Originally Posted by GooberPyle
I completely understand. My wife and I discussed it a great deal and made sure that we were through having kids before scheduling the procedure. I actually had concerns about feeling “potent” and wondered if it would make me feel less of a man to know that I was now sterile, but in my case, it has had the opposite effect in that I now enjoy the spontaneity of sex with my wife without having to fumble to find condoms. Of course having 2 children always around seems to be the best form of birth control known to man.Of course, even with all the discussion with my wife and knowing that this would mean the end of our having children, she sometimes will ask me about having a reversal - usually after spending time with my infant niece or while talking about one of her pregnant co-workers. Women.
Well, I had the reversal, and it was fairly simple, but quite painful. They couldn’t use anymore local anesthesia. Basically, I had to tough it out for the last 1/2 hour of the procedure. They said they had never had to use the “max” amount on a patient.
It’s not like I was happy to be the first. My balls swelled to the size of a grapefruit, and I have permanent penile discoloration. But, the benefit is, when my wife tells me to stop pe’ing, she won’t know one way or another, based on the color of my unit. ;)
Paraphrased: It is not the critic who counts: The credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, who, at the best, knows the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.