had mine done at 27 and had a unsuccessful reversal at 35,now that was a painful recovery lol
Having your snip done is one of life’s moments you don’t forget. My doctor offered me 3 choices. Have it done privately by a urogenital consultant within a fortnight for £200 (This was in 1998). Pay £64 and have it done within a few months or wait for up to 2 years on the NHS. Settling for the £64 job seemed a good compromise.
The big day arrived and it was snowing a blizzard and I had to be at the hospital for 8 in the morning. I got a friend to come with me in case I couldn’t drive afterwards but they need not have bothered as driving back was fine. There were 7 of us to be done and we were ushered into this waiting area with a tele blasting away. The ward sister came in. She was a huge Hatty Jacques type with blonde hair and a beaming smiling face. She sat in the middle of us and looked around smiling then slapped her knees and said in a booming Valleys voice, “ Hello Boys!!”
She got a few timid murmurs by way of reply. Then a piece came on the tele about transvestites and the irony of the situation had a few of us laughing and wondering if this was actually a video they showed to blokes about to be “done”.
We had to change into these open backed gowns and put on white football socks.
Then wait by our beds for the sister to come around and make sure we’d all shaved our nuts. I felt like a flasher when she bent down in front of me and told me to pull the gown up. She said that it was a quick procedure and quite painless. Then added that in some men the tube was more taut than in others and that sometimes the surgeon had to tug on it. Such guys might feel “a little discomfort”.
The thing that I thought was going to hurt (needle in the balls) didn’t hurt at all. Didn’t feel a thing. They don’t plunge the needle through your nuts anyway. Where I was unlucky though was that I was one of those with the tight tubes.
There was a huge pot of tea and big plate of sandwiches waiting for us as we came back one at a time after being done. We had to lay on the bed for an hour and the sister checked the incisions every now and again. I was lucky. Didn’t have any swelling. They told us to lay in bed for a day or so with a small bag of frozen peas over each incision.
Had to take semen samples in at three months and five months with the result being given out a month later. The semen certainly changes texture.
I think more blokes should consider it. It’s done in 15 minutes is relatively painless. Sure some chaps are unlucky with infections etc. but the procedure for the lady is far more complicated.
when i had same op in early 70s it was reasonably newwalking around wiyh your nuts in a bag similar to satsumas in a super market{most painful}. they even brought out a neck tie like aclub or badge of honour.
mine was quite funny as i was 21 my DR said there was no chance id get it done on the nhs as i was so young but could get it done privately for 85 quid i told him id do it myself then go to A+E and they can tidy things up i got an apointment within 5 days and the op within a month i think my DR knowing me very well helped
travelinman.... attempt to shove a pineapple up your ass without lube for 12 hours... then take a sharp knife and cut from your ass to your testes.
that should give you a little flavour of giving birth.