I had it done half a dozen years ago. I think on a Friday morning, laid low with frozen peas for the weekend, and back to work on Monday. A little slow in walking for several days, but no big deal really. Some novacaine was all, no sedatives. I don't think I needed any pain pills afterwards. To do my part to save the world, we only planned on two kids. Then I dawdled, then BC pills failed and wife got preggo again (she was pissed for two weeks), and that spurred me to get it done before #3 poppeed out. Not wanting a number 4 (and since kid was just born anyway), I would not risk sex until the spermees were all gone. I was amused leading up to it by all the guys, upon learning I had a 3rd one coming, who came up to me and whispered in a confidential voice, "You gotta do what I did; it's called the big 'V' ." It became apparent that vasectomies are pretty common. The doc said there is a 1 in 4000 chance of failure, that is, the spermees can find a new way out. So I'm supposed to get sperm tested once a year to make sure I'm still OK. (My fertile wife could also count as a sperm tester; so far I haven't gotten her preggo again.) The thing I hated the most was the shaved nuts, with the feeling of rubbing and chafing in my pants till the hair grew back. I also had on and off epiditymitis for about a year (since subsided; basically a nut hurts with a dull ache). The doc said there was no way to tell if it was related to the vasectomy, but guys who have had vasectomies tend to have epididymitis more than guys who haven't. Still, I'll take that pain over another kid. I love my kids, but I'm spent with the one's I have. Life is a bit easier not having to worry about BC or more kids. But any increased horniness is probably because the kids are a little older, so we're not quite so tired all the time, rather than the vasectomy itself.