Penny Arcade Forums› Help / Advice Forum
The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums here.
The Guiding Principles and New Rules document is now in effect.

Most fertile soil and a healthy body?

ArchArch Neat-o, mosquito!Registered User regular
edited July 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
So I now have a Nice Job with Benefits after 4 years of college.

Now I am going through the gamut of medical examinations I didn't have the money to pay for during college like the optometrist, orthodontist (wisdom teeth need going away), etc.

I want to know- do most health insurance programs cover fertility tests? and where are those typically conducted?

I am engaged and the fiancee and I were wondering about my fertility as I have had numerous health problems growing up and a potential side effect of some of them is infertility. Do normal physicians perform male fertility tests? Or do I need to go to like...a sperm bank?

Psycho Internet Hawk wrote: »
Arch I like that no matter what game you're playing, your playstyle inevitably revolves around bugs and monsters and generally ugly things.
| Zinnar on most things | Avatar by Blameless Cleric
Arch on

Posts

  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Generally one worries about infertility after "conventional methods" fail - if you haven't put a bun in the oven within a year, someone's got a problem.

    PeregrineFalcon on
    Looking for a DX:HR OnLive code for my kid brother.
    Can trade TF2 items or whatever else you're interested in. PM me.
  • EskimoDaveEskimoDave Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    If you have a physician already a quick call to their office could sort this out.

    EskimoDave on
    The best, and worst, blog about beer in BC.
  • ArchArch Neat-o, mosquito! Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Yea, good idea dave...for some reason actually ASKING my doctor had escaped me...

    and falcon- It is really more to satisfy a personal curiosity more than anything else. Nothing "failed" I had just heard infertility was a side effect of some of the problems I've had and some of the treatments used for them. So I just wanna know.

    Arch on
    Psycho Internet Hawk wrote: »
    Arch I like that no matter what game you're playing, your playstyle inevitably revolves around bugs and monsters and generally ugly things.
    | Zinnar on most things | Avatar by Blameless Cleric
  • mtsmts Dr. Robot King Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    most insurance won't cover it unless its an issue i think

    mts on
    camo_sig.png
  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Arch wrote: »
    Yea, good idea dave...for some reason actually ASKING my doctor had escaped me...

    and falcon- It is really more to satisfy a personal curiosity more than anything else. Nothing "failed" I had just heard infertility was a side effect of some of the problems I've had and some of the treatments used for them. So I just wanna know.

    Gotcha. But generally the doctor will say "Try the natural way for a year" or something similar; if after a year of genuine honest "trying to get pregnant" you still haven't managed to succeed, then they'll move into the fertility testing, sperm count, suggestion of IVF/hormone therapy/etc. At that point, yes, you should have it covered.

    But just going for a wank-in-a-cup before and asking them to count your squid? I don't think they'd cover that. :P

    PeregrineFalcon on
    Looking for a DX:HR OnLive code for my kid brother.
    Can trade TF2 items or whatever else you're interested in. PM me.
Sign In or Register to comment.
Penny Arcade Forums› Help / Advice Forum