A bad problem for some men--> Post vasectomy pain syndrome
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Any man who has had a vasectomy and has horrible pain long after the
vasectomy is another sufferer of PVPS, post vasectomy pain syndrome, a
difficult to treat problem caused by doctors. As many as 33% of men
who undergo vasectomy are believed to have this nasty, long-standing
physical pain problem caused by big changes in anatomy, neurology and
physiology inside the scrotum.
The reason that numbers of vasectomists/urologists never tell men
about this recognized, known problem following a vasectomy is of
course due to the usual greed in US medicine: these deceptive MDs make
lots of money from vasectomies so they really don't want to inform
men
of the dreadful pain that can continue for years following vasectomy.
PVPS is both life-ruining and sex-life-ruining. Some PVPS men can
gather up the large amount of money to have a vasectomy reversal which
can end fully or partly the physical pain. But some pay the large sum
of money and fail to get relief after the vasectomy reversal. [Of
course the reversals bring even more money to urologists who are
causing PVPS in the first place!]
For help, join the Yahoo online support group which is run by an MD
who is not a urologist. Go to:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/VasectomyPain/ to sign up for
the group.
Other source of info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Vasectomy_Pain_Syndrome
and the Google hits for PVPS:
If you have this horrendous pain many months to years after a
vasectomy, get support, help and information at the above Yahoo group.
There are drug, surgical and injection treatments but the PVPS problem
is a difficult one.
Al
personal aquatinences that long term pain is less than 5% and from
trustworthy statistics that it is under 1%.
Stimulusjams
You have a good point, but...... 1% is really not very rare when you
consider that thousands of men have it done every year. That means
hundreds of men are left with chronic pain from a purely elective
surgery. Incidently, most uros don't even mention the problem during
initial consultations. Caveat Emptor.
Garda
In my own circle I now know of 5 of us out of 11 (45.5%) that
have chronic pain as the result of a vasectomy ( I wish I had known
earlier). It is an embarassing subject and is not often the topic of
conversation. It only came to light when I had to use so much sick
time and had to notify my employer about the pain killers I was
prescribed after my surgery in an effort to correct the pain. When I
finally came forward I discovered that one of my co-workers had been
suffering for over 9 years, another 6 years, another two roughly 18
months and of this writing I have been suffering about 14 months. My
new Urologist stated that there is so much swelling and inflamation
that I will need additional surgery. At this point I am just going to
have it undone.
During my pre-vas consultation I was told that chronic pan
"Never really happens" This is not true accoding to medical studies
This is one of the more current ones and cites a 14.7 % rate of
chronic pain
This one 15%
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez
This one 16.8 % (after ten years)
Here is your 33% "lie"
My pain began about three months after my vasectomy but one week
after I discovered that I had significant ejaculatory disruption
accompanied by an almost total loss of sensation. I was told that
vasectomy could not affect ejaculation but not all Dr.'s agree such as
here.
http://www.andrologyjournal.org/cgi/content/full/24/3/293
Neither do thes guys
http://www.revolutionhealth.com/forums/mens-health/bedroom/102817?page=1
or these
http://www.vasectomy-information.com/wordpress/?p=172
Vasectomy destroyed my sex life at 38 and replaced it with chronic
pain
Juan Sola
It really does not matter to me if it is 1% or 33%, although I am
pretty sure it is more than 1%. The real problem is that even if it
is a low percentage urologists don't mention a thing during your
cosultation. You go there to have elective surgery thinking that it
is a sure thing but you could end up really messed up. I know because
it happened to me. During my pre-surgery visit I was told it was
going to be like a visit to the dentist and that as long as I took it
easy during the weekend it would all be fine. He was wrong, wrong,
wrong. He never mentioned the possibility of ending up with chronic
testicular pain. The doctor should not be entitled to make the
decision for me on whether I want to take that chance, whatever it is,
by not informing me.
Let me tell you something my friend: I have been to hell and back.
You can read my story at http://www.vasectomypainstories.org/Story.aspx?id=a6d3c5d6-dfef-488c-8a67-7385b69a806a.
Once you read my story, tell me, do you still think it is worth the
risk?
schaza...@gmail.com
bloody hell all this numbers and statistics !!! 1% of chronic pain should already be enougth to be informed.
After long reflexions and trying to get information from everywere, we decided with my wife to get a vasectomi has contraception, 1 and half year ago.
The chronic pain and the dramatic decrease of sexual sensation is now affecting so mutch your couple life as well as my personal life and global energy than future look like a dark and heavy thing.
what a mistake?
Leaving in france, where the operation is quite rare i´m feeling totaly lost about the opportinity to get my life back. 35 years old ... a bit young .
The vasectomy reserval seem to be a option ..... but it seems to be so mucth unknown aspects.
2 urologues already advice me not to do a reversal, it could destroy even more what i have left....
"May the power be with us"
scha,