This article is primarily about market hurdles to a male contraceptive.

  • CADmonkey@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It was literally the leat painful doctor visit I’ve had. Laid flat on my back for a day, and then I was running around like normal two days later. Before I got the surgery done people were telling me how horrible I’d be feeling and I’d never enjoy sex again, and I wonder where so many people got such bad info.

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      1 year ago

      The stories you got were extreme, but mine was no walk in the park either.

      I had to request more anaesthetic during the procedure because I could feel way too much of what was happening. That was endurable but extremely unpleasant.

      Recovery wise I was up and walking around relatively normally after 3 days or so. A week to feel mostly normal doing day to day tasks. A month before I felt really actually normal. 6 months before the scar was totally healed.

      It seems extreme to suggest you’d never enjoy sex again. If that were true what would be the point of the procedure? It was two weeks or so before we gave it a go, and it was great.

      One weird thing with mine is that my first two samples came back positive. So I waited an extra two months then went in again and finally the tests came back negative.

      Anyway my point isn’t to discount what you’re saying. But I think it’s important to have as much anecdotal info out there as possible. The only regret I have is that they offered me a valium before the surgery and I turned it down. No idea why I did that but I’m sure my nervousness contributed to how stressful the whole ordeal was and that could have been avoided had it not been for my own hubris.