{"id":147241,"date":"2015-10-12T00:39:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T04:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=147241"},"modified":"2015-10-12T00:39:14","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T04:39:14","slug":"stay-well-and-sparkle-firing-blank-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/columns\/stay-well-and-sparkle-firing-blank-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay Well and Sparkle \u2013 Firing Blank Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Vasectomy\u201cWomen nowadays only want to make one or two children for you!\u201d lamented a local man.<\/p>\n

\u201cWait a while\u2026!\u201d I said to myself as the words finally registered. This statement was so pregnant with meaning: from the changing demographics to unchanging taboos. Of the family planning options available here, vasectomy is the only one not even on the radar. With your permission, let me slip it on the agenda.<\/p>\n

First of all, that whole thing about \u201cmaking a child for a man,\u201d I mean, I don\u2019t get it. In fact, I never did. As a child, going to market with Mama was quite the experience. Women paused often to sop their brows in the blazing heat and \u2018ail each other in that vintage loud and lilting manner. Along the way, Mama schooled us in the ways of life, mainly genealogy:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou remember uncle so and so?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUmmm\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know him, man. The one who lives Up the Morne in Senjo. He driving that green Bedford truck fas\u2019 fas\u2019 fas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay, okay…\u201d I agreed cluelessly. I knew she had to get the story out so why prolong it.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, nuh. He loving so and so, but Clemencia make a child for him. Well, it\u2019s she I just talk to.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you just talk to a lot of people, Ma\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe one that just hug you up and kiss and ask how you getting big so. But why you have to turn your head and put your face like that when people kissing you nuh?! She is the one who used to plait your hair when you were small, you know. Anyway, she\u2019s your uncle cousin sister\u2019s child \u2013 so you see, we\u2019re related!\u201d<\/p>\n

I would nod politely, but of course, by that time, I had totally lost track. My mind was more focused on seeing if I could handle a slice Boyboy\u2019s burning boudeh. That was sure to put some hair on boy\u2019s chest! If Mama still had some coins left she would buy me a cool jelly coconut to wash that down \u2013 one with soft nana inside!<\/p>\n

Churches have prospered on the island, yet they have not made much of a dent in our traditional family structure. In the midst of that, I once came across a young lady with six sisters. Remarkably, they were all married and had their children the prescribed way. That reminded me of an old cowboy movie, \u2018Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.\u2019 All the rest had tubal ligations (T.L.) so dutifully; she knew it was her turn next. But hold it right there! Could she be the one to break the mold? Stay tuned!<\/p>\n

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Dr. Sam Christian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Ohio, I practiced at Mercy Hospital, which was established by nuns. Since they do not subscribe to birth control, I would go to a neighbouring town to do vasectomies. When I found out that the hospital fees cost more than the procedure itself, I began doing them in my office. It worked quite well simply using Valium pills for sedation and local anesthetic for office vasectomy<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0as described so well in this piece on WedMD.<\/p>\n

Historically, invading nations would eliminate the men and take the women as booty. Just ask the Arawaks or ISIS. If the victors were merciful, they would keep the men around, but cut off their baby-making orbs. Lacking in testosterone, eunuchs become docile and obedient. In the Holy Land\/Middle East, (from whence cometh our faith), eunuchs are used to guard the Sultan\u2019s harems where he keeps his prettiest and sexiest concubines. To loyally do so without even sneaking a look tells you these creatures have a problem indeed. Therefore, the castration complex is a phobia deeply woven in the global male psyche. Not surprisingly, mere mention of vasectomy in many cultures elicits a stern warning of \u201cDon\u2019t mess with my nuts!\u201d<\/p>\n

Interestingly enough, the great leap forward of certain countries was preceded by aggressive national campaigns to control their population. China instituted a rigid \u2018One Child Policy\u2019 and India pioneered mass vasectomy clinics. Meanwhile, in African, West Indian and Central\/South American countries, vasectomy is still a bad word. Not that we have a population problem in Dominica as we routinely export our talent. In fact, the influx of Haitian, Spanish and Chinese enclaves have helped to significantly blunt Dominica\u2019s negative population growth.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, the argument simply is this. Women are burdened with the brunt of childbearing and childraising. Is it too much to ask men to make a small sacrifice when the couple decides to have no more children? Having too many children is an expensive proposition for any family. At least that \u2018s what the nursery rhyme suggested, \u2018There was an old woman who lived in a shoe\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Vasectomy liberates men from the risk of more unwanted children. The pleasure of ejaculation, the semen amount, the timing, the testosterone and manliness, everything else remain exactly the same \u2013 except that now he\u2019s firing blank shots! And unlike castration, you get to keep your \u2018orbs\u2019 and one is ready to go again faster because the actual sperm stayed put. Way back, Sarah and Abraham demonstrated that people take very seriously their ability to produce children. But there comes a time when one has to hang up his cleats. Waiting to exhale, hoping for her period to come, gets old after a while. There is a question of a tiny increase prostate cancer risk, but this has never been confirmed and we need to be more religious about checking our PSA and DRE\u2019s anyway.<\/p>\n

Yes, vasectomy is cheaper, safer and faster. I would invite the wives\/partners to hold hands while I did the procedure. It was a remarkable reversal of roles from the Lamaze technique where the husband\/partner was the one exhorting the birthing mother to \u201cBreathe, breathe, breathe!\u201d or \u201cPush, push, push!\u201d Now she is the one caressing his brow, telling him to be strong. How cute! What wonderful family bonding!<\/p>\n

It is never easy to change social taboos. However, it is clear that we have much work to do in bringing our genealogy more in line with developed and developing countries. Dominican women need to demand more than just \u2018making a child\u2019 for a man they care for. Dominican men need to put the wild-oats-calypso-mentality in its right place and practice commitment to their shared responsibilities with their baby\u2019s mother. T.L\u2019s are great. But when enough is enough; also think vasectomy. Each child deserves quality parental time and resources to nurture and sparkle.<\/p>\n

Dr. Sam Christian is a general surgeon who runs the Urgent Care on Bath Road near<\/strong> the Stadium entrance. He can be reach at 440-9133 or login onto the<\/a><\/strong> Urgent Care website<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWomen nowadays only want to make one or two children for you!\u201d lamented a local man. \u201cWait a while\u2026!\u201d I said to myself as the words finally registered. 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