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Re: Hypthetical Question regarding Follow up

From: Julie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 22 Jul 2002 18:35:27 -0500 (CDT)

I know one of the doctors already replied to this, but I wanted to give a couple of thoughts based on my personal experience. One is that if there is still inflammation in 3 months you would want to evaluate the cause. The second is that the 3 month wait seemed mighty long to me when I was wondering what was going on. I just wanted to know one way or the other.

At Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Mary wrote: >
>If you are being told to come in for a 3 month follow up on a pap test,
>and the Gyn has already emphasized by telephone that the pap test showed
>inflammation only, would any harm be done by waiting a year for a follow
>up. I am not trying to play doctor or Russian Roulette with my health.
>I am bothered by the reassurance that it is only inflammation, but then
>such a shortened time for the follow up. It would look to me like the
>follow up would be at least 6 months if there was no real concern. Or
>maybe I am not understanding the definition of inflammation. My
>understanding is that it is not an infection, because no antibiotic was
>prescribed. Comments from anyone would be appreciated.

--
Julie



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