Had mine done years ago so procedure has probably changed, but was a strange experience.
1. The wife was in the room which didn't bother me, wanted someone to watch and tell me what went on. Her comment was "you watched 3 babies come out, I get to watch this"...
2. Dr came in not with a stethoscope hanging around his neck (the typical doc pic), but with what looked like a clothespin hooked to a long string of rubber bands (He assured me it was a sterile medical instrument). I was like "What is that for?" - he told me it was all good, better than tape? Well, he put a little noose in the rubber bands and put it around the "frank" and clipped the clothes pin to my shirt - held it out of the way. Ok, better than tape.
3. After he clipped the tubes he capped them with tiny stainless steel caps kind of crimped on. Said it would reduce chance of them re-connecting? Told me that for several months I might feel them from time to time until they got covered by scar tissue? Sure enough, if I moved wrong they would dig into a testicle and drop me to my knees.
4. Followed the rules - sat on my a$$ for 3 days with the bag of frozen peas, wore b**** pants with the boys tightly secured for a week. About 10 days in I was feeling good and kind of forgot, jumped off the tailgate of my truck - that hurt. Next day the boys swelled up and turned blue. Very bad and painful - Dont Do That.
Fun times......