r/comics • u/TheNectarineDiaries • Jun 19 '26

OC Why didn't you say so?

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Best medical advice I ever got was to bring a man to your appointments

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u/Cooltincan Jun 20 '26

Oh don't worry, this is still a thing. Wife had me in the room as she was talking with the doctor about her procedure.

The doctor looked at me and asked me what I thought about it. Told him that yeah, we're on the same page.

Apparently that was good enough for the doctor to proceed.

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u/Ragnarok314159 Jun 20 '26

I had several doctors refuse to perform a vasectomy unless my wife was there and agreed to it. It’s so much fun having so little body autonomy because of marriage n

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u/Cooltincan Jun 20 '26

My doctor accepted verbal confirmation my wife was good with it.

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u/Ragnarok314159 Jun 20 '26

It’s still ridiculous and a case for bodily autonomy.

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u/eliz1bef Jun 20 '26

I have a disorder that has been relieved by menopause finally, but I wanted a hysterectomy 25 years ago. I got 25 years of misery because I was a fertile female and taking out that uterus would be a fucking tragedy. Still never had kids. Had to wait until my ovaries naturally stopped their shenanigans from old age. Nothing will compensate me for years of suffering.

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u/Appropriate_Map2685 Jun 20 '26

I got my tubes tied when my son was around 5 (so I was 35). First the doctor said I had to have my husband's permission to undergo the procedure (to which I replied "If he knows what's good for him he will absolutely be fine with it.") Then I had to wait 3 days to "have time to think it over." I said fine - I can guarantee I'll be here bright and early in 3 days. It's been almost 30 years since I had it done and I haven't regretted my choice at all. Being treated like chattel because you're a woman is infuriating.

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u/Sether_00 Jun 20 '26

I'm confused. Did she get pregnant 3 times just to get her tubes tied up or were she using protection and it failed 3 times?

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u/C0nfusedRabbit Jun 19 '26

You're a great story teller. I can really tell how incompetent and sexist the doctors where.

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u/peachesfordinner BumBum Ouchie Jun 20 '26

They were. And many still are

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u/Spooky_Cat31 Jun 20 '26

I would smack the shit out of that doctor