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A common question from people who are curious about fertility awareness methods (FAM) is the cost of learning it<\/a>, which varies from virtually\u00a0free to $500 or more to learn a method, depending on how much support one needs. Once you learn a method, you’re set for life. The only expenses are accessories such an app, a thermometer. But no one ever asks about how much they\u2019re going to save by using these methods. Before I go into that, I have a personal story that shows why this question is so critical nowadays.<\/p>\n

Last Saturday, I went to bed feeling great and fell into a deep and peaceful slumber. At 2:30 am, I felt a sudden pain as if I had been kicked in the groin. Half asleep still, I thought it would go away. But the pain persisted, sharp, on the right side of my lower abdomen. I tried different positions, bent in half, and quickly realized what was going on, because I’d experienced it before: I was passing a kidney stone.<\/p>\n

I often joke that kidney stones are labor pains for men. Without the reward. No dose of aspirin can take that pain away. Pretty quickly my wife became aware of my ordeal. We decided to go to the closest 24-hour urgent care and try to get heavy duty pain killer. But first I asked her for strong\u00a0lemon juice with water. I started to drink a bunch of it right away.<\/p>\n

Then we ventured into the night to get help. At the urgent care place, the nurse said dryly: “The doctor is just going to send you to the ER and you\u2019ll get a CAT scan.” We decided to forget that for the moment. The lemon juice was already taking effect and soothing the pain some. We hit a 24-hour pharmacy to get their strongest over-the-counter pain killer. Then we went home. Pretty soon, I was able to sleep. I continued to drink lemon juice all day long on Easter, and avoided all the treats I was hoping to enjoy that day (coffee, cheese, chocolate, alcohol, etc\u2026).<\/p>\n

The next day I was fine and back to work. To be prudent, I went to a world-class urologist who explained the physiology, the cause for the stones, and offered diet and supplements as prevention, before discussing any pharma and medical solutions. That\u2019s the kind of care you want.<\/p>\n

Here is how much I could have spent that weekend: ER visit $600, CAT scan $1,000, and probably other medical fees. And that\u2019s with pretty good health insurance that costs my company and me about $17,000 a year for a family of four. The urologist visit cost me $50.<\/p>\n

Here is the moral of the story:<\/p>\n