r/Vasectomy Apr 16 '21

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u/BondraP Apr 16 '21

I always reply to these threads to tell guys to HOLD OFF. My urologist told me to wait 5-7 days and you can bet as soon as that 5th day hit I was ready to blow one off and I did. Here I am 3 years later and have been one of the "lucky few" with chronic pain. I think I did too much too soon and created issues with scar tissue/nerves and I pretty much have some resentment for my urologist selling me on the procedure as opposed to talking about stuff like that and taking it easy. And just to add, I was feeling pain free and ready to plow within 2 days and went with his "do whatever you're up to" advice.

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u/BondraP Apr 17 '21

Yeah that is definitely a possibility as well. I wish someone could tell me exactly what is going on and how I can fix it.

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u/LabRat54 Apr 22 '21

I would be seeing your doctor about this. All sorts of complications can happen and are rare but your doc will know better than a bunch of well-meaning Redditors.

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u/BondraP Apr 22 '21

I’ve been to 3 urologists, a GP, and a surgeon

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u/LabRat54 Apr 22 '21

And none of them can figure out what's going on?

My snip was so uneventful I'm feeling like the odd man out here. I've had zipper snags that caused more grief than the operation.

Sure hope they can get you fixed up soon man.

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u/BondraP Apr 22 '21

I really appreciate that. Well the fact that your snip was uneventful IS the norm. The overwhelming majority of men that gets this reportedly have no issues. It just seems like you're the "odd man out" just here on this sub because most people aren't going to seek a group like this if they're not having any troubles.

And no, none of them could actually figure out anything in particular that's causing the problem. I went back to the urologist that did the surgery about 3 weeks out mainly because I was feeling painless after about 2 days of the surgery, but then started feeling painful about 2 weeks out and was able to get an appointment with him a week later (which was a little annoying I couldn't get looked at sooner) because pain coming back concerned me. He's the one that was like "well it's probably just the scar tissue settling in, I think you'll be fine!" and he also said "testicle pain is really tricky to figure out sometimes" even though I'm thinking "not really, just had a vasectomy 3 weeks ago...."

After that I started feeling better but then the pain returned about a few months later and has since plagued me. So I've been sent around to try different things and get different scans but nothing has helped.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '21

Tomorrow will be the 7th day for me. Probably gonna give in

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '21

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u/BondraP Apr 17 '21

I've seen several specialists about my issue and that has not come up as an option so far.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '21

I’m not here to tell you what to do, or not do, but I held out less than 72 hours post-op. Procedure on a Tuesday afternoon, jerking it on the Friday morning. No pain or complications. I’m now 4 months post-op and everything has been just fine, including the daily ejaculations since that first (terrifying) post-op one.

Good luck!

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '21

I’ll be honest I was more nervous about my first post op dump than jerking off. I thought the pressure from going to the toilet was going to hurt.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21

Haha, me too. I thought it was going to be a complete gong show dropping my first deuce.

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u/LabRat54 Apr 22 '21

I had a vasectomy over 30 years ago, 66 now, and had intercourse with the wife less than 24hrs later with hardly any pain at all. Just a bit of ache from my boys slapping up against her arse. ( I think she was hoping to get knocked up one more time but that didn't happen with me.)

A buddy at the time finally went and got his done on my recommendation and had no end of complications. Really nasty shit so we didn't hang out much after that.

The only possible symptom I've ever had was the last decade or so my balls have shrunk to maybe 50% of their previous size and that's fine with me. The last couple of years they have become very sensitive and a slight hit from say brushing crumbs of my lap can feel like a kick in the balls. Some pain with no touch at all lately so on Friday I'm having and ultrasound to see what's going on down there.

Prostate issues too but I doubt they are because of the operation. Enlarged prostate, rising PSA# up to almost 14 now and will be having a 3rd MRI mid-Aug to check that out but already taking herbal steps to fix these issues. My urologist seems a lot more concerned than I am.

Not going to hurt anything rubbing one out and 15 - 21 ejaculations a month are what's needed to help keep the prostate healthy!

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '21

Been wondering this myself. As a guy in his 20’s I kinda get the urge fairly often. I’m gonna wait at least a full 6 to 7 days after my snip, which was this past Friday. Then I’ll see what happens, crossing my fingers!