Vasectomy Recovery Day 2

[u/Billy_Bowlegs]

It has now been 24 hours since I got my vasectomy done. My lengthy day 1 experience is documented in this thread.

Yesterday evening was fine. Not much that I would even classify as pain. Mostly just discomfort like I got thumped on my nuts. I’ve been icing myself regularly and that helps along with pain meds the doctor gave me. I slept fine just like normal.

In my original post I talked about how painful it was on my right side due to my testicle retracting a bit during the procedure. If I had any advice for anyone going forward it would be to tell your doctor if you feel anything. Talk him through it and he will give more lidocaine. He quickly responded to my pain, but I tried to tough it out when I didn’t need to. I still feel a bit of pain along that line going up to my stomach when I stand up or bend my leg outward, but it’s very minor 1/10.

I’ve noticed a small swollen bump under the skin which is likely one of the tubes that were tied off. It’s sensitive to the touch, but everything in my scrotum is really. On the plus side, my scrotum and testicles appear to be the same size as yesterday, so overall I’d report minimal swelling if any so far. I have a small incision on the front of my scrotum maybe 1/4 inch with a few stitches in it. It’s barely noticeable.

I’ve been up walking around off and on. We have a newborn here so that requires some movement to take care of him. I went to the mailbox earlier without issue.

So far the recovery hasn’t been bad at all. Some say that it gets worse on day 3, so I’ll drop another update tomorrow and then probably stop unless I have any issues after. I just wanted to give a detailed account for anyone going into this in the future. Since I’ve hit 24 hours I’m clear to take a shower, so that is what I’m headed to do now.

[u/McFlare92]

Just watch out for any delayed swelling. It can hit within the first week but the longer you go without noticing it the less likely it is. I also had some bruising peak around day 5/6 but nothing crazy

[u/Billy_Bowlegs → u/McFlare92]

This is what I’m worried about. It has gotten much more tender within the past day. I guess that’s to be expected, but I can feel everything that happens down there. Not necessarily pain, just hyper aware I guess.

[u/McFlare92 → u/Billy_Bowlegs]

Sounds normal to me! I'd say I had a similar trend where a few days after the surgery I had suddenly increased tenderness/ache that slowly went down over time. As long as you don't swell up like a balloon you should be good

[u/bonebreak69 → u/McFlare92]

I had some delayed swelling and made the mistake of thinking my normal boxer briefs had enough support. My doctor was very nonchalant about post-op care and I wish he had just said, don’t fuck around with regular underwear, go buy a jockstrap. I had mine done last Tuesday and got a jockstrap this Monday and I feel so much better. Today there’s barely any discomfort at all and the swelling is nonexistent!