Ok, so I had my appointment today, first one with Gyno.
Think he is an idiot. He has been our towns Gyno for over 20 years, so thought he would be good - HE IS NOT!
Firstly went to my appointment, got there 10 minutes early, to be told "oh he isn't here yet and there is a few before you....ok...so I wait and wait, another lady turns up and we both wait....and wait....I ask her what time was her appointment, only for her to tell me the exact time that my appointment was - apparently they booked 3 of us for the same time. He only comes here once a fortnight and is meant to get here at 2 pm.
55 minutes AFTER my appointment he finally turns up...eventually 1 hour and 20 minutes AFTER my appointment I finally get in.
No apology or any thing.
Asked my age - 42 "oh you look so much younger"....well that was good, gave me a boost before it all went to crap.
Gave me a hard time due to the fact i only have one child - well excuse me for having a sick child and not wanting any more kids, especially since my daughters father left us due to her being ill and not being a boy.
Asked why I was there, "extremely heavy periods, regular dr was concerned about 4 mm endometrial stripe and perimenapuse queries"
He asked me to "define heavy" in a stuck up tone, like I couldn't tell the difference between light and heavy - I answered "Changing 1 super tampon every hour" to which he replies, in that voice again "oh ok, I won't need to ask you any more questions" and he didn't
Well he stated - heavy periods will be fixed with tranexamic acid that was prescribed by regular doctor, 4 mm stripe is nothing and was just because I had just had my withdrawal bleed from b/c the week before, as for perimenopausal queries, tried to tell him of my symptoms - when I could get a word in - his response "bull crap, you are too young for that" and he blamed ALL my symptoms on b/c.
Told me
**** To stay on Tranexamic acid at period time for heavy bleeding.
**** Go off b/c, as I have no need for it.
**** Go off iron tablets and get an iron transfusion due to low iron and hemoaglobin levels - that ain't gonna happen. I am right with my tablets and fell better since I started taking them. I don't need an "instant iron fix".
**** Go back and see him in 3 months and he will fit a Mirena IUD - again that AIN'T gonna happen - heard too many horro stories there.
10 minutes (if that) after I went in, it was all over.
He is the only Gyno for about 250 km.
Do I really need one? I mean if this is really perimenopause, is it a must to have one?
All I want to do now is cry, I feel so useless and I have no idea what to do. I don't feel I got any answeres at all.
I hate small towns, god I hate being a woman!!!
Sorry for the rant.