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Your insurance card and a photo ID (for your protection, you will not be seen without photo identification). Your copayment, since your insurance may require us to collect it at your visit. Any physician referral forms your insurance requires. A list of your current prescription and over-the-counter medications, with how much and how often you take them. Any recent imaging (x-rays, CT, ultrasounds, bone scans) on film or disc, and any recent lab, blood or urine test results.

Please call your pharmacy before your prescription runs out. They will fax us a request, and we will return it within 48 hours.

Please do not fast for a PSA blood draw, a prostate needle biopsy, a cystoscopy or a vasectomy.

Yes. Every form is on our Patient Forms page. Print them, fill them out at home, and bring them with you.

You can pay online any time through our secure billing site. Choose Pay a bill at the top of any page, or call our office.

A vasectomy causes permanent sterilization. Vasectomy reversal has a 50 to 60 percent success rate.

No, but we do offer nitrous oxide (laughing gas), which is very effective in relieving anxiety and easing discomfort.

This is unlikely, since a local anesthetic is given at the beginning of the procedure.

No. A vasectomy isn't effective until the sperm beyond where the vas deferens was cut have emptied out, which takes about six weeks for most patients. Use another form of birth control until a zero sperm count is confirmed by a semen analysis.

No. There is no change to sexual function, including erection and orgasm, and no change to testosterone level or sex drive.

Yes. There is no change in your ability to urinate.

Most patients return to normal activity within 7 days. Most patients who don't do heavy lifting at work return in 1 to 2 days.

Post-menopausal women with painful symptoms of menopause or challenges with intimacy, women who have gone through chemically or surgically induced menopause, breast cancer survivors looking for a non-hormonal therapy, and women with changes after childbirth.

The in-office procedure is virtually painless and typically lasts about 5 minutes. Patients receive three treatments spaced six weeks apart. Many feel improvement after the first one.

You can return to normal activities right away, but should avoid sexual activity for 2 to 3 days. Your provider will set a plan that's right for you.

Yes. North Idaho Urology offers telemedicine as an option for patients with urologic issues. Ask when you request your appointment.

We have three offices: Coeur d'Alene (Chinook Medical Building, 980 W Ironwood Dr, Suite 104), Post Falls (151 W 3rd Ave, Suite 200) and Sandpoint (Creekside Health Center, 420 2nd Ave).