No Sex For 3 Weeks

There was a patient in today for a frenuloplasty and afterwards I gave my first prescription of "no sex or masturbating for 3 weeks [please]". His girlfriend was there with him so I made sure she understood the directives also. They wouldn't stop giggling so I had to explain that there have been men in this hospital before who didn't follow instructions and came back a few days later "in pieces". That shut'em up pretty quick, but what I should have really said was "no sex before marriage", if you're serious about a relationship.. however I'm still working on integrating the spiritual & social aspects of medicine into my consultations. It's a work in progress - as am I.