My partner (53yrs old) had a vasectomy over 20yr ago on NHS; now we want kids of our own. How do we go about it? Will it work? I'm only 31 and have 2 daughters myself from a previous relationship.
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Low sperm count after reversal. Any possible way to find out what side is working? I previously had 3 children relatively easily, with the youngest just 6 years old. I believe the reversal failed on one side (s...
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I had a very successful vasectomy in 1980. Now I need an MRI and the practice where I had the surgery performed has not existed in decades. I'm trying to find out if they were made of a material that would be a...
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I never had a ‘clear’ sample. A sample showed 1 dead sperm 5 years after my vasectomy. Many months later, I was still showing < 5 dead sperm and figured I was good. I’ve read about areas where sperm can �...
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I had a vasectomy with excision, both ends cauterized, and fascial interposition. Sperm were then found in the first semen test 15 weeks and 20+ ejaculations later.
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Hello, I had a vasectomy last week. I have a painful "swelling" (mid-hard at palpation) like a small ball. Only my left testicle is sensitive and painful (right side is normal for now). I also feel some "tensio...
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My husband had a vasectomy in July 2019 and it was confirmed in October he is sterile. We’ve since decided we made a terrible mistake and we’d like 1 more child to complete our family. We don’t want a rev...
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Right vas is shorter than left (born that way). MD had trouble isolating right vas during initial consultation but said it could be done. A week after surgery, I experienced intense pain on right side of scrotu...
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I had a vasectomy done in April 2019; the doctor cut and burned the tubes. I ejaculated over the number of times recommended by the doctor and waited over 3 months for the last test of semen. Now the doctor wan...
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I am 3 weeks post-vasectomy and have a baseball-sized hematoma on the left side. I also have a varicocele on the same side. It's painful to touch on the bottom of the left testicle where the varicocele is. It d...
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Will you get an all-clear test if you wait long enough or do you absolutely have to ejaculate a certain amount of times? Wondering if the sperm will eventually just die in the vas deferens and therefore ejacula...
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I had a vasectomy a year ago and all has been well. In the last few days, there has been inflammation within my scrotum. The inflammation doesn't appear to be one of the testicles, but I am additionally having ...
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I had a vasectomy performed in December 2018. As of my last monthly semen analysis in August 2019, I am still not sterile. My urologist wants to continue semen analysis with the belief that everything has yet t...
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I had a bilateral close-ended vasectomy in 2011. During the procedure, I had 1cm of vas from each side removed and the ends were ligated, cauterized, and the fascial sheath interposed between the ends of the va...
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I had a vasectomy in 2000; a bilateral granuloma removed in 2002; hydrocele, hematoma, and cyst removal in 2003; bilateral epididymectomy in 2004. What are my chances of naturally conceiving a child?
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I had a no-scalpel vasectomy 3 weeks ago. The left side still aches and is tender. The right side is fine. I'm worried because it's been 3 weeks now and I was advised I should be fine after 1 week.
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