Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 52 Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Gyno Exam Posted: 05-03-05 00:08am
I'm 19 and I haven't seen a gynecologist
yet. I don't know how to find one that
i'd be comfortable with, and my mother
isn't good at guiding me at anything. We
don't get along very well--she never told
me anything about how to get a job when I
talked to her about how I was applying at
places when I was younger, for example,
and, needless to say, I didn't get any of
those jobs... I don't want to have the
exam, but I know you're suppose to when
you turn 18 or begin to be sexually
active. I've started wondering if I
really should get on it because I read a
magazine a few days ago that said you
should be alerted if you miss more than 2
periods a year. I thought that missing 3
or 4 a year was ok, but... Guess not! I
mean, the magazine said it could be a
result of stress (in which case I don't
think it's a big deal) and I am a pretty
stressed person, but, on the other hand,
it could be something else. Any comments?
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thunder_bunny
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 41 Location: Wisconsin
Posted: 05-03-05 11:29am
It's definitely a good idea to see a gyno.
I wouldn't worry so much about what you
read in the magazine. A lot of girls are
not as clockwork as they would like you to
believe. Stress and changes in your diet
or exercise lifestyle could mess up your
period pretty easily.
Why not make an appt with a regular family
doctor and ask for a referral to someone
who might be a good choice for you.
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Gemz
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 97 Location: Canada
Posted: 05-03-05 12:02pm
My first trip top a gyno was last year and
I am 31 ....... But my first experience
with a doc going in for a pap smear I was
so embarassed, I felt like my world was
closing in on me, he called a female nurse
in and I criend the whole time......
After he was finished I could not look at
the man..... The reason he did a pap test
is because I was about to start taking bcp
to regulate my period, so if you are on
bcp or sexually active I would advise you
to see one and do a pap test. Do you
have a family doctor?, if so you could ask
him to recommend one to you. In any
event, I wish you all the best.
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mistherd13
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 52 Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Posted: 05-03-05 12:15pm
I don't heed all the advice of magazines,
but it was reader's digest. I definitely
wouldn't listen very much to, i.E.,
cosmogirl or seventeen or something like
that.
I'm getting ready to start orthotricyclen
as soon as my next period comes--for acne,
though.
Thank for the help!
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SpideyGirl
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 68
Posted: 05-03-05 12:28pm
I would go get a check up with a gyno if I
was you. I am 20, and have been going
once a year since I turned 18, even though
I am not technically sexually active. I
was scared to death!! But I go to a
female doctor, she is young and very
sweet. I don't think I could go to a
male doc! Talk to some friends, see if
any of them have a girl doctor you could
try. It is embarassing, i'm not going to
tell you it wasnt, but it honestly wasn't
as bad as I thought it would be. Its a
little uncomfortable, but its over quick.
Good luck!
