Vasectomy

[flexibeast]

Today i finally got the vasectomy i've been wanting to have for years. The whole experience was all very positive - friendly and professional staff, minimal discomfort afterwards. The op was performed under general anaesthetic, which was an entirely new experience for me: i'm not even sure i've ever had a local, let alone a general, anaesthetic, so going under and then suddenly being in the recovery room was a bit weird. Albeit not as weird as the experience of being wheeled on a trolley to the theatre (though when i was being wheeled back from the theatre, i was still too groggy to care :-) ).

So it's done, yay!
 

Comments

[indigo1.livejournal.com]

good on you. vasectomies are something there should be more of in the world. kudos for taking the responsibility into your own hands.

i have a couple of friends who have had vasectomies, and when they got it done they got the symbol that vets put in the ears of animals who get 'fixed' tattooed in their ears. which i thought was funny and very cool. if i ever get my tubes tied (which is a distinct possibility) i'm going to get the tattoo done.

[flexibeast.livejournal.com]

kudos for taking the responsibility into your own hands.

Thanks. As i indicated, i've actually been wanting to get it done for ages, but doctors had previously been unhappy about giving me a referral, for the usual reasons. Whereas nowadays i'm able to say "One of my partners definitely doesn't want biological kids, one of my partners already has biological kids with whom i have somewhat of a parental relationship, i have health problems which means i feel it wouldn't be responsible to bring more kids into the world for me to care for [muttered: and hey, i'm 32, so you can't pull that 'You're too young to make such a decision' thing on me]".

i actually think far more tube-tying/cutting operations would be performed if doctors would actually let people do so. But i guess they face the prospect of litigation from people who don't have a clue about actions and consequences, and who would instead try to put the responsibility for their infertility back on the doctors in question . . . .

when they got it done they got the symbol that vets put in the ears of animals who get 'fixed' tattooed in their ears. which i thought was funny and very cool.

*laugh* Indeed! i might look into that myself. :-)