[HotRod]

Hey Iguana. Thanks for that info on the circ.

Well, it's done. I'm sitting here with an ice bag on my balls.

I had to wait forever for the doctor which made me really nervous. I was thinking, "Geeze! Are they even ready for me?" I waited 50 minutes before I actually saw the guy. So he walked in an thankfully apologized profusely. I told him that the wait had made me nervous (the truth is I was starting to feel sick), but now that I understood what had been going on in his day I was fine. I decided I could be a good sport.

He did the no-scalpel technique. That first blast of lidocaine had my toes all aflutter. It was probably about like a bee sting but quickly subsiding. Then he tested me by jabbing me with something. I felt absolutely nothing - accept some pressure on my right testicle. He said that was because he was gripping my right vas deferens and was normal.

Then there was a lot of clamping and cutting and other business that I didn't see. We had an upbeat conversation through most of the procedure. Finally he cauterized the ends of the vas deferens. I saw smoke rising. It smelled sort of like burnt hair.

He went through the same procedure on the left side. I didn't pay too close attention to the time. It probably took something like 35 minutes from the time he walked in the room.

He said it was a text book procedure, that everything went very smoothly.

So I'm sitting here on ice. That's the plan for the rest of the day. Ice, rest, and maybe some hydrocodone if the pain gets worse. Mostly I just have some minor aching in my testicles which is made worse by some sort of bowel irritation. It's hard to tell just what the discomfort is at this point - bowels or balls.

For entertainment I'll be watching Gone with the Wind which I have never seen and feel like I should, and Dario Argento's Suspiria which I have always wanted to see. I thought that would be a good double feature.

There's a small puncture mark, and there was a blood mark on the gauze when I got home. The bleeding stopped as far as I can tell. I'm sure it will heal nicely.

Over all I would say that my emotional state is happy. I'm really glad I got this done. I was sweating a little last night - sort of doing the obligatory self-torture by internal devil's advocate. But I weighed everything against the realities of an unwanted pregnancy, the cost of having children, and the fact that I can still have children because I banked my sperm. It was easy to get in the car and drive down there this morning.

I'll probably be getting back to PE after about a week.

Thanks,
Rod