Re: gyn giving me the runaround and confusing me
From: j wang, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 11 Dec 2000 19:07:57 -0600 (CST)
If you had a neg pregnancy test it shoul be OK to take the Diflucan.
Everyone has differeing opinions on how to do something. You could well
have used an over the counter med and probably done fine. I think your
doc really felt the only way to know that you are not pregnant is if you
had a period.
At Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Krista wrote:
>
>I went to the gyn about 2 1/2 weeks ago and was diagnosed with a very
>bad and long untreated yeast infection (I didn't even know i had cuz i
>didn't have any of the regular symptoms for it). She gave me Diflucan
>and instructed me to take one diflucan the 1st day of my period then the
>2nd diflucan 4 days later. She said she was doing it that way so I
>wouldn't have to get a pregnancy test. She said if she instructed me to
>take the Diflucan the day I left her office she would 1st have to make
>sure i wasn't pregnant. Well i was suppose to get my period on the 3rd
>and now it's the 11th and I still haven't gotten it so I haven't taken
>the diflucan. I did 2 home pregnancy tests and they were both negative.
>So I called the doctor and asked her what I should do and if i could
>just go ahead and take the diflucan now. She said I HAD to wait until I
>got my period. So basically what she's saying is anyone with a bad
>yeast infection just has to wait and suffer until they get their period
>to clear up the yeast infection?! That just doesn't sound right to me.
>It actually sounds quite ridiculous! Any reasons or thoughts on why I
>can't go ahead and take the diflucan now? And why diflucan, why didn't
>she just tell me to get an over the counter yeast infection medication
>if she knew i'd have to go thru all this crap. I'm sorry this is so
>long but i'd really like to know these answers seeing as how my gyn
>doesn't have the time or desire to answer patient questions fully. I'm
>really sick of this and i'm thinking about just going to a different
>gyn, what do you think?
--
James Wang, M.D
Assitant Clinical Prof.
Tufts University School of Medicine
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