Got this email from a friend this morning:<\/p>\n
My friend’s husband is telling her that because he was a tanker in Iraq, he 1) may not be able to have children, and 2) if he can they may be deformed. This guy bleeds bs, so I wondered how much of this is?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
My response:<\/p>\n
Probably true, I never met a tanker with any testicles.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Then I remembered that Chuck Z was a tanker, and asked more info. This is what she sent me, discussion between her and her friend:
\n<\/p>\nFriend: had a tough convo with [hubby] at lunch about babies<\/p>\n
me: uh oh<\/p>\n
Friend: I have to get my IUD out and I went today, but I have to go through all this insurance drama to get another one. So I hinted to [hubby] that I should just get this one out and see what happens
\nsince he was a tanker and there’s the whole “may not be able to have kids” thing<\/p>\nme: yeah…<\/p>\n
Friend: well, turns out that he may or may not, that’s true, but there’s also a chance that if we did have kids, they could be deformed. He never told me that but he didn’t mention that he just has to get checked, so it was instant flood of tears and not EVER being able to have another baby but then he said that he could get checked at a fertility clinic and see how things are in that arena, but when he left the army, they weren’t good so now I have to decide if I want to get him checked or just get another IUD and not think about it for awhile and i don’t even know where to start<\/p>\n
me: well you have every right to request that he get tested, just to know where you stand. even if not right now, you shouldnt have to be constantly worrying about the future now, why exactly does he think he can’t and deformities?<\/p>\n
Friend: he essentially got radiation poisoning from working in the tank. When he did his exit physical, they did a test and he had a really low sperm count and a lot of deformed sperm. It can get better, but they never know how long it will take or if it will.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
OK, talk to me readers. Who thinks the dude is full of crap? Bear in mind my friend reads this blog, so what should she tell her friend?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"