WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2008: Re: GENERAL: I am 16 going to see a OBGYN doctor

Re: GENERAL: I am 16 going to see a OBGYN doctor

From: Dr. Herbert A. Goldfarb (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:26:37 -0600 (CST)

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The information you tell your physician is confidential. You physician should sit you down before the exam and describe to you what will happen. If he does not, tell the nurse you wish to speak to the physician prior to the exam. If they refuse, find another physician.

Dr. Herbert A. Goldfarb New York Downtown Hospital, http://www.nohysterectomy.com

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At Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Sara LA wrote: >
>I am going because of very painful periods and I am absolutely scared. I
>have had a very embrasing experience when I had have a procedure in
>which I was pumped full of water. It had to be done and I was very
>young which makes going scary. Also I am sexually active with my
>boyfriend of more than a year and I do not know how that will go with my
>parents. Do the OBGYN doctor keep that confidential? How should I break
>"it" to my parents? What happens in my first visit? What will they do
>about my painful periods?

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