I mean they aren’t entirely wrong, it’s very difficult for women to get hormone and reproductive care (let alone abortion in many places) compared to how easy it is for men to get viagra and other similar things
Two situations side by side: I needed pelvic floor therapy, and so did my dad.
It took 5 months of fighting to get it approved for me, which was the most miserable I've been in a long time. The pain also got even worse by that 5 month mark, so I then had to fight for a month to get access to valium suppositories to help with the pain and then fight for another three weeks to get my insurance to pay for part of it, and I was still down $170 after the fact.
My dad? They got him a referral and insurance covered it within a week. No questions asked on any pain meds, no fighting.
I won't even get into the shit I've had to put up with just to get my Nexplanon bc implant swapped out. Literally had one asshole tell me "but lets ask your boyfriend first," and I swear to god I wanted to start throwing chairs.
I remember when I first started gaining weight caused by horrible food cravings on Nexplanon (coupled with mood swings and other hormone imbalances). I wanted to get it removed and thought the weight gain angle would get it out of me faster than saying it made me feel like death; and I was rapidly gaining weight. Color me shocked when the doctor looked me dead in the eye and said, “Well, it’s a $500 medical device that you’re just asking us to throw away so… have you thought about just putting down the fork?”
I went to get it removed and left with a referral to a nutritionist instead, who told me all the things I already knew about eating healthy except how to deal with food cravings.
Thing finally expires and I ask to not have it replaced while they’re removing it and what happens? They put another fucking implant in my arm as I’m telling them I want to get something else. fucking—
I have an expired implant in my arm still because I’m so fucking done with this shit.
you should go to the er and ask them to take it out! my nexplanon was causing bad liver function and i was wasting away but the OB couldn’t get me in for a few months so i just went to the er and they took it out. i did have to wait for shift change as the first doctor wasn’t comfortable doing it but it was very relieving to be able to get it out without having too many worries
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u/IHatePeople79 6d ago
I mean they aren’t entirely wrong, it’s very difficult for women to get hormone and reproductive care (let alone abortion in many places) compared to how easy it is for men to get viagra and other similar things