I am beginning to appreciate French culture more every day. After the birth of the twins we decided that we did not want another children and decided that the best option to ensure this was for me to have a vasectomy. After our "scare" of a few weeks ago this became a priority.
Julia enthusiastically put it upon herself to make this happen. Her enthusiasm immediately turned into despair as she discovered that the word vasectomy does not exist in the French medical vocabulary. Apparently the French male is especially chauvinistic and birth control in this country is the sole responsibility of the female. One urologist she spoke to said "A man would not be a man if he did that to himself."
Fortunately, for all five of us, we were able to find through friend a doctor in St Germain-en-laye that performs vasectomies. Next Wednesday(29th) is the day. Of course the French are not quite up to the medical standards of the US and I will have to have a general anesthetic rather than a local and be in recovey in the hospital for 4-5 hours after. In the US it is an office procedure that the patient walks out of the office 30 minutes after the incision.
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