Okay, this makes me feel better about having opted for local anesthetic for my vasectomy. When I had my vasectomy, the doctor told me that it was a quick proce

Okay, this makes me feel better about having opted for local anesthetic for my vasectomy. When I had my vasectomy, the doctor told me that it was a quick procedure that really didn't need general anesthesia, that local was fine. When the procedure started, at first I only felt some tugging, no pain at all. But after they finished the first half and started the second, the anesthetic was completely worn off. The pain was excruciating. I almost vomited and I almost passed out. Afterwards, the doctor told me that was fairly common and that they don't tell people about it because they don't want to "scare them off". So I definitely don't think I was given the chance to give informed consent. But maybe I am not quite so angry about it, now that I've read this article.