From Kameron:

From the gyno at PP: "Going to the ER as a woman with pelvic pain is like showing up at Planned Parenthood with a heart attack. They might understand there's a problem, but they're not really knowledgeable or equipped enough to do anything useful about it."

I went to see my OBGYN yesterday for a problem visit. I've been having chronic side effects from the Seasonale and just wanted to make sure things were all right. I was pretty confident they were, esp since I had a great conversation with a new friend who works at a local women's health clinic.

I walked in and the nurse asked me what was wrong. I described my issues and she kept telling me, "But you want that!" or "Of course!" and smiling. Considering my past with fibroids, I was way nervous about a reoccurrence. So I did something I've never really been able to do to a health care provider before. "Um, why do you keep looking at me like I'm an idiot?" She so didn't mean to be and apologized over and over. I was pretty proud of myself.

My Dr. explained that things look fine, but let's do an ultrasound soon just to make sure there aren't any fibroids. So in 2 weeks I go in.

I'm sticking with the Seasonale. My migraines have been far fewer and that's the whole reason for going on the new pill. Sadly because one cycle of the pill is 3 months, that means it takes 3 times as long for your body to get adjusted. Ugh. Well at least I'm not pregnant!

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