We just received a nice check in the mail — my health insurance provider paid for part of the cost of my vasectomy reversal. It didn’t cover the entire thing, but we did get reimbursed for $796 of the costs of surgery. And we could have gotten, and may yet get, even more. To thoroughly […]
Since we are now trying to conceive after Rich's vasectomy reversal , I've continued to improve my diet and have begun taking prenatal vitamins. Besides eating healthier, I wanted to research what else I should be eating or not eating to ensure a healthy pregnancy.
To prevent listeriosis, avoid deli meats and hot dogs unless […]
I thought my only snowboarding trip this year would be the one a couple of weeks before my vasectomy reversal. We’re having a late winter in Northern California and, since it’s been over 30 days since the surgery, I thought we could get in a quick trip. After all, the doctor’s post-vasectomy reversal instructions […]
Now that it’s been a month since my vasectomy reversal, I decided it was time to get a semen analysis and see if anything was swimming. My doctor’s instructions said:
“…most people wait about 4-8 weeks after surgery if a standard vasectomy reversal was done on either one or both sides. If a vasoepididymostomy was done […]
I’m happy to say that it’s been 30 days since my surgery. According to my post-vasectomy reversal care instructions, I was barred from any “strenuous activity (athletics, heavy lifting, extreme exertion) for thirty (30) days.”
I’ve been about to go stir-crazy, not being able to enjoy our weekly mountain bike ride, and having to […]
I went to the doctor today to have a pre-conception visit since it's been about a month since Rich's vasectomy reversal . I wanted his go-ahead to start trying to get pregnant before trying in earnest. I know that lots of women get pregnant before ever seeing the doctor, but I want to […]
I’ve hesitated in writing this post, but it seems like something anyone undergoing this surgery should know about. So pardon the graphic nature — it’s best if you (and your partner) are not surprised by these things!
Quoting from the post-vasectomy reversal care instructions I received:
“In the first few weeks after surgery you may notice small […]
The day after my vasectomy reversal, I said, “there really hasn’t been any pain to speak of, just discomfort.” Three weeks later, I want to confirm that. Maybe I have a high pain threshold, but there really wasn’t much, if any, of what I would call pain.
Now discomfort — that’s another story. If you’ve been […]
As Lisa indicated in her last post, she isn’t quite ready to try and get pregnant. But her attitude isn’t the only one changing. Since the vasectomy reversal, my anxieties have pretty much vanished. I’m ready to roll. This is typical of me — agonize over something right up to the very end, but have […]
Somehow I thought that after the vasectomy reversal, we would have to wait a few months for things to heal and for sperm to return. I was wrong. The doctor gave us the green light after only 10 days, and we can begin trying to get pregnant at any time. Now that we […]
