My doc prescribed a valium for the morning of the operation.  No idea why I was nervous, I was really wanting to have the procedure, and had talked to many people - but I guess sticking needles into my balls just was causing me to be a bit stressed.

I wanted Jackie to come in, but she opted-out of that situation.  I was glad she did.  She's not too great with smells of burning ball sacks or blood, so she could have fainted, I would have maybe contaminated my open scrotum, and a scene could have developed.  I went in alone, sat down and waited.

I'm thinking, couldn't I have waited outside?  The tension was building a bit, but I just reminded myself that it's only a 30 minute procedure and I'll be out of there pretty soon.  After a few minutes, the doc came in, asked me a few more "are you sure" questions and then I laid down.  He put a ton of antiseptic over my crotch, shaved a few more bits of hair off and then proceeded to squeeze-find my vas.

Good lord.  That had to be the worst part of the operation.  Some dudes got my nuts, squeezing and pulling (maybe yanking is a better term) like you'd pull on a coat stuck in a car door, and I have to sit still.  Oh boy, and then the shots.  Nothing better than getting shots of deadener into the groin region.  Thankfully, after 5-6 of those, the pain went away.  I felt some pain when he started cauterizing but more shots in...and I didn't feel a thing.

My stomach still did though.  It just felt like someone was grabbing my stomach.  It wasn't too uncomfortable, but something we'd all rather do without.  After my left side was done, my right side went in about 5-10 minutes and I was done.  I was actually suprised at the speed.  I wiped myself up, and then sat up - whoa!  A little woozy.  I took my time, then hiked up the shorts, went to the door (still almost falling over) and then had Jackie help me out to the car.

Ice packed the region all day long, and day 2 felt pretty good.  I could walk about, even pickup Ian without much pain.  Then the accident came, I'm walking up the stair with both Ian and Alexis and I trip.  In my effort to not let anything happen to them (they just noticed that their elevation dropped a bit) I had to exert my ab muscles.  Ouchie.  So now I have a bit more pain here on day three.  Good thing I have a few more pain pills!   Hopefully by this Friday everything will be feeling back to normal.