V-Day

About a week ago I visited Dr. Hightower at Coast Urological Medical Group. It was a consultation for a vasectomy. The nurse brought me in and had me sit down to listen to a 10-minute audio tape that would familiarize me with the procedure and, I'm sure, save Dr. Hightower valuable time answering my ignorant questions ("Is my voice going to get higher?)

The audio tape was narrated by a man with a very dry sense of humor (who I found out later was not Dr. Hightower). He obviously had a bit of fun doing this. In fact, Dr. Hightower said later that it was so good that even though the guy had been retired for years, they had been using it ever since.

One gem I remember: "On the day of the vasectomy, be sure to carefully shave your scrotum. Why do we ask you to do the shaving? Because he who owns it, is the most careful with it."

I then met with Dr. Hightower for all of 5 minutes, during which he assured me that this was a "routine and very simple" procedure and that I had nothing to worry about. On my way out he handed me a booklet descriptively entitled "Vasectomy: Permanent Birth Control for Men" and told me he'd see me in a couple weeks.

I've looked through the booklet a couple of times now and, I must say, it has some helpful info. For instance:

FACT: A vasectomy will not solve relationship problems. The only part of your life a vasectomy changes is your ability to father a child.

Who needs this info? Are there really people coming into Dr. Hightower's office saying something like this: "Oh man, Doc, I really need a vasectomy! The wife and I have been fighting like cats for the last three months--and our sex life is almost non-existent. A vasectomy will fix all that, right Doc?"

But my favorite part of the booklet is the picture I scanned that you can see below. I am going to milk this minor surgery for all it's worth. Look at how happy that wife is to be serving her recovering husband! I think those are apple slices!



It almost makes the whole thing look like fun. V-day is Tuesday, Oct 14th.