*grins* I have to do it. too obvious of a joke... why not just let the radiation do it? *dives for cover before the rant can start*

Riiiight I did Nazi that coming. Ahem.

I know. my jokes are bad. would you rather

SUPRISE
*throws confetti*
OM NOM NOM

Point is, the Nazis did that. They'd have someone sit and fill out paperwork and while that happened, fry their reproductive tracts with radiation.

wow.. didnt know that one.

Wow, you can just up and do that? O.o Good luck!

No, this is the result of several years of fighting with doctors and a failed in office sterilization in January. Which is why I'm going under the knife: I'm incompatible with the nonsurgical options. Woo.

I'm under 30 so doctors get weird about it. My new doctor is really awesome though. I saw him last week and,

"So, we're going to knock you out, make an incision, burn the tubes out, go below, burn your uterus out, give you painkillers and kick you out the door."

and I'm all *thumbs up* because he's funny as hell.

It must be the age thing. I've known so many twenty-something women who are all, "Why can't they cut my uterus out?"

FUCK. I would slap the SHIT out of those women!

BECAUSE YOUR BONES WILL ROT YOU TWUNTS. You need the hormones from your ovaries to support your body! And a hysterectomy is a MAJOR SURGERY! We're talking like three days in the hospital and months of recovery! My mom had one (necessity) and I saw that first hand.

They could DO THEIR RESEARCH and get Adiana or Essure stacked with Novasure, which are the "abandon in place" options.

God damn my gender.

Why are you having it done? O.o

First of all I'm having a tubal ligation, and novasure. They're also "abandon in place" options. Nothing is being removed.

And I'm being fixed because I don't like kids, or want kids. So I am taking steps to never have them.

Well, that was my whole point. They don't ever want kids, and are sure they won't ever change their mind, but are barred from this sort of procedure because reasons.

Well they're failing at their research. A hysterectomy is no longer the correct kneejerk reflex for sterilization. Essure and Adiana is done in office, for relatively cheap (two grand or less overall cost), relatively quickly (maybe an hour in office), and the only caveat is it can take three to six months to fully take hold.

And the issue is, if you're under 30 doctors get REAL touchy because they don't like getting sued. I had to have some serious discussions with mine. And fill out a lot of release paperwork.

Fuck..my mate needs a hysterectomy. His hormones are shot to hell, he forms cycsts on his ovaries (and yes, i'm using the correct term lol he's f2m t/g) and has had to have a blood transfusion (4 pints) in the past due to blood loss. I'm totally frightened of the surgery because my mom almost died because of it :(

Well, that's different. That's not very voluntary, hell that's pushing into medical necessity. He should be able to find a doctor to deal with that.

THAT SAID: it's going to put him into a weird hormone situation because without the estrogen etc from his ovaries, he might get brittle bones. He may want to look into some surgical aftercare in that regard. I'm sure he knows more than I do though!

yeah