Every cloud has a silver lining

As I was out for a walk in the snow I was thinking about all of our issues.

Then it hit me, the need for conversations about getting a vasectomy is over!

Over the years Pace and I had discussed the options; after we'd had a couple of kids she could get her tubes tied or I could have a vasectomy. There have been a spicy conversations about this subject with polarized opinions from various people.

"Why would you put your wife through such an invasive operation as getting her tubes tied?"
"Buddy, you get a vasectomy and you're not a man anymore!"
"Would you rather be a gelding or a stallion?"

So while a vasectomy is less invasive it still carries risks. Sperm takes 90 days to grow in the testes and it gets stored in the epididymis. While doctors think sperm can last up to 48 hours in the uterus and fallopian tubes they have no idea how long it lives in a man's body before ejaculation.

Vasectomies most commonly result in painful, swollen, and tender epididymis or testis in the first year after surgery. One might then think that sperm lives on for more than 48 hours...

In more extreme cases because the testis continues to produce sperm it eventually dies in the epididymis and now must be reabsorbed by the body. Some men develop anti-sperm antibodies which provoke immune system over-reactions like rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile diabetes, and multiple sclerosis.

Some studies suggest vasectomies increase the risk of prostrate cancer, others have shown no increase in risk. There is a theory but no proof.

Given everything we've been going through, it's nice to have one less worry.

So guys, would you get a vasectomy? Leave a comment!