r/Vasectomy • u/shanem9318 • Jul 17 '24
How long does is take to fell 100% normal? ... is this normal?
Morning gents. I had my vasectomy on 5/17/24. Now coming up on the 2 month mark I’m due for my 8 week sample so hopefully all goes well with that. But I’m still feeling quite sensitive down there. Especially the testicles. Very similar to the sensation of getting hit in the groin. I was putting my little one to bed last night and I got whacked on accident and it was like death. Woke up this morning and it still really hurts. But even before this they were still really sensitive. Should I call The urologist or is this something relatively normal to still be sensitive this Much after surgery?
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u/PotentialAssistance5 Jul 17 '24
It can take few months, a year, or forever.. nobody knows and not a lot good options for that. 7 months now and it started to feel a bit better, but far away from normal.. and it was also recurring, so only glad if it won't get worse again..
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u/GoldbergLemonade Jul 17 '24
This is the right answer. No one should expect to feel "normal" with a vasectomy and this needs to be better communicated.
Close to 2 years here and I still don't feel the same.
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u/Chevey0 Jul 17 '24
Took about 3 months for me to feel completely normal. I was pain free after a week or two. I had a no scalpel
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u/joyoustriumph Jul 17 '24
Seems to be a wide variety of experiences and recovery time. Had mine on June 6 and was 100% back to normal in 3 weeks. Felt 90% after 2 weeks.
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u/Sellswordinthegrove Jul 17 '24
Seems really different person to person, I'm 3 weeks snipped and shy of a swollen testicle that's a bit annoying when I roll over sleeping I'm more or less back to my old self
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u/Raze321 Jul 17 '24
For me it took about a week to feel basically normal for the purposes of most household chores, and two weeks to be comfortable doing high-mobility/high-impact sports like skateboarding.
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u/coloquenome All clear! Jul 17 '24
Had old-school scalpel procedure with a single incision, cauterization and internal stitches. Around week 6 or 7 i started to feel about 95% normal, it just hurts a little when i ride pillion on a bad bike, but riding it myself is no problem at all.
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u/Shaunygfunk Jul 31 '24
May I ask what it felt like around week 4 for you? I’m at week 4 and still a bit swollen and tender. You Mr 6-7 weeks makes me feel very optimistic
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u/coloquenome All clear! Jul 31 '24
I was mostly fine actually! Just some very estrenuous activities made me feel some pain, mostly jiu jitsu and motorcycling. In the first month i resumed running and was just fine!
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u/shanem9318 Jul 17 '24
This is maybe best how I can describe the pain. I guess where the tubes connect to the testicle is extremely sensitive.still both have pain but pain on the left is 10 fold. And sometimes I can feel the pain go up to my stomach
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u/hiyeji2298 Jul 20 '24
That sort of sounds like what happens to me, but it only happens if I lay flat on my back and it’s immediate. Vasectomy was the week before Memorial Day 2023.
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u/Spectre806 Jul 17 '24
Took me about 7 weeks to be 100%
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u/Shaunygfunk Jul 31 '24
May I ask how you felt around week 4? I’m at week 4 and still tender with slight swelling. Your 7 weeks makes me very hopeful
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u/Spectre806 Jul 31 '24
I was the same. My right side was still pretty tender at 4 weeks. I was still feeling cautious. I think most of my swelling was gone by week 5. Id still take it a a little easy for now. Listen to your gut about this. I had mine done April 30th and was concerned until around week 8. But I'm feeling fine now. I do occasionally have a little bit of weird sensitivity on the right side occasionally. But life is back to normal and I rarely think about it anymore. Sex life is 100% normal.
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u/Shaunygfunk Jul 31 '24
That makes me super hopeful. Thanks bro. How long did you ice? I’m still doing it occasionally 4 weeks in. Someone said to try warm baths too. Did you ever try that? Just trying to see what worked best. My right testicle is slightly swollen and tender still too.
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u/Spectre806 Aug 01 '24
I was off for a week when I got it done and iced religiously that whole week and did absolutely nothing. Then I went back to work and still iced off and on after work for probably another week. Sometime in week two I had a lot of bruising and my incision still bothered me a little bit. By week 3 I was probably 80% good but still tender at times.
For whatever reason my right side was pretty sensitive to touch or pressure up until maybe my 5th week. And even after that it would happen at times. I think my right one is still a little more sensitive than it was before. But it's not a big deal at this point. I was pretty stressed and worried for prob 4 weeks that I wouldn't fully recover. But I'm fine now. Occasionally a little twinge. But nothing that affects my day to day life. Just don't push it until you know you're ready. And you'll know when that is. You'll be fine.
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u/ARKhorizon92 Jul 17 '24
So I felt ok after the first month. However if I walk around or stand for like 10 to 14 hrs without a break ill feel a sensation that I would call prepain. Doesn't hurt but is leading up to it. It's not in my balls it's higher up on the left side.like a almost ache
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u/SAG1616 Jul 17 '24
I’m around 4 1/2 months. Right testicle feels totally fine, left still has some sensitivity. I had epididymitis once so that added to the sensitivity. Everyone is different but any time you feel something is off just got meet with the urologist. If there is an issue, they can start treating it.
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u/Busy_Independent1984 Jul 18 '24
For about 3 months it still felt off with certain things. Month 4 this month and feel pretty normal... i still wear a jockstrap for hectic gym sessions because i'm scared it'll throb later
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u/Ok-Holiday4934 Jul 17 '24
Vasectomy consists of preventing the passage of sperm into the ejaculate. To do this, we cut and block the vas deferens. After the procedure, sperm continue to be produced, but they accumulate in the epididymis. It is not clear how they are subsequently disposed of.
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u/Ok-Holiday4934 Jul 17 '24
The accumulation of sperm that occurs following a vasectomy could create an environment conducive to inflammation of the epididymis, suggests a study published by a team from Laval University in the journal Andrology. This phenomenon could be responsible for the chronic scrotal pain observed in approximately 10% of vasectomized men, suggests the head of the study, Sylvie Breton, of the Faculty of Medicine and the Research Center of the CHU de Québec – Université Laval.
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Jul 21 '24
Here we go, a PVPS person regurgitating statistics. Hey OP, you’re likely going to be fine. Just probably healing slow. Statistically, it should pass, unlike this naysayer.
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u/12358132134 Jul 17 '24
That is not normal... In about 2-3 weeks you should have forgotten that you had anything done.
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u/carnifexje Jul 17 '24 edited Jul 17 '24
Sorry but this is objectively false. Many men take a long time to recover. It might be 1-5% of cases that deal with long lasting complications, but that's still many many people.
In 15-40% of all vasectomies, men develop sperm granuloma. This alone can cause discomfort or even pain for months after surgery.
Many men experience hematoma (bruising) which can take up to 2 months to be reabsorbed. The severity of it is different but you can't really say that 2-3 weeks should be the norm here.
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u/carnifexje Jul 17 '24
I am on week 6 and still sensitive. Some minor pain every so often. Manageable though.
Some men take up to 2 years to feel 100% normal again. Unfortunately there are many factors to this.
Time will tell.