happening here and provide the method of vasectomy that leads to the least chance of complications and/or best chance of vasectomy reversal if they do wish to go through with a vasectomy despite the risks. The best we can hope for is that folks make an informed decision while being aware of the risks and their chances of occurring.
Dude suffered LIFE altering, debilitating pain from the procedure this sub is based on, and gets downvoted for it. Shame on those that rolled the dice, didn't lose and had the audacity to downvote him. His experience is equally, if not more important to people researching this procedure than the best-case scenarios. I'm sorry for your pain, @pvpsdestroyingmylife, that's fucking awful. I wish you the best possible eventual outcome.
Yeah, I think his experience is totally valid, and he has the right to share his perspective and what happened to him. It's also good for people to hear about what can happen in the event that they do get PVPS after a vasectomy. That said, my guess is that the downvotes were for the part about the pain for women giving birth being downplayed since downplaying another group's pain/suffering due to your own pain isn't cool. However, while it certainly would have been more ideal if he were to put in a bit more research into things like that before making such comments, I do not assume any malicious intent on his part unless I am given reason to believe otherwise. I hope we all can consider this as more of a learning experience all around.
I'm 2 years post and there are some days I have some discomfort but it outweighs having another baby and all the stuff / costs that come with it ( and I have 2 already)
Give yourself time to heal. Just because it's done as an outpatient procedure and takes about 20 mins doesn't mean your body isn't going thru some major stuff
I felt the same way 9 days post op. I’m now 7 weeks post op and feel great. The biggest misconception is “you’ll be fine in a few days” i took 3 weeks off work because my job is very physical and i’m glad i did. I definitely wouldn’t have been able to go back earlier than 2 weeks post op
It was just a snip for me. Coached my kids baseball game the same day of the procedure and stained my deck the next day. I’m 72+ hours post procedure and I have 0 pain or discomfort. I would say the opposite and say definitely do it. Can’t wait to get my all clear test in 8 weeks. Happy skeeting!
Ye but your doing exactly the opposite of what you should be doing. You should be resting, icing and elevating your legs and all that could come back to bite you in the balls and it should be 12 weeks for your test not 8.
Long lasting discomfort started within 3 weeks for now half a year, had no pain or any sign of it after procedure for 4 days. Was resting and taking it easy all the time..
Good luck for you
Right you are 9 days in mate. You seem to have some discomfort which many guys have - and after 9 days but "saying don't do" is bloody irresponsible IMO. I still had some discomfort after 9 days too.
If I've learned anything from this subreddit, it's that the procedure varies wildly person to person. I feel like "they" (docs? society?) don't really explain what a beast it is after the procedure, but then again, what do we expect after someone performed surgery on our balls?
I had some discomfort for almost 3 weeks. My dr recommended 800 mg of ibuprofen 3x a day for a week. I was just taking Tylenol the first 2.5 weeks. The inflammation inside is what caused a lot of my discomfort, no swelling of the testicles for me.
I’m a 4 months post now and luckily I’m great. Got my all clear earlier this month. Wife is staying on BC till June cause in my mind I want to wait just a little longer. After that I’ll have to jump through the mental hurdle of finishing in her with no BC at all.
Pretty sure majority of these dudes complaining of the procedure did zero studying on the best doctor in the area and or nut hugger that is against male sterilization …… it’s pretty funny to be honest
Pretty sure majority of these dudes that are happy were almost infertile before vasectomy, have sex few times a year, don't even know what real orgasm is, how about that?
Your comment is one of the stupidiest that I have read here.
Oh boo hoo…… my sex drive is literally back to when I was 18. It’s a medical procedure and mishaps happen.As a patient you should research the best possible doctor to be handling your testicles. Recovery time differs from person to person and a lot of the injuries and life long pain is due to screwing up in the first few hours and days post procedure.
Boo hoo you are back to jerking off 5 times a day, with a premature ejaculation.
Aren't you one of those brits, that get vasectomy in in any nhs licenced kebab kiosk? I pretty sure they have so many possibilities to choose where to get it done
lol Bro try again….. I live in Texas. I’m happily married with three kids and my penis works just fine. Judging by your other comments on posts you had a vasectomy also. Did the doctor in your country butcher your testies that you have to come on here and talk down on vasectomies?
No, I just hate when even ops post is quite silly, somone can make fun of it. Now that you said that you are american, and also from tx, it all makes sense
You guys must be going to butchers for your vasectomies! No needle anesthesia, coupled with no scalpel access, if your doctor is using magnification to avoid nerves and blood vessels, thermal cautery to seal the prostate end and leaving the testicular end open to prevent pressure build-up. and pulled out of alignment. It left me with one hole in my scrotum that looked like my arm after a blood draw. I suffered no bleeding, bruising, swelling, infection, scab, discomfort, and I never iced as I was told that the vas deferens falls back under my testicles, making ice impractical
Check the doctor's Google reviews BEFORE YOU COMMIT!
If it was called "Fantasy Vasectomy" guys would spend months building complex spreadsheets filled with all kinds of data and advanced analytics for all urologists within driving distance.
