![]() "It's hard to track them." Besides urologists, family doctors and others in the medical profession can do the deed. "But it's almost impossible to get a real handle on it because so many are done in the office" rather than hospitals or clinics. "The figure commonly bandied about is a half-million" per year in the United States, Belker said. Fears that it causes cancer have been disproved.īut, I wondered, just how many guys do this? Vasectomies became popular as a form of birth control in the mid-20th century, Belker said. While rejuvenation claims were snake oil, the procedure was deemed a safe and effective form of voluntary sterilization. "Of course, it didn't," said Arnold Belker, clinical professor in the division of urology at the University of Louisville School of Medicine and the American Urological Association's go-to guy on vasectomies. Prominent men including (we're not making this up) Sigmund Freud and William Butler Yeats had their sperm exits blocked in hopes it would produce youthful energy. Of course, humans were quickly drawn to this idea. Throughout the ages, vasectomies have been performed, along with castrations, as punishment.īut in 1918 Eugen Steinach got the idea that "senile" rats, cats and dogs in his labs were "rejuvenated" by the sterilization procedure. True, every one of these tales, and all of them with good explanations (including the last one). "Our friend went back to have his semen tested six weeks later like the doctor said and he had paint chips in this specimen!" "Louie, he got snipped at 10 in the morning and he drove home in time for lunch!" And he was single! Talk about a waste of money!" "Bart got whacked and lost his sex drive. "Well, you know Mark, he had his thing snipped and Kathy ended up giving birth to twins!" So it was to my infinite delight that one day a few months ago my wife announced she was going off the pill and, basically, should I ever want to get extra friendly again, it would be my turn to shoulder the burden of contraception. I think there may be another little miracle waiting to happen between us." In fact, it made my blood run cold.īut every time I'd mention getting neutered, my 39-forever wife would get a wistful look in her eye and gaze off into the near distance and say, "Not yet. The idea of having again to change diapers and training pants (not mine, theirs) for years - and reassemble the world's most complex crib - did not warm my heart. That wasn't such a challenge when their idea of activity was watching "DragonTales," but now that they're fully immersed in the juvenile-sports-and-arts industrial complex, there's a lot of driving around and playing catch involved, not to mention increasingly difficult homework. I'm an at-home father with a penchant for keeping the kids active. It dawned on me two years ago that my children - then 8 and 6 and now 10 and 7 (he's falling behind!) - were wearing me out and that any additional siblings could send me to a very early grave. The idea to get a vasectomy was mine, actually. The bad news is they're under your pillow." "The good news is we were able to save your testicles. 1: A guy wakes up from a vasectomy and the doctor tells him he has good news and bad news. The problem is, nobody tells you that the procedure essentially involves not a mere snip, but the withdrawal of sensitive tissues from your scrotum, cutting them so they can no longer carry sperm from your testicles to outside, burning their ends with a searing tool, and then sticking them back inside and sewing everything back up. The most common one is "snip," as in, "Oh, so you're going to get snipped." This is comforting it sounds like something you do to a loose thread, or a hair that's sprouted from your nose. ![]() ![]() When you do, you hear a lot of euphemisms for the procedure. You don't want to go into this unconvinced it's the best thing. After all, the doctor is going to be messing around, you know, down there with surgical tools. You do this to sound it out, to get used to the idea yourself. ![]() You don't do this to actually get their opinion, of course. When you are considering a vasectomy, you tend to mention it to other people to get their reaction. ![]()
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