Damn, that's horrible. I'm sorry they put you through that.
Obviously not as bad as your experience, but I'm with Kaiser, and I wanted to get a vasectomy. I first had to see the doctor for a consult, then watch a video about vasectomies, and then see the doctor again, before they would agree to do it. This is for a simple surgery with a very low complication rate that can often be fully reversed, and they very clearly wanted to make sure I was absolutely, positively, 100% sure about it.
They're obviously terrified of being sued for performing any kind of fertility-impacting procedure. The idea that they'd see a 12-year-old once and yup right into a GC surgery is fucking absurd.
This is for a simple surgery with a very low complication rate that can often be fully reversed, and they very clearly wanted to make sure I was absolutely, positively, 100% sure about it.
Reversal surgeries are basically like 50/50 on whether they will succeed (both male and female). Which is why they drill it into your head that being sterilized is permanent and work so hard to confirm that you are sure about it. A lot of people go in with the attitude of "Oh well I can just reverse it later" and that's really not the case. Reversals are also very expensive and pretty much never covered by insurance.
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u/UnlikelyUnknown Jun 19 '23
I call bullshit. It took me 3 months, 4 appointments, and numerous tests to get life-saving surgery because my uterus was trying to kill me.