Joined: 04 Jun 2007 Posts: 7 Location: United States
Going Without Pill ... Need Advice to Calm Me Down , Please Posted: 06-04-07 22:01pm
Hi there. I just got a little bit paranoid
b/c I realized something.. I went to my
colleges womans clinic, got an exam, pap
smear, etc. and a year prescription of
ortho tri cyclin lo. Well, that year has
come to an end. I recently needed a new
doctor due to an injury and a follow-up
appt. So I have a new doctor and a
scheduled physical gyno exam for Monday
June 18th. That was the soonest they could
get me in b/c its a busy place. I thought
I'd be ok, but I just realized this.
This Saturday June 9th I will take my last
active pill of my very last pack. I have
no more. So, when the following Sunday
rolls around and I'd be scheduled to start
a new pack I won't have anything to take.
My exam, however is the very next day. So,
I'm sure they will figure it out for me
and tell me what they recommend doing. Any
suggestions though?
I am sexually active. Does this mean that
I will have to go an entire month without
being on the pill and wait until my next
period Sunday to begin a new pack or do
you think the doctor will have me start a
new pack of pills on that monday?
Any advice - I'm just worried because I
don't want to go without it. I want to
stay on it so I'm continually protected
and my period stays on track.
Please help!! Thanks!
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Carifairy
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Posted: 06-05-07 00:27am
You can start your next package as soon as
you get it, but you have to use protection
for 7 full days since you would be late
starting the first pill of your new pack.
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Georgia59
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Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 5320 Location: Along the Mississippi, USA
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Posted: 06-05-07 10:38am
You may also be able to call your old
clinic and ask them to give you a month
prescription. If you explain your
situation to them they will probably do
it. They can call your pharmacy with the
prescription and you can pick it up today.
But they probably won't give you more than
that.
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