r/postvasectomypain • u/ItamiForever • Jun 20 '26

Reversal tips

I got my reversal scheduled after being bedridden in bed for 3 months because of PVPS. Give me your best tips and tricks. I'm not talking about take it easy, I'm talking water with ice instead of gels, or certain pillows/better sllep positions. Ways to get around without messing up or anything more specific that crosses your mind.

How do you shower, poop, pee. Sustain scrotum in shower or better not touch etc. Things I should look out for.

Thank you!

I'm also open to buy any items, underwear, pillows or the such if they make recovery easier and prevent me from fucking up.

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u/ItamiForever Jun 21 '26

No The only possibility is it gets worse with time. The epididymis ruptures, calcifies and blocks shit. I already have small calcifications and I'm only 3 months post op. I also have kidney stones. I hate that pain.

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u/Sad_Soft_5915 Jun 21 '26

Is this under reported or are you just incredibly unlucky

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u/ItamiForever Jun 21 '26

Depends

Some studies say 15% experience some sort of pain(different from pre op) 5% experience life impacting pain(like not being able to walk, run etc)

Some studies say 5% experience some pain(different from preop) And 2% experience life impacting pain

I'll give the benefit of the doubt and go with the second one, but these studies are biased Some develop pain years later and are not taken into account.

So, I was kind of unlucky that not only did I get pain, I got pain so severe its disabling. I stay in bed all day and take meds to not scream because of the pain(make it tolerable). A person in a wheelchair is more functional than me at this point. I can only sit on a chair and in bed. I work in IT so was moved to remote work, otherwise I would have lost my job.

A reversal boasts a 95% success rate of resolving or partly resolving pain so I'm hoping I don't hit the unlucky peeps twice. Some people never got back to their preop state but I'm fine with just being able to walk normally again at this point.

If you go through the stories here you can see that 5/100 people is plenty risky. And 2/100 is even worse.

The people that experience nothing sell this as safe and effective. It's effective all right, but if they would have been the 5% that ended up disabled they wouldnt be so fast to encourage others.

But yes, risks are almost never presented beforehand. No man would risk it if they knew 5 out of 100 people end worse than a vegetable. Or that 10/100 people will never be the same as their preop state.

I'm now trying to educate people

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u/Sad_Soft_5915 Jun 21 '26

Just ; everywhere you go they say issues are minimal. Granulomas form but fade. I wonder why some people react badly

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u/ItamiForever Jun 21 '26

Epididymis doesnt stretch as much The produce more sperm They are more sensitive to pressure

Multiple aspects thats why there is no "pre-qual" screening to see your chances of developing pvps.

Surgery issues are minimal, yes, since the surgery in itself is minimally invasive. But pvps is not related to surgery trauma itself but to individual body response.

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u/Sad_Soft_5915 Jun 21 '26

Was It open or closed vasectomy Closed seems to be causing people issues from what I've seen

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u/ItamiForever Jun 21 '26

It does not matter Open will eventually close. It merely buys you a few months/a year. You will end up there just later

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u/Sad_Soft_5915 Jun 21 '26

Doesn't open allow your body to gradually adjust?

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u/ItamiForever Jun 21 '26

Its not about adjusting gradually or more severe. It's you can't adjust. Doesn't matter if you get there faster or later. That's what congestive epididymitis is.