I have to hand it to Abel Pharmboy. No one else I know would live-blog his own vasectomy.
Even though my traffic is greater than his, he's definitely trumped me as a blogger today.
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There's been some quite lively blogging recently over at Abel Pharmboy's pad. Of particular note was the live-blogged vasectomy:
Anyway, as a medical blogger, I will try to liveblog the process from my Palm Treo 700p at the Hospital-That-Tobacco-Built. While I hope it will distract me and relieve…
I am very deeply touched (as I was literally yesterday) by the outpouring of support and best wishes from fellow bloggers on the liveblogging of my vasectomy.
For all of the dark humor and puns, you have each been instrumental in supporting my aim of telling men relatively quick and painless the…
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With tears in my eyes and my head bowed in deep respect, I share with you the account of Kevin Leitch's vasectomy via Twitter:
http://twitter.com/kevleitch
Kev is an autism and manic depression advocate in West Midlands, UK, who blogs at LeftBrainRightBrain and was one of my earliest followers on…
I looked-into a getting a vasectomy. When I asked the urologist if the procedure would be painful, he replied "Don't worry, it's only a little prick." So I decked him and walked out.
Its the way to go. Tubal ligation is an invasive surgery requiring general anesthesia, making a vasectomy so much safer.
Thanks, chief - I didn't even think that with you being a surgeon and all, we might have commissioned you for the procedure making this a truly unique event in the medical blogosphere.
You probably wouldn't have wanted me to do the procedure. I haven't done a vasectomy since I was a resident rotating on the urology service (around 1989) and then only under very heavy supervision by the attending.
I will point out, however, that it was done in the urologist's office using only local anesthesia and no sedation...
When I first read this, I thought you meant that Abel Pharma was liveblogging a self-vasectomy. Which seemed above and beyond, even for increasing your blog hits. I'm not sure whether to be relieved or disappointed that it wasn't true.
(1) Pharmboy got narcotics afterwards. You guys who take pain pills are wimps. I had 2 open breast biopsies under local (no premedication, no IV sedation) and didn't have to take any pain pills afterwards. It was a little sore - so what?
(2) A colleague did a vasectomy where the patient kept complaining even after he repeated the local anesthetic injections to the maximum dose he dared. After the procedure, he found out his assistant had handed him normal saline instead of anesthetic. The patient wasn't angry; he was proud of being macho enough to have surgery without anesthesia.
(3) TLs don't require general anesthesia. I had a spinal for mine. I later required a hysterectomy and had that under spinal as well.
(4) My favorite vasectomy anecdote: I did a urology rotation in my family practice residency. The urologist was talking me through the procedure. The patient asked if it was my first vasectomy. I couldn't lie; I said yes. He thought for a minute and said, "That's OK doc, it's my first one too."