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shanmonster ([personal profile] shanmonster) wrote2004-10-14 04:16 pm

Ugh

I'm a bad housewife. I'm only halfway done the dishes, and I'm already pooped out. I'm taking a break out of sheer laziness. Here's a quickie link dump, and then I'm

Vasectomies Gone Wrong: [livejournal.com profile] zombienought started this community because of complications due to a vasectomy. If you're thinking about getting one, or have had problems with your own, check this out. I'm glad [livejournal.com profile] f00dave's went perfectly.

Hi-tech toilet swallows woman: An old story, but a good one. Skynet is alive in well, if only in the bog.

N.B. ruling opens hockey locker room to girls: Sounds good to me!

Serpentina: I've been told before that I dance like I have no bones. I hasten to disagree, and so would Serpentina.

[Serpentina]

Re: Info

[identity profile] f00dave.livejournal.com 2004-10-15 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
And a one-in-50 or so chance of post--operative swelling, which lasts a few days, perhaps as long as a week. The vast majority are 15 minute operations that leave the "client" sore for a couple of days, then happily infertile (after a few weeks: gotta "purge the system" as it were).

Re: Info

[identity profile] shanmonster.livejournal.com 2004-10-15 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
So the doctor didn't mention a possibility of chronic dehibilitating pain? I'll betcha that if more guys knew, there'd be fewer vasectomies going around. Also, I'd betcha there'd be more research money going into better procedures and post-op care.