Vasectomy - How long did it take your partner to recover?

[Lisa]

So, my DH is planning to have a vasectomy done as soon as possible.
He is a leading hand at work and it is difficult for him to take time off. We have read that it can take between 3-5 days to recover from a vasectomy.

DH can take it rather easy at work as there is not a great lot of heavy lifting or anything for him to do.

How long did it take your partner to recover from his vasectomy?

[saslia]

Dh was fine the next day but didn't do a lot - we were both surprised by this as we thought it would be a lot worse

[rufalina]

DH had his on a Thursday afternoon, and went back to work Monday. He does have an office job. I think he was cool after a couple of days, but then got a small infection, which cleared up quickly with abs.

I just asked DH, and he said that if he had a job that used a lot of legs then a week, but if it is upper body, then a few days should do it. DH was back renovating our house (working on the roof) in 10 days.

Maybe if you could do it late on Thursday, then have Friday and Monday off, it might work...

[Lisa]

Thanks

DH is a locomotive electrician. Pulling cables would be the most strenuous activity he'd have to do. We thought that having it done Thursday evening and going back Monday would be a fair amount of time.

Thanks again for your replies!

[Tinks]

DH was back at work 2 days after.

[Lisa]

So, could you say that DH could have the vasectomy done on a Friday afternoon and most likely be back to work on Monday? Because he is a leading hand, he is really needed at work and they're in a rather busy period until the end of the year. We both want him to have the vasectomy done as soon as possible.

[rufalina]

Double undies ........ I had to do extra washing for a few days to keep up.
But yes I think he would be ok with that timing.

[westy]

My hubby is alos a leading hand (working on the tunnels in the city) and is having his vasectomy next month and they cleary told him and myself that he will need to have 7-10days off work, his job is extremely demanding lots of heavy lifting etc etc so he has put in for the full 10 days off...even if he doesnt need the whole time a little break from working 6 days 12.5hrs a day will be nice for him!

[AnyDream]

In Defence, the guys are always done on the Thur or Fri and they pretty much all return to work on the Monday.

DH came home after his with a packet of endone (FFS! - I was sent home after my C/S with PANADOL) but he didn't take it after I laughed in his face mercilessly and he was *fine* without it. I'm not convinced it's as painful as they all make out LOL.

[~Raven~]

My DH had his done on Friday and was back to work on Monday. He was a bit sore and swollen on Sat but he said it wasn't as bad as he expected.

From what he described, the pain was more up in the lower stomach area than in the jewels and he was prepared to do it again when he wasn't getting clear SA results for almost 7 months afterwards!

[Just Me]

If you are worried about the timing, does he get much time off when your baby is born? Would you consider waiting until then so he doesn't have to take extra time off work? That's when we are thinking DH will have his done ... assuming I get a VBAC. Just a thought anyway

[Fleur]

Just subscribing cause I'm interested...
DH is pretty busy at work too & I am wondering if he could do with a weekend + 1 day. He doesn't do a lot of lifting but does do a bit of crawling around & getting into tight places...
Sorry don't mean to crash your thread Lisa

[BellyBelly]

Just thought I would add in our experience. DP had a vasectomy under general which tends to mean a longer recovery. He had it Wednesday and back to work Tues (Mon was a public holiday) and it worked out well time wise as he was still a bit sore. Its been almost two weeks and he's still getting some funky sensations around the stitches but mostly good.

[Miss.September]

DH had his on Wed.

Did any of your partners have a breathing tube inserted? DH woke up with a screaming throat and was told that it was because they'd just taken the tube out. That part of the GA was also something to paralyse him so he needed help to breathe.

His recovery is going okay. He was pretty out of it on Thurs and kept up with the prescription painkillers. Yesterday he was up a bit more, we ran some errands and today he's gone to work (he's a tradie). Will see how he pulls up when he gets home.

[AnyDream]

PakRag, I think the need for breathing tube or not has more to do with what the person's throat anatomy is like than the type of sedation used. You can have nasty throat soreness after a GA without intubation too, although that's less common.

[2CheekyMonkeys]

If it was a twilight sedation the breathing tube is not needed. If its s GA ( fully unconscious) then tube is used. I would have thought a vasectomy would of been a twilight though.

Do you need s gp referral? We are looking at this within the next 6 months.

[Miss.September]

Thanks, it was a full GA.

We went to our GP for a referral and he had four to choose from. We chose to go private, not sure if you need a referral for public.