[fintstone]

Mine did not hurt a bit. They had me lie down and started an IV. Shaved a spot on each testicle about half the size of a dime. Put a sheet over me with a hole cut in it about the size of my testicles. (no tape). Then pulled my testicles up through the hole. Then gave me a couple of shots of local anesthetic in the loose skin where they had shaved.

After the meds started taking effect, the young doc told me that he was glad he was getting to do this as it was his first time and he had been wanting to do one. He looked a little worried, but right then a fairly attractive woman in white (PA or nurse) came in and reassured him. She was cracking jokes and told me not to worry as she had seen plenty of packages...although mine was indeed a fine example. She also told him not to worry as it would be impossible to screw up as the only other things in there he could mistakenly cut were arteries. He asked "how will I know?" and she said, "...because the blood will spray all over the ceiling". He looked a little sick, but I thought it was hilarious. It was a regular stand up conedy act.

Then they asked me if they could use the procedure for training. Since the meds were making me very pliable...I responded "sure". He said, that is great! No one has ever said yes before." In a couple minutes they ushered in three new, giggly 18 year old aides/technicians who apparently had not seen a package or at least one like mine (don't know if that is good or bad)...because their eyes were big as saucers. They apparently hadn't seen blood before either because when he made the first small incision, the blond exclaimed loudly, "I think I am going to be sick" and all three ran out.

The doctor then fished out each tube with a tool that looked like a crochet hook and snipped it. I noticed he flinched a little when doing so (must have remembered the artery joke). I did not feel a thing and was cracking jokes the whole time (did I say the meds were quite good?). He zapped each tube to cauterize it and put a single stitch over each tiny incision.

I went home for the afternoon and put the bag of frozen veggies on my lap and took my meds as directed. I felt pretty much normal the entire time and went back to work the next morning.