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Re: Pre-Period Spotting ....Follow-Up Questions
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Sat, 31 May 2003 05:25:37 -0500 (CDT)
At Wed, 28 May 2003, R. Daniel Braun, MD wrote:
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>At Wed, 28 May 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>Thank you for your previous response. I've included my initial question
>>and the doctor's response below my follow-up questions, which are.....
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>>1. Should I make an appointment immediately, or wait until my next
>>visit - approximately 10 months from now?
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>Within the month
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>>2. What can I expect at the visit? How can they tell what's going on
>>INSIDE the uterus?
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>Endometrial biopsy and transvaginal ultrasound, then maybe D&C &
>hysteroscopy
(= couple of payments on doc's Mercedes and maybe a nice weekend
getaway.)
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>>3. What could this possibly be, or are the possibilities too numerous?
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>Quite numerous from normal to cancer. and everything in between.
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>>I'm sorry for so many questions! Thank you so much.
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>>>At Sun, 25 May 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>>>I know that brown/black blood is old blood. For about a week before my
>>>>period starts, I always have this brown discharge, along with some
>>>>bright red blood. There is no "flow", so to speak - I just notice it on
>>>>the tissue after using the bathroom. It does't really bother me. I
>>>>just want to make sure it's okay to continue to ignore this, or does it
>>>>seem like something worth checking out.
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>>>>I'm 36 years old, normal exam 2 years ago, no health problems, no
>>>>children, not sexually active.
>>>>
>>>>Thank you.
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>>At Tue, 27 May 2003, Richard Chudacoff, MD wrote:
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>>>I would not ignore this. There certainly could be something going on
>>>inside the uterus.
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>R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG
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