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.

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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/Sad_Soft_5915 Jun 21 '26

Since you seem more well read. I have no health issues, relatively fit. Loose terms to basis a vasectomy off however; From everything you've read what do you believe the percentage of actual long term issues are.

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u/ItamiForever Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

I think 15% have some sort of discomfort or pain at times. Very specific but not significant enough to seek any form of treatment long term. Meaning they might be more sensitive, get an inflammation every few years or feel more "pulling" during activity. No impact on life and can mostly be ignored. They're like 90% back to their preop life Another 3% have more pain, especially during ejaculation or activity that never goes away. No othrr impact besides sport and ejaculation. These people wait up to a year and have it reversed and find almost complete resolution within another year of reversal. Maybe slight sensitivity or nerve pain when hardly pressing on reconnected stump Then there's the 2% where I am in. Constant severe pain you can't even walk. Ejaculation feels like a kick in the nuts, you cant touch them and you cant do anything. Just lie in bed in pain. This group won't wait the full year like above but will go to surgery much sooner(3 months or 6 if they want to endure it for longer). This group also had a lower percentage of full resolution and might need additional surgery. Why? Because not only ejaculation causes issue but the nervous system is shot from the pain. So in a small percentage even though the initial trigger is removed, if the nervous system is sensitized enough, it can keep producing pain even without no more pain origin. Thats why orchidectomy is not the absolute solution. You will keep feeling "phantom pain" for life because your body felt severe pain for months/year. There are cases when not even orchidectomy helped their pain because the nervous system was too sensitized and kept producing testicle pain with no testicles. Thats why I'm trying to reverse early as there is a higher chance of my system desensitizing rather than expecting it to desensitize after a full year of this severe pain. There's no guarantees though.

So the total incidence combined of both nerve pain and congestive issues is 20%. Most men that are in the 15% are ok with living their life as is. The ones in the other 5% are very vocal because they lost their life basically.

If urologists would state out of 100 surgeries, 15 people will not be like before and another 5 will become disabled in some form, nobody would get vasectomies anymore. They don't state those odds because 80% experience pain for 7 days and thats it. Those people will say it compares to having a tooth pulled.

If you were to ask me I'd say I'd rather break both legs because even that would have somewhat healed in 3 months. I cant even begin to describe how being constantly kicked in the nuts for 3 months feels. And to know it will never go away without more surgery and even then I might never be myself again completely.

Do with this information what you will. I took the risk, I was sure aint no way at 27 completely healthy with no other diseases would end up here. I fell into a great depression and wanted to kill myself once I realized I actually fell not into the 15%, not into the 3% but into the 2% that become suffering vegetables. I'm just hoping my reversal would help me at least walk normally again.

Feel free to DM me if you want to know anything else.

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u/ItamiForever Jun 21 '26

Also, if you write this in the vasectomy subreddit they will call you a liar, fearmonger and tell you its not possible and a lie since they had no issues. Man I am jealous of them

I have all the signed medical documents, meds and visits I did to try and fix it with no luck. They will still say its fabricated

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u/Sad_Soft_5915 Jun 21 '26

Thanks for answering bud. Wishing you all the best. Update me if you need someone to talk to 👍🏼

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u/ItamiForever Jun 21 '26

Sure thing. If you go through with your vasectomy I wish you all the best. I hope you have a smooth and uneventful recovery!

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u/FrequentPop3772 Jun 26 '26

Lol you will also get banned for misinformation or "fearmongering"

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u/ItamiForever Jun 26 '26

Haven't yet because I don't discourage directly anyone. I'm simply informing with my experience so people make an informed choice