VoxClarus

VoxClarus t1_j9lkrve wrote

Reply to comment by Racechick20 in I'm Dr. Ranjith Ramasamy, the Director of Reproductive Urology at the University of Miami. I'm here today to answer any questions you have about vasectomies. Ask me anything! by ramasamymd

Yeah. I get that there's no context here, but it seems like 10 painful pregnancies don't indicate a lot of respect for her wellbeing. Time to buy some condoms. Or pills. Or an IUD. Literally anything has to be better than that?

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VoxClarus t1_j9lka6c wrote

Reply to comment by CattleAndLoveplay in I'm Dr. Ranjith Ramasamy, the Director of Reproductive Urology at the University of Miami. I'm here today to answer any questions you have about vasectomies. Ask me anything! by ramasamymd

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.

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VoxClarus t1_j8ozcxt wrote

Reply to I'm Dr. Ranjith Ramasamy, the Director of Reproductive Urology at the University of Miami. I'm here today to answer any questions you have about vasectomies. Ask me anything! by ramasamymd

There are (rare) chronic pain complications involved with vasectomies, but when looking into this as a layman it's not clear at all how much of a concern this should be to men considering the surgery. Cleveland and Mayo Clinic present it as kind of a medical mystery and both suggest it's difficult to treat. And yet they both also note that it's *extremely* unlikely to develop.

I'm wondering about your general sense of the issue: Is it something you see being seriously studied? Would it cause you to hesitate in receiving or recommending the procedure or is it more of a "cost of doing business" kind of outcome?

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