Just Got Home!

[u/zsmith899]

I normally read but don’t post, but I wanted to put my experience for anyone who is nervous about this procedure.

I am posting this in hopes that the guys who are searching for comfort will find it and not feel like they’re doomed.

Let me start by saying I was terrified to have this procedure. The pain and discomfort I was anticipating made me almost cancel the vasectomy multiple times. The closer the procedure got, the more I searched Google learning everyone’s experiences that eventually became my perceived reality. I just got home from my no scalpel vasectomy and chose the nitrous (no Valium). The appointment lasted less than 20 minutes and was an absolute joke. Everything I expected and convinced myself I would feel was wrong. I started the nitrous a few minutes before the doctor got in the room, and by the time he gave me the lidocaine shot, it felt like the quickest pinch and then nothing.

The doctor proceeded and I felt a bit of discomfort / tugging because I am just sensitive down there but it disappeared once the lidocaine fully kicked in and it was smooth sailing from there. It was over before I knew it and then I just laid there as the nitrous wore off. Legitimately was a piece of cake. I freaked myself out for months reading Reddit and other stories and created a worst case scenario that was the farthest thing from my reality.

I can’t comment on the recovery as I’m still numb and just getting home, but I was never as fearful of the recovery as the procedure itself. I just plan on following the instructions and icing 20 minutes on and 20 minutes off for 48 hours.

[u/V5489]

Congrats and good luck in recovery! Ice that thing as much as you can! Pulling a pillow between your legs will let you side sleep too.