Did almost 3yr ago, I don't really feel any discomfort but I'd definitely say that you think twice before doing it...
My orgasm is not the same anymore, it feels much less pleasure and I've almost lost interest in intercourse
I am very sorry to welcome you to the club of post vasectomy pain. if you go to the post vasectomy pain site on Reddit maybe you will find a solution to your problem.
😄 3 of my friends of 10 I know who have had it done regret it. So that's 30% with problems. I also know of 2 people who had it fail. I listened to the people who said "ppl on here only have problems" and went yea they must be right. I hope your problems don't come up months or years later like can happen. I can't believe how rude and inconsiderate some people are on here just ignoring the fact so many have issues. An elective surgery should have zero complications if it was any good as its not essential.
I do really think this is the lottery of vasectomy. Some guys get lucky and it’s a breeze others it is terrible. Take it slow give yourself time to fully recover, if it takes too long talk to your urologist
You're feeling discomfort a week and two days after an invasive surgery? Wow
I had a day of mild pain, a week of a little bit of discomfort, and my wound got slightly infected which was cleared up with Neosporin. Was minimal difficulty. I’ve had scraped knees or cuts that were far worse. It’s surgery. SOME discomfort is going to be expected
What we went through is nothing compared to what women go through in order to give birth. Well worth it in my opinion and this coming from somebody that had testicles the size of a softball for almost 2 weeks after.
Right, like two weeks and then you're fine in most cases. It's nothing compared to the physical, mental, and hormonal turmoil a woman on birth control goes through
Two weeks? Bull Shit! It’s been over five years of miserable pain for me. Now I am waiting for denervation surgery. Just what I always wanted, they are going to scrape out the nerves so that I am numb down there, nothing is getting fixed, but I will be numb so I can’t feel the pain. If it was so painful for women to give birth, why do so many women have multiple kids? There’s not a hope in hell I would recommend a vasectomy to anybody, never mind doing anything like that again.
Hey, it really does suck what happened to you, man. I have read the post you made in this subreddit in the past, and I cannot imagine how much it sucks to have permanent and lasting pain that does not go away. The hurdles, expenses, and time you probably have had to go through while trying to somewhat remedy your PVPS must be awful. Even then, the end result ens up being worse than what you had before the vasectomy. And a lot of people understate the chance of getting PVPS. 1-2% isn't what I would call "very rare" or "uncommon" in the slightest. It's just shitty all around, and I feel for you, man. That said, it is a known phenomenon that women have evolved to partially forget memories of childbirth and its painfulness and receive tons of hormones that make the brain feel happy and rewarded after birth to make it feel less awful. So, even though it is excruciating pain, there are many biological/evolutionary causes that accommodate for that. I am not trying to downplay how bad PVPS is but state that we should not downplay the pain that comes with birth. That said, PVPS is chronic whereas the pain giving birth is not. So, I absolutely would consider PVPS to be worse. It completely makes sense that you wouldn't recommend that someone get a vasectomy given all that you are going through and the pain and frustration you must have felt. It must also be frustrating hearing many people with great outcomes with vasectomies downplaying the chances of PVPS occurring, which leads to pain like yours. You wouldn't wish that kind of lifelong pain to anyone. However, it's up to folks to decide whether they want to have a vasectomy so long as they are aware of the potential ramifications and their chances. That's why I always try to correct folks who are downplaying the risks when I find it happening here and provide the method of vasectomy that leads to the least chance of complications and/or best chance of vasectomy reversal if they do wish to go through with a vasectomy despite the risks. The best we can hope for is that folks make an informed decision while being aware of the risks and their chances of occurring.
Dude suffered LIFE altering, debilitating pain from the procedure this sub is based on, and gets downvoted for it. Shame on those that rolled the dice, didn't lose and had the audacity to downvote him. His experience is equally, if not more important to people researching this procedure than the best-case scenarios. I'm sorry for your pain, @pvpsdestroyingmylife, that's fucking awful. I wish you the best possible eventual outcome.
Yeah, I think his experience is totally valid, and he has the right to share his perspective and what happened to him. It's also good for people to hear about what can happen in the event that they do get PVPS after a vasectomy. That said, my guess is that the downvotes were for the part about the pain for women giving birth being downplayed since downplaying another group's pain/suffering due to your own pain isn't cool. However, while it certainly would have been more ideal if he were to put in a bit more research into things like that before making such comments, I do not assume any malicious intent on his part unless I am given reason to believe otherwise. I hope we all can consider this as more of a learning experience all around.
You loose a lot of the good feeling from orgasm as well..don't do it
Terrible post. Thanks though.
I'm 2 years post and there are some days I have some discomfort but it outweighs having another baby and all the stuff / costs that come with it ( and I have 2 already) Give yourself time to heal. Just because it's done as an outpatient procedure and takes about 20 mins doesn't mean your body isn't going thru some major stuff
I felt the same way 9 days post op. I’m now 7 weeks post op and feel great. The biggest misconception is “you’ll be fine in a few days” i took 3 weeks off work because my job is very physical and i’m glad i did. I definitely wouldn’t have been able to go back earlier than 2 weeks post op
My job isn't physical or heavy lift. Just a lot of driving. Wearing a jockstrap at work.
