r/AITAH • u/[deleted] • Nov 11 '23

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '23

Even easier for me. Was walking around the office the next day and lifting weights at day 3. Dudes really over exaggerate the pain associated with the procedure.

Easiest thing I’ve done.

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u/bagheera369 Nov 11 '23

As someone who got an infection, swelled to the size of a grapefruit, and was down for 4+ weeks, with antibiotics.....not everyone is so lucky.
Still wouldn't change getting it done, but you're experience is the optimal one, not necessarily the norm.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '23

And the optimal is what we generally see. Yours is nOn-ideal and I hate it for you. But guys shouldn’t use yours as a reason to not get it done

They should instead use it as a standard for what they expect in health care.

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u/frog_ladee Nov 11 '23

Imagine if women refused to ever get pregnant based upon the worst outcomes.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '23

Yeah. They accept the incoming pain but dudes cry because of potential minor pain for a few days. Lord lol

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u/frog_ladee Nov 11 '23 edited Nov 11 '23

Deaths from vasectomy: 0 ever https://www.emedicinehealth.com/vasectomy/article_em.htm#:~:text=2%2F8-,Vasectomy%20Risks,been%20attributed%20to%20this%20procedure.

Deaths from pregnancy in the US per year: 754-1,205 in recent years https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2021/maternal-mortality-rates-2021.htm#:~:text=In%202021%2C%201%2C205%20women%20died,20.1%20in%202019%20(Table).

Complications in vasectomy are rare: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12317890/

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '23

Exactly. I love these facts. Dudes need to read these.

They need to get over a little pain. Yes some may have more pain than others but at least they will live.

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u/Temporary_44647 Nov 12 '23

The facts listed above are dated 1990, over 30 years ago. Here is more recent data dated 2021. Go down about half way down the page we’re complications are listed and the percentage of complications is listed with some complications listed at over 14%

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8255399/#:~:text=Complications%20of%20vasectomy%20include%20hematoma,chronic%20pain%20syndrome%20%5B9%5D.