vasectomy realities 🧵
Time to dispel myths and talk realities, because if you can do this, you should strongly consider it.
I got my vasectomy about 17y ago, and welcome other, more recent stories.
* Got mine through Planned Parenthood. Sliding scale.
* The woman on phone heard I "only" had one kid and did spend 45s asking if I was sure. Then I said I was, and that was that.
* Two Vicodin, and maybe a local? I was awake, then maybe napped?
* Waiting before & after is the longest bit
vasectomy realities 🧵
* I still ejaculate. My ejaculate didn't notably change in any way, including volume.
* I think they used some sort of tiny clips to close all the snipped and newly-open ends. Every blue moon, they're in an uncomfortable position; a little jiggle sets things right.
* Every partner I ever had after, for 17 years, has acted (somewhat understandably) like they won a contest they hadn't even entered on hearing about it.
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* I don't feel any less manly. I feel LIBERATED. I feel like a recent, clean STI panel (on both sides of the equation) leaves me ready to roll, pretty darn consequence-free.
* My long-term partners were able to stop THEIR birth-control efforts, which made them MUCH happier people. Nothing about uterine birth control is easy or pleasant.
Make a call. Take a day off work. Shirk lifting things for a time. If you look at it right, you're buying a lifetime theme park pass.
vasectomy realities 🧵
@thraeryn every month my girlfriend is able to say, "I'm not pregnant. Again" makes my vasectomy worth it.
Funny anecdote: when I was having mine done, the doc and i just carried on, talking about my life at the time, full time traveling in an RV.
The only moment for pause was when I felt her tug on the vas deferens... all the way up to my ear.
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@thraeryn Vasectomy, with dadoctor's commentary track!
(Sorry that was a bit of a reach. It was funnier in my head)
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All good; I had such a long day, my brain meats are responsive to almost all silliness
vasectomy realities 🧵
@notcraig My doc asked before the procedure if I minded a nurse present, as she had little experience with 'em
So my doc was constantly describing his actions as he acted, and an extra person saw me loopy on whatever opioid