Yay you!
Hope it all goes smoothly and that you get some relief.
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Congrats! My wife just had that done last week. Recovery hasn't been too bad to be honest - night in the hospital as planned (which included some post-anesthesia nausea) and she's been sleeping a lot more. Oh, and she has to be careful about lifting and stuff. But overall we're excited for what's to come!
Glad to hear her recovery is going well! I thankfully won't have to miss more than a couple of days of work because I can work from home from the comfort of my bed, which is awesome.
I know somebody with endometriosis and remember her describing what it was like. Congrats on the good news!
Thank you! Endo is the worst.
I have to admit I got a little jealous 😭
Good job! I'm glad that you could get one! It gives me a little hope as well
If you need a Dr recommendation, feel free to dm me!
I'm confused... if you wanted one, what was preventing your doctor from fulfilling your request?
Is this like some kind of misguided / moral bullshit about gender roles? My doctor tried to talk me out of a vasectomy for similar bullshit. I found a better physician.
It's 100% gender roles bullshit.
Time to find a better doc. Make sure to verbosely note why you're leaving their practice, these shitstains only continue it because there's no consequences professionally.
Oh, no, this doc is the one that listened to me. It was the 3 before her that didn't.
She removed my endometriosis two years ago and told me she'd gladly do a hysterectomy if the pain came back. She emphasized that there was a 60-70% chance of the pain coming back. A hysterectomy is a pretty drastic surgery, so she couldn't medically justify it to the insurance at the time she removed the endometriosis. She can medically justify it now because my pelvic pain is back, indicating more endometriosis has appeared.
The other 3 doctors told me I'd change my mind about kids and to think of my future husband. I'm gay and kids deeply upset me. I don't need a uterus. In fact, my uterus is more trouble than anything else.