Hypothetical Situation

[Darkfinn]

Let's say you were in an accident of some kind. You wake up days later in the hospital and your doctor has something to explain to you.

The trauma from the accident caused some damage in the lower part of your abdomen. Nothing life threatening, but it has caused you to lose complete control of your bladder.

The good news: There is a new surgery available that combined with exercises can fix the problem. There is a 7 in 10 chance you will be completely cured. There is a 1 in 10 chance that you will be able to retain urine while awake, but will still experience wetting problems when you sleep. This has occured mainly in patients with a history of bedwetting. There is also a 2 in 10 chance that you will experience symptoms of "stress IC" (sneezing, laughing, coughing, jumping, etc. causing you to leak).

The bad news: This surgery has one potentially risky side effect. There is a 3 in 10 chance that you will lose your ability to have children.


What would you do?

[Lone_Wolf]

I'll Take the chance and risk the surgery

[Moo]

So.. the options are :
(1) lifelong bladder incontinence.
OR
(2) 70% chance of cure, but also a 30% chance of becoming infertile.


No brainer.
Even if the odds were 30% chance of a cure and 70% chance of infertitility, I would go for the cure without needing to think twice.

I do not want children in my life, and I've been pretty firm in this belief for almost 10 years now. Further, if I did change my mind later, I could always adopt.

So yeah, I'd decide to take the risk of surgery, and I wouldn't need two seconds to make up my mind about it either.

[Neonite]

I'd get the surgery. It's not all that hard of a dilemma. XD

[babyemo]

ill jiz into a cup, then ask how much the procedure is, no sense wasting $20,000 if im gonna be wearing diapers WITH control.

[Charlie F]

I'd also "jiz into a cup", and take the cure.
Then if I became infertile and wanted children I'd have the options of adoption or IVF.

It wouldn't be hard decision at all.

Edit: Wooo 200th post!

[Mickal]

I would not have any surgery done to me ever. No matter how life threating it is.

It's a big no no from me.

[Martin]

I'd take it without a second thought. Children I haven't thought about yet but I think it'd much rather be cured of IC then have children.

[woof]

I'm in Canada.

Canada has universal health care.

The surgery would be free.

Yes.

[Jack26]

Originally Posted by Moo

So.. the options are :
(1) lifelong bladder incontinence.
OR
(2) 70% chance of cure, but also a 30% chance of becoming infertile.


No brainer.
Even if the odds were 30% chance of a cure and 70% chance of infertitility, I would go for the cure without needing to think twice.

I do not want children in my life, and I've been pretty firm in this belief for almost 10 years now. Further, if I did change my mind later, I could always adopt.

So yeah, I'd decide to take the risk of surgery, and I wouldn't need two seconds to make up my mind about it either.

Exactly what he said for exactly the same reasons. Thanks for having the same opinion as me so I don't have to write it all out myself

But I will write something, otherwise that'd be lazy. It'd make no sense to not take the surgery - there's nothing I could lose, and it would really change my life if I had total bladder incontinence.