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Oh boy, a zombie thread in time for Halloween!
If you read OP, I am female. No wife either, I don't swing that way. Way to put your e-mail out there, by the way.
If you are actually getting Essure done, don't freak. Consider yourself very lucky and kudos for making a good decision.
Well, since this thread is revived, I might as well add a bit of an update. Nothing special...but my school switched to Humana insurance, which I believe covers Essure. This improves its availability to me.
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I baked my surgeon my famous fetus cookies for my 6 week follow up after my hysterectomy. I didn't hang around to see the reaction, though I wish I did now... lol!Quote
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(The doctor that ended up doing it was so awesome. He looked like a Hawaiian Santa Claus. I baked his jolly ass a cake )
Re: Essure vs. Tubal Ligation October 18, 2012 | Registered: 12 years ago Posts: 2,430 |
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Re: Essure vs. Tubal Ligation October 22, 2012 |
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Re: Essure vs. Tubal Ligation October 22, 2012 |
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I'm doing some research right now to figure out if Essure or a tubal ligation is a better option for me. I'm looking at recovery time, cost, the actual procedures, failure rate, complications, what's better for my age, physique, and activity level, and so forth.
So far:
I should be able to obtain either one legally because I am 18 and I consent. I know what I do and don't want out of life.
I have heard of the difference between the two as being akin to the difference between simply blocking a bridge (Essure) or detonating it (tubal.)
From Essure's site: Effectiveness
Tubal
98.45% at 1 year
98.69% at 5 years
98.15% at 10 years
Essure
99.95% at 1 year
99.8% at 4 years
Approximate cost: Essure @ ~$1500, TL @ ~$2500-3000 out of pocket. My university insurance does not cover jack shit unless you are an athlete or a preggo bitch. I guess Texas Women's Health Program is still active, but severely crippled.
I came across a women's health forum full of complaints about slippage, expulsion, traveling implants, perforation, etc. with Essure. Ninety percent of them had kids. I know that the uterus changes drastically after pregnancy, possibly like a deflated balloon. All bodies are different, blah blah blah, but could that affect how well they can retain the implants?
I am a little bitch when it comes to pain. Sure, the temporary pain of Essure (if it goes as planned) is preferable to 20 years of having a kid, but I could get knocked the fuck out instead and go with the tubal.
I would need more recovery time with the tubal.
Either procedure should allow me to get ablated within a reasonable amount of time. I may sound a little narcissistic, but I don't think I need periods since I'm not having children. It's messy and expensive. I think that dropping a few hundred to a few thousand ONCE compared to dropping several grand on supplies seems like a deal.
Tubals have been around a lot longer and more doctors are trained to administer them. Essure is still relatively new.
I am overweight, but not severely. I am not technically/medically obese. The fatter one is, the riskier surgery can be. This may be less of a problem with Essure.
I am severely allergic to ibuprofen/aspirin. Forgive my ignorance, but I have no clue what is in anesthesia. (I've been to the doc thrice since my birth, excluding any checkups that I can't remember: once for said allergic reaction, another for the time I had scarlet fever, a third time for them to diagnose me with plantar fasciitis.)
I already know what risks I face as far as being rejected for my age and non-childed-ness.
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I don't plan on having ALL THE SEX, I just want my uterus to be as inhospitable as possible.
I do not want to consider hormonal birth control. See the fat thing 4 bullets up - last thing I need is more fat.
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There is a slight risk of becoming pregnant after tubal ligation. This happens to about 5 out of 1,000 women after 1 year. After a total of 5 years following tubal ligation, about 13 out of 1,000 women will have become pregnant.1
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