I’m one of the unlucky ones who had years of pain afterward. I think the complication rate is underreported, by a lot. I went back and asked for help with the pain and they basically told me I was imagining it.
Also, it’s not really helpful to dismiss any accounts that don’t fit your narrative as “just a shit doc.” Even if that’s true, most laypeople can’t distinguish a shit doctor from a good one. FWIW, the doc that did mine had several interns watching and learning during my procedure, so apparently he was the best they had.
My doctor explained all this before the procedure that there was a risk of lasting pain, sometimes it doesn’t work, etc so it absolutely does seem like you had a shit doc.
Furthermore, the above poster said “vasectomies don’t go great as a simple procedure” which isn’t true in a majority of cases. Mine was also 15 minutes in the office and about a week and a half of tenderness. This was followed by a prescription for busting a nut as many times as I could to flush the pipes before the semen count test. Every medical procedure has some risk. The above poster is claiming something that isn’t true.
What do you mean when you say “the medical community is underreporting it?” I acknowledged that my experience is not the universal experience, but also that my doctor was aware of this possibility and informed me of it before the procedure. The fact that yours didn’t along with disregarding your known symptom after the fact shows that they’re not very good at their job, but says nothing about the procedure itself nor what the other person is claiming to be universally true.
You’re saying your doctor warned you about this risk, but then didn’t believe it was real when you were one of the unlucky ones to be affected by it? Again your gripe seems to be with the doctor not the procedure.
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I’m one of the unlucky ones who had years of pain afterward. I think the complication rate is underreported, by a lot. I went back and asked for help with the pain and they basically told me I was imagining it.
Also, it’s not really helpful to dismiss any accounts that don’t fit your narrative as “just a shit doc.” Even if that’s true, most laypeople can’t distinguish a shit doctor from a good one. FWIW, the doc that did mine had several interns watching and learning during my procedure, so apparently he was the best they had.
Thank you for sharing your experience. It can be so frustrating to hear a doctor tell you that over a year of pain is just your imagination.
My doctor explained all this before the procedure that there was a risk of lasting pain, sometimes it doesn’t work, etc so it absolutely does seem like you had a shit doc.
Furthermore, the above poster said “vasectomies don’t go great as a simple procedure” which isn’t true in a majority of cases. Mine was also 15 minutes in the office and about a week and a half of tenderness. This was followed by a prescription for busting a nut as many times as I could to flush the pipes before the semen count test. Every medical procedure has some risk. The above poster is claiming something that isn’t true.
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What do you mean when you say “the medical community is underreporting it?” I acknowledged that my experience is not the universal experience, but also that my doctor was aware of this possibility and informed me of it before the procedure. The fact that yours didn’t along with disregarding your known symptom after the fact shows that they’re not very good at their job, but says nothing about the procedure itself nor what the other person is claiming to be universally true.
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I made my point quite clearly in my last comment.
You’re saying your doctor warned you about this risk, but then didn’t believe it was real when you were one of the unlucky ones to be affected by it? Again your gripe seems to be with the doctor not the procedure.
Just cause he was teaching the interns doesn’t make him the best they have to just clear that up. That’s a massively off base assumption.
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Dude, what the hell? Calm down. It’s just the Internet.
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Unironically yes.