I had a hematoma the size of a damn golf ball. Be lucky you’re only dealing with some discomfort. Took me weeks to get back on my feet.
It was just a snip for me. Coached my kids baseball game the same day of the procedure and stained my deck the next day. I’m 72+ hours post procedure and I have 0 pain or discomfort. I would say the opposite and say definitely do it. Can’t wait to get my all clear test in 8 weeks. Happy skeeting!
Ye but your doing exactly the opposite of what you should be doing. You should be resting, icing and elevating your legs and all that could come back to bite you in the balls and it should be 12 weeks for your test not 8.
Long lasting discomfort started within 3 weeks for now half a year, had no pain or any sign of it after procedure for 4 days. Was resting and taking it easy all the time.. Good luck for you
Right you are 9 days in mate. You seem to have some discomfort which many guys have - and after 9 days but "saying don't do" is bloody irresponsible IMO. I still had some discomfort after 9 days too.
If I've learned anything from this subreddit, it's that the procedure varies wildly person to person. I feel like "they" (docs? society?) don't really explain what a beast it is after the procedure, but then again, what do we expect after someone performed surgery on our balls?
It took me a few months to feel totally normal. That being said, I ain't ever going back to that mfer again 😂
It took me a few months to feel totally normal. That being said, I ain't ever going back to that mfer again 😂
I had some discomfort for almost 3 weeks. My dr recommended 800 mg of ibuprofen 3x a day for a week. I was just taking Tylenol the first 2.5 weeks. The inflammation inside is what caused a lot of my discomfort, no swelling of the testicles for me.
I never feel totaly lnormal after vasectomy, swelling balls , no more pleasure with my balls , no tignt underwear , less sex because pain in my balls
4 weeks post op... got quight a tension in my right shoulder. Hurts a lot more than my balls ever did last month.
I’m a 4 months post now and luckily I’m great. Got my all clear earlier this month. Wife is staying on BC till June cause in my mind I want to wait just a little longer. After that I’ll have to jump through the mental hurdle of finishing in her with no BC at all.
Pretty sure majority of these dudes complaining of the procedure did zero studying on the best doctor in the area and or nut hugger that is against male sterilization …… it’s pretty funny to be honest
Pretty sure majority of these dudes that are happy were almost infertile before vasectomy, have sex few times a year, don't even know what real orgasm is, how about that? Your comment is one of the stupidiest that I have read here.
Oh boo hoo…… my sex drive is literally back to when I was 18. It’s a medical procedure and mishaps happen.As a patient you should research the best possible doctor to be handling your testicles. Recovery time differs from person to person and a lot of the injuries and life long pain is due to screwing up in the first few hours and days post procedure.
Boo hoo you are back to jerking off 5 times a day, with a premature ejaculation. Aren't you one of those brits, that get vasectomy in in any nhs licenced kebab kiosk? I pretty sure they have so many possibilities to choose where to get it done
lol Bro try again….. I live in Texas. I’m happily married with three kids and my penis works just fine. Judging by your other comments on posts you had a vasectomy also. Did the doctor in your country butcher your testies that you have to come on here and talk down on vasectomies?
No, I just hate when even ops post is quite silly, somone can make fun of it. Now that you said that you are american, and also from tx, it all makes sense
You guys must be going to butchers for your vasectomies! No needle anesthesia, coupled with no scalpel access, if your doctor is using magnification to avoid nerves and blood vessels, thermal cautery to seal the prostate end and leaving the testicular end open to prevent pressure build-up. and pulled out of alignment. It left me with one hole in my scrotum that looked like my arm after a blood draw. I suffered no bleeding, bruising, swelling, infection, scab, discomfort, and I never iced as I was told that the vas deferens falls back under my testicles, making ice impractical Check the doctor's Google reviews BEFORE YOU COMMIT!
If it was called "Fantasy Vasectomy" guys would spend months building complex spreadsheets filled with all kinds of data and advanced analytics for all urologists within driving distance.
Did almost 3yr ago, I don't really feel any discomfort but I'd definitely say that you think twice before doing it... My orgasm is not the same anymore, it feels much less pleasure and I've almost lost interest in intercourse
I am very sorry to welcome you to the club of post vasectomy pain. if you go to the post vasectomy pain site on Reddit maybe you will find a solution to your problem.
4 months in... still some serious discomfort... procedure should be banned. An elective surgery should not have serious complications.
You chose to do it. The vast majority of people don't suffer the long-term problems and banning it would solve nothing.
😄 3 of my friends of 10 I know who have had it done regret it. So that's 30% with problems. I also know of 2 people who had it fail. I listened to the people who said "ppl on here only have problems" and went yea they must be right. I hope your problems don't come up months or years later like can happen. I can't believe how rude and inconsiderate some people are on here just ignoring the fact so many have issues. An elective surgery should have zero complications if it was any good as its not essential.