WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 1998: Re: vaginal exams/ Vote for Male Doctors & Gyn's!

Re: vaginal exams/ Vote for Male Doctors & Gyn's!

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Thu, 31 Dec 1998 11:14:56 EST

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WOW!!! I must have missed this original post! Im sorry Carol, that you had a bad experience...maybe there was some misunderstanding involved here. I must agree that vaginal exams are far from pleasant but very neccessary. Also, I have had male doctors do the most gentle exams and women doctors do horrible ones and vice versa. In all honestly, the most "comfortable" exam I have had was by my MALE family doctor and the most uncomfortable one dome by a female nuirse midwife. Most are somewhere in between...nothing can be stereo typed so please lets not scare people off from getting good and proper medical care!!!

Best Wishes, Elizabeth,CCE NJ In a message dated 12/31/98 10:36:04 AM, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:

<<>Don't let any doctor do a pelvic exam. I let my primary doc to it and >he pushed to far and too fast.
>Wound up with an infection.
>Have taken three courses of antibiotics and it is still there.
>Now have a yeast infestion.
>So, take my advice and always have female problems done by a gyn, and
>preferably female as they are more familiar with the female anatomy.

Carol:

Sorry, seems like you had a bad experience and that has clouded your thoughts a little. I have found that most doctors/gyn's (whether male or female) feel the same way we do about them;...pelvic exams are a very necessary part of good medical care but defintely not the most pleasant aspect. Do you know for sure that the infection was caused by the doctor's examination? Maybe it was already present and the examination just aggravated the condition. I personally have had both male and female doctors/gyn's and quite honestly I prefer the male doctors, but that's just me. I find that they are particularly sensitive about a women's feelings toward the exam and try extra hard to conduct the exam in a dignified and skillful manner showing care and concern. Hope you get to feeling better soon. >>

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