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tonypizzaz t1_jaa4t7h wrote

Something went wrong by the looks of it

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Longjumping_Bed2907 t1_jaa5c1p wrote

Sweet roach clips! And retrievers for small things that gets stuck inside of things or pinchers for tubes on the car when working on it

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thesnapening t1_jaa5i4e wrote

The question has to be asked. Why is a hospital giving away scissors?

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ggodfrey t1_jaa6has wrote

How much did it hurt? I’m thinking of doing it myself

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-ElDictator- t1_jaa9dp5 wrote

With your experience and tools of the trade, you can now start offering vasectomy service at your house

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prayingforsuperpower OP t1_jaaan2p wrote

Replying to -ElDictator- (#2,080,198)

Doc told me about a doctor at the hospital during his residency who tried to do it himself with his nurse wife assisting. He passed out and had to be ambulanced to the ER he was the head of. They never let him live it down

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RichardStinks t1_jaaczxn wrote

The only thing I'm shocked about is them handing tools over dirty. Wash them suckers!

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dadthewisest t1_jaae8xm wrote

My doctor kept yelling at me "Just relax" the entire time... like it isn't very relaxing having you tug at my junk and scream!

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wheres_that_tack_ow t1_jaafyva wrote

Replying to ggodfrey (#2,079,303)

I had it done about 10 years ago, and in my experience it was mostly just mildly uncomfortable. There wasn't really any pain during the operation (minus the numbing shots, which wasn't really a big deal)

Oddly enough the shaving of the 'operation area' was more uncomfortable than the actual procedure

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justabill71 t1_jaagli5 wrote

Did you also get one of those cones, to keep you from trying to lick your stitches?

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jelder t1_jaaifn6 wrote

Jesus, how many balls did you have?

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Spazmer t1_jaajscm wrote

My puppy got fixed today too and his goodie bag had deworming pills instead.

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AllyourBace1010 t1_jaak2j2 wrote

At one point my doctor tried to put the tools in my hand and said “you do the left one”.

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tailuptaxi t1_jaaonyw wrote

Interest fact: Urologists today often use a "scalpel-less" procedure to gain access to the scrotum. How's that work, you ask? They tear the scrotum open with their fingers like a gift wrapped in crepe paper. He said it heals faster.

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dlenks t1_jaardsz wrote

Jesus I literally have mine tomorrow morning at 8 AM and this is THE last thing that needed to pop up on my Reddit scroll…

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Awhitehill1992 t1_jaarwbz wrote

Jeez I guess I have vasectomy tools… and I only thought those forceps were useful for fly fishing…

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Phil_Wild t1_jaase6s wrote

Kind of like the tool kit you get with a new car.

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stellarinterstitium t1_jaav2cq wrote

Umm... how many testicles do you actually have? My guy used like 4 tools tops, and I hope he reused them because thats wasteful as hell.

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fauexgeit t1_jaazhuz wrote

When I do a vasectomy I just use my teeth.

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prayingforsuperpower OP t1_jab189d wrote

Replying to onsomestupidriver (#2,088,171)

Well it’s a single use kit with everything they would need. And They have to be knew for each use. So each testical/ vas deferens had: 1 for sewing, 1 for clamping, 1 for holding, 1 for pinching, and one for the MA to hold incase the MD needed her. So all of that x2

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Kamerlyn t1_jab24j5 wrote

  1. Ouch.
  2. there seems to be duplicates here - why is that ?
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justheretoglide t1_jab2eeb wrote

Replying to Zenmedic (#2,085,090)

hey welcome, me too with the kidney stones, worst part was one of the medics that showed up was a female partner i had who i trained as her first partner. while i was on the floor crumpled into a ball, she playfully asked" are you in pain!?" She also threatened to drive real slow.

i did get flowers from my old company though a few days later, lol

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Catboy-Gaming t1_jab477i wrote

Ok so you get to take home the entire tool bag, but if I ask for JUST the cut up vas deferen tubes it’s “crazy,” yeah okay whatever 😤

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Surgrunner t1_jabgbx6 wrote

Adson Forceps, hemostats and drape clamps; none of this is disponible or cheap. What a strange thing to do.

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jacobcota86 t1_jabh06n wrote

We send those to 3rd world countries and get some money...while they can be reprocessed you have to have a particular certification to do so and its not worth it....my job is to reprocess instruments for surgery...most facilities ship them out to 3rd world countries or dont use those

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Groinificator t1_jabj9hl wrote

Damn these are like, kinda boring actually

I'm interested, but only mildly

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Bird_TheWarBearer t1_jabl4tl wrote

Replying to FrequentSinger1661 (#2,082,205)

They are actually the kind of instruments you sterilize and re use. But likely the facility can't or won't sterilize them but instead buys new ones for each patient. Which is weird but after seeing comments I guess it's common if done in a clinic.

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Forthe49ers t1_jabozbc wrote

How many testicles do you have?

Edit: Did. Did have?

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wowshsw t1_jac35em wrote

Okay, but did they tell you you could have them, or did you ask?

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jimb2 t1_jac3gmv wrote

Replying to Chevy_Suburban (#2,097,026)

That's how it works. Those tools are basically punched out by machines, some with a bit of human finishing. Those things are ok to use, but they are not the same quality as older instruments that would last for years. Single-use instruments can be made of cheaper metal etc and won't stand up to repeated use.

Autoclaving is a slow, manual, small batch process that uses a lot of energy. If the whole process is not done carefully, infection can be spread by poorly autoclaved instruments, potentially leading to infection, harm, death and million dollar law suits. This happens. More expensive stuff is disinfected and reused, but for the simple tools, it's smarter to open a new sterile pack.

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Miffers t1_jad02vd wrote

That’s a lot of snips for one vas deference

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kcolgeis t1_jad08gw wrote

Damn, How many balls do you have?

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