CattleAndLoveplay t1_j96pzr5 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 5:57 PM

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This should be higher up and have better visibility. A relative of mine had the procedure and developed severe chronic pain. His pain was minimized and hand-waved by doctors and relatives, and it was just generally shitty to watch him go through that. There are always risks and complications when it comes to surgery, I’m not sure I’d be willing to take a 1 in 1000 or greater chance of developing a complication like that instead of using other contraceptive methods in conjunction with birth control if my partner can be on it.

VoxClarus t1_j9lka6c wrote on February 22, 2023 at 9:16 PM

This is the exact debate I'm having. I want to take the lead on this because I know I never want children and don't want to ask future partners to bear the burden of it, but some of the chronic pain stories are debilitating.