A Series of Tubes

Over at Terra Sigillata, Abel Pharmboy has live-blogged his own vasectomy.

Why did he do this? Your guess is as good as mine.

Why am I linking to it? Misery loves company. Until I figure out a way to scrub that knowledge out of my brain, the best I can do is make sure that the rest of you suffer, too...

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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…
First fellow ScienceBlogger Abel Pharmboy live-blogged (sort of) his vasectomy. That record could not stand, however. You just knew it wouldn't be long before someone tried to outdo him. Now Kev is live-Tweeting (live-Twittering?) his own vasectomy. He's at the surgeon's office right now, but tells…
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…
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…

First off, you and Kate have the warmest congratulations the Pharmboy family can offer. Wishing you a healthy and uneventful pregnancy and delivery!

What can I say? I felt bad about using my vasectomy as an excuse not to get a post out on Thursday.

In all seriousness, I wanted to use my self-effacing account to draw attention to a relatively painless yet effective procedure that men rarely discuss amongst themselves. Judging from the blog reactions and the comment threads, we got some good dialogue going and have dispelled many myths. I'm still a little sore but I feel like I did a good thing - for my wife and for my blogging community!

Believe it or not, my guess is that your turn will come somewhere down the road.

Anyway, thanks for the link!