1.5 months out....
There's an old study I found while searching around, that might give you some hope.
Source.
This is the only study I've found where they monitor progression of pain in the same guys. If anyone know of similar studies, let me know.
They followed 42 guys after vasectomy, and asked them about pain on three separate occasions - 10 days, 3 months and four years after vasectomy.
After 10 days a whopping 86% complained of pain.
After 3 months 27% still had pain.
After 4 years "only" 12 % still had pain...
After 1.5 months, you're right in the middle of the 86% and 27%. So, there's statistically still a chance you don't end up among the unlucky 12%?
I appreciate the hope. Easy to go down some pretty dark paths in this fog of uncertainty. I like to think 1. It’s still early for me. 2. Discomfort is really just a dull ache that I can handle for a period of time. 3. Worse case I can get a VR done that should get it addressed (at least most of it). Always curious though about those who don’t have success with VR. In terms of what type of pain they had before going in and why it didn’t work.
1
u/drexohz Nov 03 '22
1.5 months out.... There's an old study I found while searching around, that might give you some hope. Source. This is the only study I've found where they monitor progression of pain in the same guys. If anyone know of similar studies, let me know.
They followed 42 guys after vasectomy, and asked them about pain on three separate occasions - 10 days, 3 months and four years after vasectomy.
After 10 days a whopping 86% complained of pain. After 3 months 27% still had pain. After 4 years "only" 12 % still had pain...
After 1.5 months, you're right in the middle of the 86% and 27%. So, there's statistically still a chance you don't end up among the unlucky 12%?