Patients include an anxious young man who, having avoided having a vasectomy for a long time, has finally bitten the bullet and come in for the procedure. He attempts to put on a brave face, but as the operation gets under way, his reactions tell a different story. Plus, a man who has been left with impetigo on his hands after being bitten and scratched by his cat, and a woman whose chronic pain has not improved despite seeing Dr Harris recently