WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2002: Re: Needing medical treatment but to terrified to seek

Re: Needing medical treatment but to terrified to seek

From: Another (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 8 Jul 2002 00:41:18 -0500 (CDT)

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Hi Maria,

Weren't you the one with the very heavy periods? Please, call your FP back and ask for an anti anxiety medication (Ativan, Zanax, Valium, etc.) to help you through this. Although many may be hesitant, if she is truly compassionate, she'll see the need for it this once. It will work wonders to relieve your anxiety so you can focus on your health problems and their solution. Just make sure someone else does the driving and you should come through just fine with problem solved or at least on the mend. You aren't alone by any means in having trouble summoning the courage to see a GYN, in manner of degree that may decrease with time. Don't feel bad asking for what you need to get through this.

Good Luck!

At Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Maria wrote: >
>I am a 22 year old women who has never seen an obgyn. I am absolutly
>terrified of them and I dont know why. At my last visit with my family
>doctor she told me the problems I were having needed to be addressed
>through a pelvic exam and that sent me into a teary frenzy. I agreed to
>let her set up an appointment for an exam simply to get out of there
>because she would not listen to me when I told her that I could not and
>would not go. The fear has become worse than the actual physical
>problem. I cant sleep at night and I break out into a sweat and feel
>naseauted in the middle of the day when It crosses my mind. It is
>causing tension between my female family and friends because its
>supposedly so easy for them and they constently hound me about going. Is
>there something, anything I can do to solve my problem? I am desperate
>and in pain emotionally and physically. Thanks for listening.

-- AA

A Licensed Medical Professional in transit to a Computer Professional.

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