MALE CONTRACEPTION
posted on 2005-08-01

I, Willis Nash, hereby request and consent to the operation of VASECTOMY, the nature and effect of which I understand. I further understand that the operation will be performed under local anaesthetic by my doctor who will explain the procedure to me before commencing the operation.'

After I signed this, I realized I needn't post it; just bring it along on the day. It was accompanied by a personal letter (stamped signature) explaining I should:

'.......remove the hairs from the surface of the scrotum (sac containing the testes) by either shaving or you may consider using a hair removing agent.'

I immediately dropped my trousers to look at what sort of exercise we were talking about. Jesus, clean as a whistle. I wondered whether something was drastically different about me (physically). It was later explained to me that one of twenty is like me. Here's some more information; approximately half a million vasectomies are performed in the United States each year - one out of six over the age of 35 has had one. The procedure is simpler and safer than female sterilization.


Lady friends kept telling me I'm a tad old for this, and by this point in my life I could very well be shooting blanks. I don't think so - Charlie Chaplin had his last child when he was 76. They kept asking why I'm doing it and the best answer I could give was I'm totally certain I never want kids and I want to ensure they never happen. I didn't like the idea of being tampered with down there though, risking infection, and the possible pain. No, it wasn't anything to look forward to at all.


The night before the day arrived, then the day arrived, then the hour before the procedure swept in upon me, and suddenly I was supine upon a leather table with my pants down and the doctor swabbing my private parts with antiseptic. This doctor is good; he explained every aspect of the procedure:

'I shall give a local to the skin on your scrotum and you will feel some discomfort (didn't feel a thing). Then I shall make a small incision, about 1 cm, and find the semen tube from your left testicle and anesthetize that before I cut it and turn the tube up, then tie it.............'

Several times in the office I was going to cut and run. When I heard him say that he had made the incision I knew I'd better try to relax for the next 45 minutes. God this was so taboo letting such a thing happen to my privates. I felt repulsed, but resigned.


After a very interesting chat during the procedure, he showed me the little bump where he'd sewn me up, placed a wad of cotton under my scrotum, and gave me a cool pack to place on my lap during the drive back home.


This ain't over yet! I can't be physically active for the next ten days and that means no sex. However, I have to have regular protected sex thereafter for 3-4 months - protected, as there will still be live ones swimming around for a long time; after which I may submit two semen samples one week apart. If the tests result negative consecutively, then, I'm legally sterile - sheesh!


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