YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for September, 2002: Re: First Gyno appt!!

Re: First Gyno appt!!

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 25 Sep 2002 08:27:12 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Kate wrote: >
>I am 19 years old and I don't have any children or any pregnancies. I
>am going to my frist gyno appt soon, not because I want to have sex or
>anything, but because my periods are really messed up. I have been
>overweight most of my life. So I want to go and hopefully get on the
>pill so they can regulate my periods. That only problem is, I don't
>know when my period will end or when it will start again, can they
>examine me even if I am bleeding. If they tell me to come back i don't
>know how I will do that, cause I really have no idea when my period will
>not be there. I have a long, somewhat heavy period, that will be here
>for a while and then go away only for a few days. So, that deters me
>from being able to make an appointment when i don't have my period,
>cause there's no set schedule. I am going to a family health clinic,
>because I don't have an insurance right now and I need to go somewhere
>free. They are booked weeks in advance so it would help if anyone knows
>what they do in this kind of situation rather than me going and be on my
>period and them telling me to go home and make an appointment when I am
>not on my period. I'm sorry this is so long, but this is my first appt,
>and I want to go and get it over with, and I don't want to make an appt
>only to be told they can't check on me. Any advice or answers would be
>greatly appreciated, thanky you so much.
>
>Katie

In cases like this, you just make the appointment, hope for the best, and keep the appointment, even if you start bleeding. Believe me, you won't be the only patient like this on any given week, and at least you will in the door and on the way towards cycle control.

-- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

This is for educational purposes only, and is not a substitute for consultation and examination by a licensed medical professional.

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