Get Your Medical Records Now

I tried reaching out to my previous medical providers to get the records from my birth, including who circumcised me, only to find out that the medical records had been destroyed a couple years before I asked for them. Hospitals apparently only hold onto the records for a limited number of years and then destroy them.

I wanted to use those records to confront the doctor that circumcised me to let them know how much they hurt me. Now I will not be able to do that because any records of my mutilation are gone.

I strongly recommend that anyone that is young enough to still have these medical records reach out to the hospital you were born in and get those records while they still exist. Even if you don't want them right now, you can hold onto them in case you might want them in the future.