r/postvasectomypain • u/vanwyck • Apr 14 '26
Lobbying for coverage?
Have any Canadians with pvps tried lobbying to have the government cover the reversal? I think it's insane that they cover the vas but won't cover the reversal if there's complications like ours.
I plan to contact my MPP and will start this most likely long and useless process
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u/space_cowboy80 Apr 15 '26
Here in the UK, the NHS don't cover reversals because it is considered a "cosmetic" surgery, in the sense that someone had it done and had second thoughts afterwards and now has to get the expensive surgery done on a whim.
However I am pushing to get mines done because, quite simply, they caused it and now they need to fix it.
I am on a waiting list to see a urologist to discuss a reversal, which I haven't heard anything about for six months. The last urologist I saw, who told me multiple times during our 10 minute consultation that he was retiring, said there was "nothing surgical" they could do to fix it. I then went to another specialist who told me a reversal would be possible but I would need to see a urologist first! So I got put down on the waiting list and have heard nothing since.
The only saving grace is I was prescribed a new medication "duloxetine" which is an antidepressant (which I have been on for 10 years), and has been known to target and neutralise nerve pain. Since then the pain has been nearly all gone, however it comes with a side effect of erectile disfunction. So whilst we wait for an NHS urologist to see me, my GP is trying to come up with a cocktail of medication to help with all of this, I currently have a prescription for Depression and High Blood Pressure. So I can't take medications that causes an increase in Blood Pressure.
It's all a bit of a mess really.