Fear factor
Laid Off Dad | February 21Anyone researching vasectomies must eventually come across this eponymous site, which very helpfully answers ten FAQs about the procedure. One of the questions involves the “No-Scalpel” Vasectomy (NSV), which has no incision and, according to the site, “no perceptible scaring” [sic, emphasis mine].
I’ll be the judge of how scared, or scarred, I am. Frankly, it scares the hell out of me to think of handing my nuts over to someone who can’t even spell.
Danny, you wanna chime in here… you’re the expert on this subject.
Last child born 8/10 Vasectomy was scheduled by my wife within the same month!
BTW love the categories you classified here.
i happen to have a little thing for nurses. i don’t care how well she can spell, i’m handing my nuts over — salted in a paper bag.
Don’t believe the hype, LOD. The scars are imperceptible because the torture is strictly psychological. And my urologist didn’t use a scalpel either. He used a rusty hacksaw.
Psychological scars are perceptible. I’m picturing an excruciating episode of fear based shrinkage in anticipation of the procedure, while in the presence of an attractive nurse. That’s trauma. Call me a coward if you want, but I’m going to have to still think about it for a while.
A certain medical practitioner of my acquaintance attended a conference on how to do NSVs. Part of the conference was a presentation about couples’ reported sexual satisfaction a few months after undergoing various sterilization techniques (tubals, etc.).
The medical practitioner told me that one of the slides said something like: Female Satisfaction after Vasectomies = 100%
So, y’know, in the interests of science, among other things, I mentioned this to my husband, in casual conversation. (Okay, I threw my arms around him, and sobbed and begged, and reminded him that I bore him two children, and made him look at my scars again.)
And I have to say . . . without the fear of 8 lb repercussions forty weeks later, the Fun Index most definitely spiked up. With an N of one, our follow-up study indeed confirmed 100% female satisfaction.
But we didn’t plot that out on a graph or do a Power Point thing about it or anything.
Baby born in July nuts snipped in December. My decision, OUCH! Seven days of pain and the ache remains. I think the ache is in my head.
ROFLMAO!
I am so glad that due to a hysterectomy, I will never have to be scared… or scarred.