I Got My Wings Clipped Yesterday

I needed to hear that, else, I would have ended up doing something like that. 

If and when my wife and I have a second kid she will be getting fixed.  She already will have to have a c-section so there is no point for me to get snipped.

I would advise to really adhere to the recovery plan for this as well.  I have heard horror stories of guys getting on the bike to soon and being done for months!

Same here, and I am not supposed to test any of the fresh squeezed juice for six weeks. I am reminded of Onan. 

I had the procedure done Friday morning, Dr didn't really give me a rest time frame. Just to use ice for 36 hrs (hence the peas). I wonder if a swim on Tuesday night would be okay? 

The thing I am worried about most is getting lazy and losing my habit of working out each morning. I am only about three months into a work out program, 54 pounds down, and am worried about falling off the band wagon. 

Any suggestions about how to come back after a period of forced prolonged rest?

Gawd, I hope that wasn't a typo!

To the OP, stick with the frozen peas - best anti-swelling kit for this particular surgery ever.  

DO NOT return to training too quickly.  

DO NOT go for an OWS without a wetsuit until the doc says all clear.  (OK, so I'm just reiterating the other posts, but it bears repeating!).

Oh, and enjoy.  

My brother in law was foolish enough to go on the trampoline at my daughter's gymnastics themed birthday party, too soon after getting snipped. He was smuggling cantaloupes for the next couple of weeks. 

Follow Dr.'s orders about rest on this one. 

JD, I had this done 3 weeks ago (right after I bought a brand new bike!!) and have not been able to ride since, which has been very, very frustrating. I was able to hit the gym after a week, so I can at least continue some sort of routine. I've heard too many horror stories of people not taking it easy the first week, so I was on the cautious side. DO NOTHING FOR A WEEK.

It's 3+ weeks and I am still not 100%. My good friend is a doc at the practice I used and asked him yesterday if my pains were normal and he said "perfectly normal" for this time period. One of my tubes is still sore, so I have occasional pangs and soreness in my lower pelvis, and it still feels (slightly) like I got kicked in the nuts (you know that lingering pain I'm talking about). Not as intense, but still uncomfortable. I can't ride for more than 3 minutes before I feel pain right now and have to stop. So, the Rx for now is 1-2 Aleve once or twice a day and ice at night for another 2 weeks. :/

Doing nothing for a week isn't going to hurt your fitness. Beside, being on the cautious side is wayyyy better than walking around with an infection and having a grapefruit bulging from your crotch.

I am also signed up for a tri camp on 3/16 and I'm crossing my fingers I can go....

Well, defintely follow the doc's advice.  It's not always terrible, though.

My experience:  Ice for 3 or 4 days (peas, actually).  Normal moving about for about a week and half, but NO running.  First light jog for about 3 miles (maybe a bit less?  Was a few years back) with no problem.  So, I was in bed for a weekend, on the couch for a couple days, then moving around like nothing happened - but definitely more watchful than normal that the kids didn't swing any whiffleball bats or such around (their arc was just about the right height for a very bad outcome) - for the balance of 2 weeks.  Then gradually built running back in.

I wasn't doing tri training at that point - was just running - so I don't know how long for the bike (seems like that might be a more "pressing" issue to figure out).  I was back in the pool with the kids for swim classes and such at 2+ weeks, though.

There was residual soreness/ache for way longer than I expected (somewhat tender for months, as I recall), but nothing that would stop normal activity (of any sort). 

So, no rooftop stories of how resilient my boys were, but at least the word "grapefruit" never came up in relation to my recover. 

Good luck in the HM (and after)!

Matt