Vasectomy...The Musical!

[jrandom]

Shame it isn't a practical option for people who haven't had kids.

Well... a cousin of mine has four kids, two of whom he wouldn't have had if his vasectomy hadn't been successfully reversed.

Mind you, the reversal surgery's a bit on the expensive side at around $5,000, compared to the snip procedure at $400.

Then again, one can always bank some pre-op live loads for a rainy day.

On the upside, at least you "make the cut" when it comes to contraception

Boom, tish.

But, indeed. I'm not a fan of the Pill for girls. That shit can't be good for you.

I recall the surgeon who did my op (Family Planning Association clinic in Newmarket - highly recommended) commenting at the time that if the procedure was made freely available to all male high-school students on their 16th birthday, the national birthrate would probably drop straight to zero within a couple of decades...

[jrandom]

He would have to be very young and Neive or like cars with big exhausts that made PSSSSHHHHHTTTT sounds.

He drives a Trueno.

'nuff said.

Or someone who was just curious and was wanting to furthur his knowledge iin life.

That is what Google and Wikipedia are for.

[MotoGirl]

Mind you, the reversal surgery's a bit on the expensive side at around $5,000, compared to the snip procedure at $400.

Yep, and that's if it's even reversed successfully! I know people who wanted kids and but couldn't because the reversal didn't work. Not a risk most people would take if they've never had kids.

But, indeed. I'm not a fan of the Pill for girls. That shit can't be good for you.

That's one perspective - the other is that it's a pain in the arse
I don't like being 100 percent responsible of managing the contraception in the relationship. That would make it my fault if I ever wound up to be that 1 or 2 percent where it doesn't work

[pzkpfw]

Do not, I repeat, do not, make 16 sacks of builders mix worth of concrete just two weeks after the operation.

If you do, and you "swell", do not, I repeat, do not, then fly to Oz. just a week after that.

First, they make you pay excess backage.

Secondly, sitting on it for a three hour flight is no fun.

Thirdly, it makes the roller-coasters on the gold-coast a bit less fun.


Other than that, good on you. Yay us Kiwi blokes who do this more than any other nation (I think I read that).

[mikey62]

Had mine done a couple years ago by this [U]old[U] chinese doc out in Papakura. No pain no swelling. Showed me the bits that he cut out. Most un-nerving time was when I got out and was told we would have to hang around for a while due to an armed defenders alert. They had closed Papakura down and I had thoughts of some guy in black pajama's coming into the doc's surgery saying we were being evacuated while the doc had me nuts open. LOL

[jrandom]

Yep, and that's if it's even reversed successfully! I know people who wanted kids and but couldn't because the reversal didn't work. Not a risk most people would take if they've never had kids.

I know. Then again, the number of people I talk to who rant on about how they never want kids...

Wankers. Someone's got to propagate the species. I spit upon all carefree childless types. Fuck them, the horse they rode in on, and the Audis and MV Agustas they can afford due to not having to pay for a 4-bedroom house on a large section.

I don't like being 100 percent responsible of managing the contraception in the relationship. That would make it my fault if I ever wound up to be that 1 or 2 percent where it doesn't work

Speaking as the father of one Planned and one Oops, born 363 days apart, I just gotta say... contraception is everybody's responsibility. If a guy can't remember to remind you to take the pill at the set daily time and go fetch it with a glass of water, how does he expect you to achieve the same?

Anyway, the very real fear of 18 years of child support payments should motivate any guy to put his own effort into implementing foolproof logistics in that area.

Personally, if I hadn't gotten married and had kids young, and was still playing the field... I'd probably just get snipped anyway. The hassle and potential inability to breed later on is nothing compared to the pain and expense of an unwanted pregnancy with some chick you'll never want to stay with.

[jrandom]

Showed me the bits that he cut out.

Same here! It's kind of weird, isn't it?

The most un-nerving bit for me was the smell when the doc cauterised the tube ends.

[MikeyG]

[sotto voce] "So... do you still, you know... squirt?"

Sounds like something I'd say. After she had her colon removed and a colostomy bag attached I asked my Nana if she could still fart or if her bumhole was sewn shut.

Nana laughed but my mother was not impressed.

[Joni]

Good man. Had mine done late last year. Worth every moment of discomfort.

On a scale of 1 to 10... how painfull is it?

I am genuinely interested.

BTW - Good luck Krayy, sorry if this is the wrong time for me to ask this question...

[jrandom]

On a scale of 1 to 10... how painfull is it?

Hard to say. I haven't ever had a really nasty injury to compare it to. I've never even broken a bone. From second-hand observation, if I compared to, say, what appeared to be going on while Number One Son was being born at 11lb 3oz, it wouldn't even register on the scale.

In terms of what it was about the same as? About the same as a low-speed highside where I landed on my knees and had trouble walking for a couple of days afterwards.

Not something you'd want to do just for fun, but hardly in the same league as breaking a femur or getting shot in the gut.

Heck, I even managed (purely in the interests of science, of course) to 'perform' later the same day.

[Laava]

I'm afraid your son has the knack

I also have the Knack. M M M My Sharona....etc. Ever see that Cheech and Chong movie where they were driving along stoned [well duh] and Cheech is singing 'M M M My scrotum!' Just while we were on the subject

[Oakie]

Been there, done that. Honestly, a trip to the dentist is worse (as long as you can get over the mental thing of some other guy holding your wedding tackle). The doc attached me to something to monitor my pulse and it hardly rose during the process.
Hint: ... don't ride a bike for a day or so.

If you want a laugh you can read my report on my op here at my homepage http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/oakdenz/ Just below the photos of the x-rays in the section entitled 'A disconnection'

[Krayy]

Hard to say. I haven't ever had a really nasty injury to compare it to. I've never even broken a bone. From second-hand observation, if I compared to, say, what appeared to be going on while Number One Son was being born at 11lb 3oz, it wouldn't even register on the scale.

In terms of what it was about the same as? About the same as a low-speed highside where I landed on my knees and had trouble walking for a couple of days afterwards.

Not something you'd want to do just for fun, but hardly in the same league as breaking a femur or getting shot in the gut.

Heck, I even managed (purely in the interests of science, of course) to 'perform' later the same day.

I think I'm gonna be sick

I'll take a shot in the gut thanks (chicks dig scars)

[Krayy]

Been there, done that. Honestly, a trip to the dentist is worse (as long as you can get over the mental thing of some other guy holding your wedding tackle). The doc attached me to something to monitor my pulse and it hardly rose during the process.
Hint: ... don't ride a bike for a day or so.

If you want a laugh you can read my report on my op here at my homepage http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/oakdenz/ Just below the photos of the x-rays in the section entitled 'A disconnection'

Now thats some funny writing.

Wonder if I should get a PA while I'm there?

[mstriumph]

Make sure the doc does it right- my wifes uncle had two kids, got chopped- had one more- had it looked at- had another !!!
Maybe he'd just the one in a million?

WOW!!! just THINK of the compensation claim???