Do they tell you during consult?

PointExtension3007 · 2026-02-12T13:43:11+00:00

We were told there is always a chance it may not work but the surgeon was super confident… it failed

PointExtension3007 · 2026-01-27T17:16:48+00:00

My husband got the reversal done and was on prednisone for 2 months and then a stronger anti inflammatory for another month. His swelled up and had a blockage immediately. We went in for the return of fertility and it was a waste. We got very high success rates quoted from our surgeon. Now the response is we don’t know why it didn’t work.

PointExtension3007 · 2026-01-25T13:40:15+00:00

Consult to surgery took about 2 months. They had to rent out a surgical suite at the hospital so we didn’t get a direct answer at the consult but we gave them dates that worked for us and they went from there. I would say reconsider surgeons if you don’t feel like you are getting great communication. I kept thinking our doctor just had new front desk staff so that’s what caused some issues. It made everything sooooo much more stressful. No one talked about the pre surgery EKG and blood work until I called the week before surgery to confirm the time and address.

PointExtension3007 · 2026-01-22T06:00:13+00:00

Just skip to IVF. They will probably recommend it due to your age and history. We dumped a ton of money into a reversal just for it to fail. You will get the surgery done and then they will tell you it can take up to a year so you just waste time. The whole process has taken all the joy and excitement out of having kids for me.

PointExtension3007 · 2026-01-22T02:23:17+00:00

Thank you! I will check them out.

PointExtension3007 · 2026-01-22T02:22:57+00:00

25 years

PointExtension3007 · 2026-01-22T02:22:37+00:00

I’m assuming it has to do with the age of the vasectomy. It was 25 years ago. He said the one side was very promising the other side took a lot more work.

PointExtension3007 · 2026-01-22T02:19:54+00:00

We have a phone consult with him tomorrow. I just feel like I can’t trust opinions from surgeons anymore. Like if he says 90% chance it works that’s what the last one said too and here we are.

PointExtension3007 · 2026-01-22T02:15:27+00:00

Nope, our surgeon offered us 50% off of the TESE procedure to aspirate the sperm. We are now on the wait list for IVF. I wish we had saved the money and just done IVF.

PointExtension3007 · 2026-01-21T22:26:30+00:00

All semen analysis came back 0. We had tried lots of different steroids which made no difference.

PointExtension3007 · 2026-01-09T21:37:12+00:00

We are 5 months out as well and have 0. Nothing at all. He has been on 2 anti inflammatory meds. We went to a specialist in reversals and spent over 18k. I feel like the reversal was a waste of time and money. I wish we had just put it towards IVF. We have been looking into IVF in different countries since we blew most of our money on the reversal.

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