Vasectomy reversal success??

Thanks both, sounds really reassuring will pass that on to my dh and hope it makes him feel a little less nervous!! Consultation day after tomorrow so hoping that we come home feeling a little bit more in the know as op booked for four weeks time!
Hope the healing process continues to go ok and fingers crossed for some good news in the near future!

Blimey sunshine that sounds hard work alround, my DH is sat playing his PS and seems happy as, the general knocked him about a bit but his actual manhood doesn't seem to be troubling him, although he is drugged up.

Any news anyone ???

Hi Sorrento how is dh tonight? hope everything is ok.

pixiejazz dh was told to wear 2 pairs of the brief style underwear day and night for the first 10 days and the just during the day for the following week to give support. Dh was told to take 3 weeks of work as he has a very heavy lifting type of job, but to be honest he is board now and wishes he was back in work. He thinks he is well enough to go back to work now but they wont let him as he has a infection now. Dh was told to spend the first 3 days lying down as apposed to sitting up so as not to put any pressure on himself. (although walking around is fine) I encouraged him to get his own drinks ect just to keep him mobile. I kept everything in reach so the was no bending or stretching. ( but my dh had a blood clot two years a go so cant afford not to keep mobile iyswim)

Have just spoken to him, he is wearing a padded cod piece and sounds bright enough, he's booked an interview and an assessment centre for next monday so it doesn't sound like he's planning to stay in bed for long.
I can't imagine for a moment it's any worse than the vasectomy itself, can you ?

Good luck Sorrento hope all goes well this evening!
Sunshine how is your dh feeling? How long has he been instructed to rest for? My dh is a little worried thinking that he'll be bed bound for months! I'm sure that armed with a little bell he'll milk it for all its worth!
Any words of wisdom that I can pass on to him would be greatly received I'm sure!

Sorrento good luck to your dh for his op this evening.

my dh is recovering well he has an infection but nothing the antibiotics wont deal with. hope every one else is ok.

The big day today, he's off for the op this evening, I'm more nervous than him lol
Fingers crossed

Thanks for the welcome all. Looks like you guys really know your stuff all seems a little complicated to me!!
Consultation next thursday and hoping that the consultant can offer dh some words of wisdom. He's terrified and sure that something awful is gonna happen to him, trying to reassure him without sounding as if I'm belittling him but I'm no doctor!
Well, onwards and upwards!
Stay happy, keep smiling!

Yes my printouts also state "15.7 mil/ml (or 18.3 or whtever) but the private consultant explained it to us and thats the overall count...I could be wrong bout yours and both the gp and the nhs consultant interpreted it like you and I but apparently not....but like I said maybe yours is different. Try not to worry about anti bodies just yet. Give the 3 months of vits and then ask the consultant for a more detailed analysis that includes anti-bodies...if you've not caught by then

I should add that anti-bodies dont completely stop sperm from moving (as my last post seems to suggest) for example, in the test that showed 11.7 million sperm there was 20% motility and 10% normal morhology...but although we didn't know it at the time there was 100% of the sperm bound with antibodies which stops them being able to penetrate an egg. Now I need to find out where the anti-bodies are attached to (head, midsection or tail) as this also makes a big difference to things. God who knew I would end up knowing sooo much about sperm! LOL!

The reason I asked you to post that is, when the gp and even the nhs consultant, fed back the results to dh and I, he stated that the total count was the count per ml if you get what I mean. Like on dh's most recent nhs analysis they said he has 15.7mil per mil (had gone up to 18.3 at private test - yay!) and on the printout it looks like this but when we went to the private clinic he spent some time explaining the rsults from the sperm test they did there and it turns out that that 15.7 is divided by the number of milliletres, so in that sperm test that was 5.23 mil per ml (who guidelines are 20 million per ml) (therefore your dh's are prob 9 mil per ml)I picked up on this and was angry and upset as you can imagine that we had been misinformed for so long :-( So it looks like your DH results are still double what my dh's were at 15 months post op so that really positive!

Yes the anti-bodies were a problem, apparently at least 70% of reversal men have anti-sperm antibodies, so for the gp to say ts not an issue is utter...well..bollocks! When you look into what anti-bodies do to sperm, I knew in my heart of hearts that dh n
must have them as they affect motility/morphology and DH's were both bad, but you trust the consultant! How stupid was I! DH has 100% antibodies so none of the little buggers can move!

I think you are right, I would get your dh on the vits and re-test in 3 months. But once you have got to about 18 months trying I would ask to be referred. Good luck hun! xx

Hey terrier thats great! 27 mil is more than dh had at 10 months so must be good! Does it say anywhere how many milliletres of seminal fluid were produced as this is important. If poss can you type up exactly what the results sheet says even if it makes no sense? then I can have a proper see whats going on?

As for improving things he needs to take zinc 3 times per day a really high dosage, L-carnytine, L arginine, selenium, vit e, B12 and vit c. Or something like zita west mens fertility tablets (but they are soooo expensive) Eating a handful of brazil nuts every day (i put em in dh lunch box) and only BDing every other day.

Try and get the exact results up and I will examine more closely xxxxxxxxxx

Sorrento 3 weeks he has been given of by his dr. hopefully he will get bored and go back sooner lol

aww chris evans baby is a cutey, obvs gets his looks from his mum LOL! Glad you are feeling more positive x

Well he's through to final interview on the 19th and booked in for the op on the 23rd so I guess if it's meant to be in he goes if not well at least we won't have wasted money we don't have.
I am a lot more positive today, my kitchens looking amazing, the bathroom is nearly there. I know it sounds daft but I would like to have a baby the way most people have a baby, with their house around them, people being happy for them and all being good in their relationship, it's not much to ask is it well hopefully some of the boxes are now ticked

Did everyone see Chris Evan's baby ? What a stunner, am broody again lol

oh that sounds encouraging sunshine, how long does he have off work?

hi pixiejazz good luck with the op

welsh pleased your scan went well

Sorrento good luck on the 23

terrier good luck with you results today

hope everything is ok with you pink

dh is doing very well after his op does not seem to be in to much pain.

ha ha! yeah I'm sure you'd be able to work it out if it was a half sibling bringing bunch of flowers up the garden path....or at least I'm hoping so

Theres no getting away from it, for most of us on this blasted thread its a bloody misery, but we'll all get through it one way or another. sorrento, it must be really stressful for you at the mo, i know we are in similar situation though dh has a job now but like you said to me, think long term . fingers crossed for everyone. xxx

Congratulations Welsh, that's wonderful news am tickled pink for you