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Re: Dr's having different opinions. What to do?
From: j wang, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 17 Dec 2001 18:59:41 -0600 (CST)
I don't kow th original question, but I surmise it it related to misisng
the first day of a new pack. I would say that you will most likely be
protected that cycle. If sex was in the first week of teh new pack, one
should not have ovulated anyway.
Opinions may differ depending on the question, how it is written and the
interpretation of the reading respondent. That is the drawback of
non-face to face interactions.
At Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Cee wrote:
>
>I want to start off by saying how much I appreciate this forum as a
>OBGYN resource and I appreciate the Dr's and Nurses and other medical
>personnel who give up their free time to help out with questions.
>
>Some of us girls don't have the money/insurance to see a Dr., or cannot
>get an appointment with their Dr. until weeks down the road or are just
>too embarrased or scared to see a Dr.
>
>And because of that I am troubled by some conflicting advice given.
>
>When asked about being protected after 8 days with no active pills, Dr.
>Braun said I would be. Another girl posed the same question and Dr.
>Chudacoff said she wasn't, and Patti Tessler agreed.
>
>I know some Dr's will have varying opinions on certain subject, but for
>something as cut and dry as that question I would assume there would be
>one answer and one answer only.
>
>Now I am worried and wonder if any other advice given on this forum is
>conflicting and who is really right, when some of us can't or don't have
>the resources to see a Dr. in person. I do appreciate any responses
>given, as well as any other Dr's opinion on being protected after
>starting active pills after 8 days on placebos.
>
>Thank you,
>
>--
>Cee
>
>At Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Patti Tessler, Family Nurse Practitioner wrote:
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>>At Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Cee wrote:
>><snip>
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>>>Now I am worried that I wasn't protected at all for my last cycle. I am
>>>due to start my period in a couple of days. Should I be worried that I
>>>was not protected? Who is right?
>>>
>>>Could a Dr. please clear up this difference in answers?
>>>Thank you,
>>>Cee
>>
>>I'm a nurse practitioner, not a doctor. For what it's worth, I concur
>>with Dr. Chudacoff.
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>>--
>>Patti Tessler, BSN, MSN, RN, CS
>>Family Nurse Practitioner
>>
--
James Wang, M.D
Assitant Clinical Prof.
Tufts University School of Medicine
statements are informational only and should not constitute a medical plan or treatment recommendation.
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