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| 2049.1 | I had mine in 1989 | UNIFIX::FRENCH | Bill French 381-1859 | Mon Apr 28 1997 07:19 | 23 |
| Yes, I had mine in 1989. It took me 3 years to get around to it, given
some of the stories I had heard, but it was much easier than I
expected. No problems at all (but I followed their instructions).
(all day on the couch, with ice, having someone bring a bucket to
urinate - not getting up for any reason.)
Mine was so non-traumatic that if vasectomies only lasted a month, I
would get one done every month. Well maybe that's a stretch but it
wasn't anywhere as big a deal as I had feared.
Mine was done at Concord Hospital (NH) my Dr. David Green of Concord
Urology. I would recommend him highly.
It was done on a Friday a.m. I was walking out by 9:30 a.m. They said
to wait 48 hours before trying it out, and I lasted 36 hours.(i.e. I
was feeling fine by Saturday night)
You do have to wait 8 weeks and or 24 ejaculations before you are sperm
free, which is confirmed from semen samples.
The novocaine was no worse than a bee sting on the skin. Not at all
like the deep pain that we males fear. Mine was 2 incisions about 3/8",
one on each side; It takes a lot of imagination to find the scars now.
Send mail if you wan't more details.
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| 2049.2 | couldn't resist... | BIGQ::GARDNER | justme....jacqui | Mon Apr 28 1997 07:45 | 3 |
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Your nodename seems to fit, Bill!
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| 2049.3 | What can I say? | UNIFIX::FRENCH | Bill French 381-1859 | Tue Apr 29 1997 06:56 | 13 |
| > Your nodename seems to fit, Bill!
Gee, thanks for noticing, jacqui. I had the nodename specially
created for this note ;^)
Actually, it's a ghost from the past. It's a VMS node that belongs
to a group I used to be in prior to '93 (It's the UNIX support
group that fixed CLDs - appropriate, huh?)
I'm just a squatter there for VMS stuff since this UNIX engineering
group won't give me an account on a VMS system.
Barnacle Bill
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| 2049.4 | Details available via mail | UNIFIX::FRENCH | Bill French 381-1859 | Tue Apr 29 1997 11:10 | 8 |
| I have sent a detailed description to the original author. I'm a bit
too modest to post the details here, but if anyone is interested, they
can send mail to me (my unix acct is preferred either hunch::french or
[email protected].) and I will forward the details. The bottom line
is that it was no big deal, and I wouldn't have waited 3 years from
when I decided I wanted it if I had known then what I know now.
Bill
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| 2049.5 | | BIGQ::GARDNER | justme....jacqui | Wed Apr 30 1997 12:47 | 9 |
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many moons ago in the still years of the beginnings of THE VAS
op, my parents had my husband change from having his GP do the
deed to having a urologist do the deed. it was good advice then
1970, and seems to be a good idea to follow now as the specialist
knows the plumbing arena. There used to be a place to send away
for a pin to wear if you had the snip op for guys.
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| 2049.6 | I second the urologist reccommnedation | UNIFIX::FRENCH | Bill French 381-1859 | Thu May 01 1997 08:14 | 14 |
| One of the questions I asked the urologist who was to do mine
was how many he had done. (He looked like a 30 year old "kid" and
I was 43) he said "over 100". A co-worker of one of my friends went to
his doctor for one, the doctor made the incision, had to call another
doctor in, sewed him up after one side and told hime to come back
a few days later, at which time he told the patient he was dropping
him as a patient. Apparently the doc couldnt tell the vas defferens
from the testicular artery and vein. Given my success, I'm not sorry
I chose a specialist. Besides, my internist didn't offer - he referred
me to Concord Urology, where I had my pick of 4 urologists. I told the
nurse that I was kind of chicken and wanted someone understanding, and
she replied that the doctor I wanted was Dr. Green. I guess a couple of
the older dosc were a bt gruff.
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| 2049.7 | | IJSAPL::ANDERSON | Now noting in colour!" | Thu May 01 1997 08:32 | 6 |
| Three weeks after the op you will be asked to bring a sperm sample in
to the Pathology Lab. Should you have any, you will experience a strong
urge to take one of your children with you. Try to resist it as it
makes the Pathologists go into a giggle fit.
Jamie.
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| 2049.8 | | BIGQ::GARDNER | justme....jacqui | Thu May 01 1997 10:44 | 3 |
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What they really want is the seminal fluid without the semen!!!
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| 2049.9 | | CPEEDY::ZALESKI | | Thu May 01 1997 16:12 | 4 |
| What are you talking about? They want a load full and complete. Please
don't separate the yoke from the whites. Just fill up a bottle and
bring it in. What is this seminal fluid without semen?
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| 2049.10 | | IJSAPL::ANDERSON | Now noting in colour!" | Fri May 02 1997 02:37 | 4 |
| They want a sample to see if they can find any live sperm. If they can
find any the vasectomy was not a success.
Jamie.
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| 2049.11 | semen without sperm! | UNIFIX::FRENCH | Bill French 381-1859 | Fri May 02 1997 10:08 | 5 |
| Let's get our terminology correct. The desired effect is to have
semen without any SPERM(atazoa). It wouldn't be much fun is there
was no semen.
Barnacle Bill
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| 2049.12 | mea culpa... | BIGQ::GARDNER | justme....jacqui | Mon May 05 1997 08:37 | 4 |
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gee, it's been such a long time since either hubby or i have
had our hands on sperm or ovumm!!!! ;*)
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| 2049.13 | | IJSAPL::ANDERSON | Now noting in colour!" | Mon May 05 1997 10:28 | 19 |
| Well over the weekend I asked Harry what the correct medical term for
the sample was. It turns out to be ejaculate.
Re .6
>Apparently the doc couldnt tell the vas defferens from the testicular
>artery and vein.
Apparently the vas deferens and the artery are remarkably similar and
cutting the wrong one comes under the heading of "acceptable mistake".
The small segment removed is sent to the path lab to be checked. Harry
says that every so often it is artery not vas, so the operation must be
repeated and the correct vessel cut.
It seems that you can get by without that artery.
Jamie.
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| 2049.14 | | CPEEDY::ZALESKI | | Mon May 05 1997 11:46 | 12 |
| A friend of mine, a urologist, said that it is not common to confuse
the veins and artery from the vas. The vas is tough and the other is
very soft. It even looks different when you cut it. There would be more
blood in the artery even with the clamp on the tube. When you look at
the end of the VAS you can see some of the fluid. The VAS is connected
to the testis in a different place and you can feel it connected before
and after it is pulled through the slit. In some unusual conditions
that might be true but then the person has other problems. He said to
feel your testis and you can feel the VAS. You can also feel the artery
and it is obvious which is which. He said if the person does not, get
his out of your pants.
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| 2049.15 | | CPEEDY::ZALESKI | | Mon May 05 1997 11:48 | 3 |
| Correction. Get his hands out of your pants. although the other way
sounds funnier.
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| 2049.16 | Can't tell the difference! | SALEM::ALLORE | All I want is ONE shot..well maybe 2 | Mon May 05 1997 12:00 | 7 |
| I agree with the last two replies. Even as a student in
Anatomy and Physiology we were expected to and could tell the
difference in a fetal pig, never mind in a human! So, I would hope that
someone performing the surgery could tell the difference. If not, they
won't be touching me there, or anywhere else for that matter.
Bob
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| 2049.17 | | IJSAPL::ANDERSON | Now noting in colour!" | Tue May 06 1997 02:08 | 4 |
| That's the trouble with being a pathologist, you get to see all the
failings of the medical profession.
Jamie.
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